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

Director

Viola Davis

Director

Tate Taylor

Director

Nelsan Ellis

Director

Chadwick Boseman

Director

Dan Aykroyd