Black actors nominated for the 2013 Golden Globe Awards

Sunday, January 6, 2013 marks the 70th annual Golden Globe awards hosted for the first time by two female cohosts–Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. Noted as the second most important awards following the Oscars, viewers of the program will see celebs walk the red carpet at the famous Beverly Hilton hotel.

This year the film ’Lincoln’ received the most Globe nominations with seven while films ‘Argo’ and ‘Django Unchained’ were close behind with five. Other high-ranking motion pictures include “Zero Dark Thirty,” “Les Misérables” and “Silver Linings Playbook,” which each received four nominations.

Below is the very short list of black nominees and feature films nominated with an African American in a lead role.

Denzel Washington
‘Flight’
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

Don Cheadle
‘House Of Lies’
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

‘D’Jango Unchained’
BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
BEST DIRECTOR
BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE – Leonardo  DiCaprio
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE- Christoph Waltz