Brad Pitt Executive Producer
Tessa Thompson Diane Nash
Tom Wilkinson President Lyndon B. Johnson
Dylan Baker J. Edgar Hoover
LaKeith Stanfield Jimmie Lee Jackson
Tim Roth Gov. George Wallace
Colman Domingo Ralph Abernathy
Niecy Nash-Betts Richie Jean Jackson
Ava DuVernay Director, Executive Producer, Writer
Giovanni Ribisi Lee White
Martin Sheen Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited)
Carmen Ejogo Coretta Scott King
Stephen Root Col. Al Lingo
Wendell Pierce Rev. Hosea Williams
Jeremy Strong James Reeb
Jody Thompson White Marcher
Alessandro Nivola John Doar
John Legend Songs
David Dwyer Chief Wilson Baker
Cuba Gooding Jr. Fred Gray
Lorraine Toussaint Amelia Boynton
Common James Bevel, Songs
Harry Belafonte Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Oprah Winfrey Annie Lee Cooper, Producer
Omar J. Dorsey James Orange
Aisha Coley Casting
David Oyelowo Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Christian Colson Producer
Spencer Averick Editor
Henry G. Sanders Cager Lee
Corey Reynolds Rev. C.T. Vivian
Stephan James John Lewis
André Holland Andrew Young
Tony Bennett Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ruben Santiago-Hudson Bayard Rustin
Matthias Gohl Music Score Producer, Orchestrator
Michael Papajohn Major Cloud
Sammy Davis Jr. Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jeremy Kleiner Producer
Dede Gardner Producer
E. Roger Mitchell Frederick Reese
Bill R. Dean Sound Effects Editor
Christopher Assells Sound Effects Editor
Dottie Starling Visual Effects Supervisor
Sterling Robertson Assistant Editor
Willie D. Burton Sound Mixer
Greg Hedgepath Supervising Sound Editor
Ruth E. Carter Costume Design
Riley Flanagan Set Production Assistant
Charles Black Elder Marcher
Kent Faulcon Sullivan Jackson
Stephen A. Pope Stunt Coordinator
Martin Luther King Jr. Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tara Ochs Viola Liuzzo
Mark Friedberg Production Design
Kim Jennings Art Direction
Jason Sweers Graphic Designer
Montrel Miller Young Marcher
Paul Hackner Sound Effects Editor
Nigel Thatch Malcolm X
Nan Morales Executive Producer
Elizabeth Keenan Set Decoration
Trai Byers James Forman
Raven-Danielle Baker Stunts
Atsushi Nishijima Still Photographer
Haviland Stillwell President's Secretary
Bradford Young Director of Photography
Kellie Robinson Makeup Artist
Beverly Jo Pryor Makeup Department Head
Jim France Gunnar Jahn
Greg Maness Aide
Nik Bower Executive Producer