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    10 Times White Actors Played People Of Color

    Johnny Depp joins a long line of white people who decided to take roles that were pretty out of their wheelhouse. A small sampling.

    1. Burt Lancaster, Apache, 1954

    2. Mickey Rooney, Breakfast at Tiffany's, 1961

    3. Chuck Connors, Geronimo, 1962

    4. Laurence Olivier, Othello, 1965

    5. David Carradine, Kung Fu, 1972–1975

    6. Joel Grey, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, 1985

    7. Angelina Jolie, A Mighty Heart, 2007

    8. Ben Affleck, Argo, 2012

    9. James D'Arcy, Cloud Atlas, 2012

    10. Johnny Depp, The Lone Ranger, 2013