Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) has 1 Black credited character out of 53.
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The Van Lathan Ratio · 2%
One. Technically not zero.
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Credited cast
Every credited role on TMDB, in billing order. Uncredited roles are left out. marks actors who publicly identify as Black. How actors are tagged.
| # | Actor | Character | Black |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Dreyfuss | Roy Neary | |
| 2 | François Truffaut | Claude Lacombe | |
| 3 | Teri Garr | Ronnie Neary | |
| 4 | Melinda Dillon | Jillian Guiler | |
| 5 | Bob Balaban | David Laughlin | |
| 6 | J. Patrick McNamara | Project Leader | |
| 7 | Warren J. Kemmerling | Wild Bill | |
| 8 | Roberts Blossom | Farmer | |
| 9 | Phil Dodds | ARP Musician | |
| 10 | Cary Guffey | Barry Guiler | |
| 11 | Shawn Bishop | Brad Neary | |
| 12 | Adrienne Campbell | Sylvia Neary | |
| 13 | Justin Dreyfuss | Toby Neary | |
| 14 | Lance Henriksen | Robert | |
| 15 | Merrill Connally | Team Leader | |
| 16 | Amy Douglass | Implantee | |
| 17 | Gene Dynarski | Ike | |
| 18 | Carl Weathers | Military Policeman | ●Counted as Black |
| 19 | Norman Bartold | Norman Bartold | |
| 20 | F.J. O'Neil | ARP Project Member | |
| 21 | Hal Barwood | Returnee #2 Flt. 19 | |
| 22 | Matthew Robbins | Returnee #3 Flt. 19 | |
| 23 | Gene Rader | Hawker | |
| 24 | Daniel Nunez | Federale | |
| 25 | Chuy Franco | Federale | |
| 26 | Luis Contreras | Federale | |
| 27 | Galen Thompson | Special Forces | |
| 28 | John Dennis Johnston | Special Forces | |
| 29 | Robert Broyles | Dirty Tricks #3 | |
| 30 | George DiCenzo | Major Benchley | |
| 31 | Alexander Lockwood | Implantee | |
| 32 | Josef Sommer | Larry Butler | |
| 33 | Bill Thurman | Air Traffic | |
| 34 | James Keane | Radio Telescope Team | |
| 35 | Philip Dodds | Jean Claude | |
| 36 | Mary Gafrey | Mrs. Harris | |
| 37 | Michael J. Dyer | Himself | |
| 38 | Roger Ernest | Highway Patrolman | |
| 39 | Randy Herman | Returnee #1 Flt. 19 | |
| 40 | David Anderson | Air Traffic Controller | |
| 41 | Richard L. Hawkins | Air Traffic Controller | |
| 42 | Craig Shreeve | Air Traffic | |
| 43 | Roy E. Richards | Air East Pilot | |
| 44 | Eumenio Blanco | Federale | |
| 45 | Dennis McMullen | Radio Telescope Team | |
| 46 | Cy Young | Radio Telescope Team | |
| 47 | Tom Howard | Radio Telescope Team | |
| 48 | Richard Stuart | Truck Dispatcher | |
| 49 | Bob Westmoreland | Load Dispatcher | |
| 50 | Matt Emery | Support Leader | |
| 51 | John Ewing | Dirty Tricks #1 | |
| 52 | Kirk Raymond | Dirty Tricks #4 | |
| 53 | Keith Atkinson | Dirty Tricks #2 |