The Great Debaters

Denzel Whitaker

James Farmer Jr.

Denzel Washington

Melvin B. Tolson

Nate Parker

Henry Lowe

Jurnee Smollett

Samantha Booke

Forest Whitaker

Dr. James Farmer Sr.

Kimberly Elise

Pearl Farmer

Jermaine Williams

Hamilton Burgess

Gina Ravera

Ruth Tolson

John Heard

Sheriff Dozier

Devyn A. Tyler

Helen Farmer

Trenton McClain Boyd

Nathaniel Farmer

Ritchie Montgomery

Deputy

Jackson Walker

Pig Owner

Tim Parati

Pig Farmer

Robert X. Golphin

Dunbar Reed

Justice Leak

Harland Osbourne

Glen Powell

Harvard Debater #1

Brad Watkins

Harvard Debater #2

Brian Smiar

Harvard Dean

Damien Leake

Wilson

Voltaire Sterling

Paul Quinn Debater #1

Stephen Rider

Paul Quinn Debater #2

Gordon Danniels

Paul Quinn Debate Judge

Donny Boaz

Oklahoma City College Debater #1

Samuel Elliott Whisnant

Oklahoma City College Debater #2

Bonnie Johnson

Dr. Jennings

Charissa Allen

Benita

Michael Beasley

Trudell

Gary Mathis

Enormous Man

George Wilson

Samuel

Fahnlohnee R. Harris

Clementine

Harold Evans

William Taylor

J.D. Evermore

Captain Wainwright

Sharon Jones

Lila

Kelvin Payton

Joseph

Southey Blanton

White Labor Organizer

Michael Mattison

White Sharecropper #1

Jeff Braun

White Sharecropper #2

Milton R. Gipson

Prairie View Professor

Frank Ridley

Security Guard

Jeremiah Kissel

Radio Announcer at Harvard Debate

Jack Radosta

White Man at Lynching

Alvin Youngblood Hart

Juke Joint Musician #1

Dom Flemons

Juke Joint Musician #2

Justin Robinson

Juke Joint Musician #3

Rhiannon Giddens

Juke Joint Musician #4

Ahmad Powell

Fisk Professor

Marcus Lyle Brown

Howard Debater #1

Gary Mattis

Enormous Man

Kevin Beard

Klansman at Lynching (uncredited)