Pulp Fiction (1994) has at least 3 Black credited characters out of 47.
The Van Lathan Ratio · 6%
At least 6% of the credited cast.
16 credited actors have no public bio we could find, so we couldn't check them. They count toward the 47, so the real number may be higher. Why.
Every credited role on TMDB, in billing order. Uncredited roles are left out. marks actors who publicly identify as Black; marks actors with no public bio we could find, so we couldn't check them. How actors are tagged.
| # | Actor | Character | Black |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Travolta | Vincent Vega | |
| 2 | Samuel L. Jackson | Jules Winnfield | ●Counted as Black |
| 3 | Uma Thurman | Mia Wallace | |
| 4 | Bruce Willis | Butch Coolidge | |
| 5 | Ving Rhames | Marsellus Wallace | ●Counted as Black |
| 6 | Harvey Keitel | The Wolf | |
| 7 | Eric Stoltz | Lance | |
| 8 | Tim Roth | Pumpkin | |
| 9 | Amanda Plummer | Honey Bunny | |
| 10 | Maria de Medeiros | Fabienne | |
| 11 | Quentin Tarantino | Jimmie Dimmick | |
| 12 | Christopher Walken | Captain Koons | |
| 13 | Rosanna Arquette | Jody | |
| 14 | Peter Greene | Zed | |
| 15 | Duane Whitaker | Maynard | |
| 16 | Angela Jones | Esmarelda Villalobos | |
| 17 | Phil LaMarr | Marvin | ●Counted as Black |
| 18 | Steve Buscemi | Buddy Holly | |
| 19 | Bronagh Gallagher | Trudi | |
| 20 | Laura Lovelace | Waitress | ?No public bio we could find |
| 21 | Frank Whaley | Brett | |
| 22 | Burr Steers | Roger | |
| 23 | Paul Calderon | Paul | |
| 24 | Jerome Patrick Hoban | Ed Sullivan | ?No public bio we could find |
| 25 | Michael Gilden | Page for Phillip Morris | |
| 26 | Gary Shorelle | Ricky Nelson | ?No public bio we could find |
| 27 | Susan Griffiths | Marilyn Monroe | ?No public bio we could find |
| 28 | Eric Clark | James Dean | ?No public bio we could find |
| 29 | Joseph Pilato | Dean Martin | |
| 30 | Brad Blumenthal | Jerry Lewis | ?No public bio we could find |
| 31 | Lorelei Leslie | Mamie van Doren | ?No public bio we could find |
| 32 | Emil Sitka | Hold Hands You Lovebirds (archive footage) | |
| 33 | Brenda Hillhouse | Mrs. Coolidge - Butch's Mother | ?No public bio we could find |
| 34 | Chandler Lindauer | Young Butch | ?No public bio we could find |
| 35 | Sy Sher | Klondike | ?No public bio we could find |
| 36 | Robert Ruth | Sportscaster #1 - Coffee Shop | ?No public bio we could find |
| 37 | Rich Turner | Sportscaster #2 | ?No public bio we could find |
| 38 | Don Blakely | Wilson's Trainer | ?No public bio we could find |
| 39 | Carl Allen | Dead Floyd Wilson | ?No public bio we could find |
| 40 | Karen Maruyama | Gawker #1 | |
| 41 | Kathy Griffin | Kathy Griffin | |
| 42 | Venessia Valentino | Pedestrian / Bonnie Dimmick | ?No public bio we could find |
| 43 | Linda Kaye | Shot Woman | ?No public bio we could find |
| 44 | Stephen Hibbert | The Gimp | |
| 45 | Alexis Arquette | Fourth Man | |
| 46 | Julia Sweeney | Raquel | |
| 47 | Lawrence Bender | Long Hair Yuppy Scum |