Reservoir Dogs (1992) has at least 1 Black credited character out of 25.
The Van Lathan Ratio · 4%
One. Technically not zero.
10 credited actors have no public bio we could find, so we couldn't check them. They count toward the 25, 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 | Harvey Keitel | Mr. White / Larry Dimmick | |
| 2 | Tim Roth | Mr. Orange / Freddy Newandyke | |
| 3 | Michael Madsen | Mr. Blonde / Vic Vega | |
| 4 | Chris Penn | "Nice Guy" Eddie Cabot | |
| 5 | Steve Buscemi | Mr. Pink | |
| 6 | Lawrence Tierney | Joe Cabot | |
| 7 | Randy Brooks | Detective Holdaway | ●Counted as Black |
| 8 | Kirk Baltz | Officer Marvin Nash | |
| 9 | Edward Bunker | Mr. Blue | |
| 10 | Quentin Tarantino | Mr. Brown | |
| 11 | Rich Turner | Sheriff #1 | ?No public bio we could find |
| 12 | David Steen | Sheriff #2 | |
| 13 | Tony Cosmo | Sheriff #3 | |
| 14 | Stevo Polyi | Sheriff #4 | ?No public bio we could find |
| 15 | Michael Sottile | Teddy | ?No public bio we could find |
| 16 | Robert Ruth | Shot Cop | ?No public bio we could find |
| 17 | Lawrence Bender | Young Cop | |
| 18 | Linda Kaye | Shocked Woman | ?No public bio we could find |
| 19 | Suzanne Celeste | Shot Woman | ?No public bio we could find |
| 20 | Steven Wright | K-Billy DJ (voice) | |
| 21 | Laurie Lathem | Background Radio Play (voice) | ?No public bio we could find |
| 22 | Maria Strova | Background Radio Play (voice) | ?No public bio we could find |
| 23 | Burr Steers | Background Radio Play (voice) | |
| 24 | Craig Hamann | Background Radio Play (voice) | ?No public bio we could find |
| 25 | Robert Ruth | Shot Cop | ?No public bio we could find |