James Brown
Chadwick Boseman
Bobby Byrd
Nelsan Ellis
Yvonne Fair
Tika Sumpter
Ben Bart
Dan Aykroyd
Susie Brown
Viola Davis
DeeDee Brown
Jill Scott
Joe Brown
Lennie James
Maceo Parker
Craig Robinson
Syd Nathan
Fred Melamed
Ralph Bass
Josh Hopkins
Little Richard
Brandon Smith
Aunt Honey
Octavia Spencer
Vicki Anderson
Aunjanue Ellis
Pee Wee Ellis
Black Thought
Mick Jagger
Nick Eversman
Nafloyd Scott
Aloe Blacc
Baby Roy
Keith Robinson
Corporal Dooley
James DuMont
Little Richard
Brandon Smith
Pool Cleaner
Billy Slaughter
Mavis
Carol Lee
Warden
Ritchie Montgomery
Shirley Buell
Cleta Ellington
Insurance Salesman
Jim Gleason
Reporter
Ahna O'Reilly
Bobby Bennett
Aakomon Jones
Black Infantryman
Antonius Charles
Little James Brown
Jordan Scott
Little James Brown
Jamarion Scott
Black Infantryman
Donald Watkins
Pilot
Corey Sorenson
Soldier
Hunter Burke
Penelope White
Stacey Scowley
Gertrude Sanders
Liz Mikel
Grandpa Byrd
Julius Tennon
Reno Reporter
Rena DeAngelo
Kathy
Allison Janney
Richard
John Benjamin Hickey
Seminar Presenter
J.D. Evermore
Lynched Man
Lee George Quinones
Shirley Buell
Cleta Elaine Ellington
Frankie Avalon
Aaron Jay Rome
Daddy Grace
Clyde Jones
1949 Cop
Matt Thompson
Big Kid
Denzel Reed
Mrs. Byrd
Phyllis Montana-LeBlanc*
Sarah Byrd
Taura Cherne
Announcer
Kirk Bovill
Diner Waitress
Cariella Smith
Velma Brown
Jacinte Blankenship
Female in Audience
Sandra DeNise
Susie's Soldier
Sheldon Frett
Lynched Man
George Quinones
JB Chauffeur
Mario J. Radford
Alan Leeds
Joe Blankenship
Big Junior
Atkins Estimonds
Minder
Randy Smith
Teddy Brown
Alvin Edney II
1949 Cop
Michael Papajohn
Little Christmas Boy
Adrien Scott Robinson
Little Christmas Girl
Elliott June Rogers
Jimmy Nolen
Jamell Richardson
Bootsy
Justin Hall
Catfish
David Carzell
Chicken
Dominic Thigpen
Dancer
Heather Bland
Dancer
Kenita Coleman
Dancer
Jadtrl Christina Heard
Dancer
Marc Innis
Dancer
Naomi James
Dancer
Bri Kraft
Dancer
Lindsey Legros
Dancer
Chioma Osiah
Dancer
Dionne Renee
Dancer
Jennifer Marie Slaughter
Dancer
Sharmaine Tate
Dancer
Ambrya Underwood
Dancer
Khadijah Wilson
James Brown body guard
David Andrew Nash
Mayor White
Jason Davis