Charles S. Dutton

as Coach James

as Roger Vaughn

as Cop

as William 'Pa' Rainey

as Self

as Harris

as Alberic

as Othell

as Cookie (voice)

as Mayor Jacobs

as Detective Margolis

as Father Mickle

as FBI Director Tom Franklin

as Cofield

as George

as John Thomas

as Detective Fales

as Fales

as Panther

as Narrator

as Detective Granger

as Self

as Reverend Davidson

as Percy Walker

as Self

as Mr. James Dowd

as Pastor Damon

as Walter Shell

as Willie 'Pops' Davis

as Reverend Sanders

as Lt. Stack

as Sydney Washington

as Maceo

as Boy Willie (segment "The Piano Lesson")

as Admiral Randolf Hennings

as Tony Cole

as Reggie

as J.T. Baylock

as The Mayor

as Rodney Foreman

as Talmadge Neville

as William Thomas

as Ken Karsch

as Felix Reynolds

as Dr. Benjamin Bradshaw

as Self

as Douglas Grey

as Chief Charles Moose

as Carl's Father

as Chet Collins

as Milton Webster

as Detective Hendricks

as Dizzy Gillespie

as Rev. Thomas Carver

as Jacob Doyle

as Mayor Bruce Lincoln

as Alcee

as Willis Richland

as Reverend Willie Taylor

as Reverend Willie Taylor

as Officer Wilmore

as Charles Williams

as Ford

as Inmate (uncredited)

as Leonard

as Professor Alvah Case

as Josiah

as Leonard Marshall

as George

as Dr. Eldon James

as Ozzie Walls

as John Henry Reese (uncredited)

as Charles Silvera

as John Kumalo

as Hucy

as Cop (uncredited)

as Emmett

as Ol' George (voice)

as Boy Willie

as Rothmiller

as Howlin' Wolf

as Cole

as Fortune

as Mr. Butler

as Elijah Sanborn

as Elijah Hawkins

as Captain Jonas Cutter

as Dillon

as Tyrone Williams

as Roc Emerson

as Sam Chapman

as Lou

as Jake, Veteran Encounter Group Leader

as Ralph Colby

as Leroy Brown

as Jim Conley

as White

as Sergeant Sandy

as Asst. District Attorney

as Abmennet

as Dom

as Lieutenant Pearson

as Ed McCain