Hardcore 1979

Hardcore (1979) has 1 Black credited character out of 50.

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The Van Lathan Ratio · 2%

One. Technically not zero.

Directed by Paul Schrader · 108 min

On The Rewatchables

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	George C. Scott	Jake VanDorn
2	Peter Boyle	Andy Mast
3	Season Hubley	Niki
4	Dick Sargent	Wes DeJong
5	Leonard Gaines	Ramada
6	Dave Nichols	Kurt
7	Gary Graham	Tod
8	Larry Block	Detective Burrows
9	Marc Alaimo	Ratan
10	Leslie Ackerman	Felice
11	Charlotte McGinnis	Beatrice
12	Ilah Davis	Kristen VanDorn
13	Paul Marin	Joe VanDorn
14	Will Walker	Jism Jim
15	Hal Williams	Big Dick Blaque	●Counted as Black
16	Bob Bishop	Stud #1
17	Tim Dial	Stud #2
18	Roy London	Jim Rucker
19	Bibi Besch	Mary
20	Tracey Walter	Male Teller
21	Bobby Kosser	Film Director
22	Stephen P. Dunn	Film Cameraman
23	Jean Allison	Mrs. Steensma
24	Reb Brown	Manager
25	James Helder	John VanDorn
26	Dave Thompson	Willem
27	John Otte	Grandfather VanDorn
28	Janet Simpson	Anne DeJong
29	Karen Kruer	Marsha DeJong
30	Henry Vandenbroek	Reverend VanTil
31	Linda Smith	Hope
32	Mary McFerren	“Free Press” Teller
33	Judith Ransdell	Ramada’s Secretary
34	Linda Morell	'Les Girls' Woman
35	Gigi Vorgan	Teenage Girl
36	Michael Hatch	Nephew #1
37	David Hockenberry	Nephew #2
38	Joseph Prus	Bill
39	Jean Reed Bahle	Ruth
40	Reinder Vantil	Man at Piano
41	Dee Ann Johnston	Bar Maid
42	Janice Carroll	Waitress
43	Mark Natuzzi	Barker #1
44	Al Cingolani	Barker #2
45	Cherilyn Parsons	Girl at Convention
46	Tracey Ratley	Hostess
47	Antonio Esparza	Teenage Mexican
48	Linda Cremeans	Stewardess
49	Ed Begley Jr.	Soldier
50	Stewart Steinberg	Man in Seersucker Suit

We looked closely at whether to count this actor and decided not to. Here's why.

Leonard Gaines: There's very little published about him, and we couldn't find how he describes himself, so we didn't count him.