Bennett Holiday
Winston
Peoples Hernandez
Jean Michel Basquiat
Colin Powell
Senator Thompson
Gravedigger
Felix Leiter
Dr. Stephen Galeano
Rep. Adam Clayton Powell
Daniel Holt
Howard Bingham
Mr. Dury
The Watcher (voice) (archive footage)
Bobby Seale (voice)
Self
CPL Al Melvin
Muddy Waters
Dr. Rutledge
Nelson
Narrator (voice)
Carl Fairbanks
Self (archive footage)
Dr. Watson
Mr. Paul
Simon
Henry
Ninny
Narrator (Voice)
Vincent Daugherty
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Jaworski
William Black
Derek
Beetee
Young Man at Rolls
Self (voice)
Greg
Rafael ("Bed Two")
Balzac Man
Rex
Poppa (voice)
Lt. James Gordon
Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison
Self - Narrator
Charles Ogletree
Prosecuting Attorney
William Coleman
Detective Portnoy
Russell Core
Chris
Mr. Harmon
James 'Hobie' Hobart
Louis Menkins
Sidney Bechet
JD
Malchus Irvin Boncamper
Roebuck Wright
Other Voices (voice)
Self / Lincoln
Self (Beetee)
FBI Agent Henderson (uncredited)
Tiresias
Self / Felix Leiter
General Gibson
Henry Townsend (voice)
Norman "Belize" Ariaga / Mr. Lies / Homeless man / The Angel Europa
Bill Russell (voice)
Tony (voice)
Bernard Lowe
(voice)
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Watcher (voice)
Self - Guest
McWinkle (voice)
Andre Foreman
Sidney Bichet
Dr. Walter Cofield
Cuddlywhiskers / Father (voice)
Cuddlywhiskers (voice)
Valentin Narcisse