Principal Cast
Don Cheadle
as Ralph Waldo Petey Greene
Chiwetel Ejiofor
as Dewey Hughes
Taraji P. Henson
as Vernell Watson
Martin Sheen
as E.G. Sonderling
Mike Epps
as Milo Hughes
Cedric the Entertainer
as Nighthawk Bob Terry
Vondie Curtis-Hall
as Sunny Jim Kelsey
Sean MacMahon
as Ronnie Simmons
J. Miles Dale
as Program Director
Herbert Rawlins
as James Brown
Donald James Malmberg
as Johnny Carson
Production Crew
Directing
- Kasi Lemmons Director
Writing
- Rick Famuyiwa Screenplay
- Michael Genet Screenplay
- Michael Genet Story
Camera
- Stéphane Fontaine Director of Photography
Art
- Patrick Banister Art Direction
- Warren Alan Young Production Design
Costume & Make-Up
- Gersha Phillips Costume Design
Production
- Joey Rappa Executive Producer
- Don Cheadle Executive Producer
- Bruce Toll Executive Producer
- J. Miles Dale Executive Producer
- William Horberg Executive Producer
- Sidney Kimmel Producer
- Josh McLaughlin Producer
- Mark Gordon Producer
- Joe Fries Producer
Sound
- Terence Blanchard Original Music Composer
