Casts

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  Will Smith

  Muhammad Ali / Cassius Clay

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  Jamie Foxx

  Drew 'Bundini' Brown

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  Jon Voight

  Howard Cosell

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  Mario Van Peebles

  Malcolm X

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  Ron Silver

  Angelo Dundee

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  Jeffrey Wright

  Howard Bingham

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  Mykelti Williamson

  Don King

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  Jada Pinkett Smith

  Sonji Roi

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  Nona Gaye

  Belinda Ali

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  Michael Michele

  Veronica Porche

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  Joe Morton

  Chauncey Eskridge

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  Paul Rodríguez

  Dr. Ferdie Pacheco

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  Bruce McGill

  Bradley

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  Barry Shabaka Henley

  Herbert Muhammad

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  Giancarlo Esposito

  Cassius Clay, Sr.

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  Laurence Mason

  Luis Sarria

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  LeVar Burton

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

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  Albert Hall

  Elijah Muhammad

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  David Cubitt

  Robert Lipsyte

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  Ted Levine

  Joe Smiley

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  Candy Ann Brown

  Odessa

• David Elliott

  Sam Cooke

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  Shari Watson

  Woman Singer

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  Malick Bowens

  Joseph Mobutu

• Michael Bentt

  Sonny Liston

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  James Toney

  'Smokin' Joe Frazier

• Alfred Cole

  Ernie Terrell

• Charles Shufford

  George Foreman

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  Rufus Dorsey

  Floyd Paterson

• Robert Sale

  Jerry Quarry

• Vince Cooke

  Jimmy Ellis

• Damien 'Bolo' Wills

  Ken Norton

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  David Haines

  Rudy Clay / Rahaman Ali

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  Victoria Dillard

  Betty Shabazz

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  Brad Greenquist

  Marlin Thomas

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  Morgana Van Peebles

  Malcolm X's Daughter

• Maya Van Peebles

  Malcolm X's Daughter

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  Maestro Harrell

  Young Cassius Clay

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  William Utay

  The Doctor

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  Kim Robillard

  Jimmy Cannon

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  David Purdham

  Madison Square Garden Announcer

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  Gailard Sartain

  Gordon Davidson

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  Wade Williams

  Lieutenant Jerome Claridge

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  Guy Van Swearingen

  Induction FBI Man

• Doug Hale

  Judge Ingraham

• LaDonna Tittle

  Bundini's Landlady

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  Marc Grapey

  Bob Arum

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  Herb Mitchell

  Boxing Commissioner

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  Eddie Bo Smith Jr.

  Malcolm's Bodyguard

• Bobby Stuart

  Thomas 15X Johnson

• Patrick New

  Room Service Guy

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  Ron O.J. Parson

  Death Newsman

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  Ellis Williams

  Family Photo Man

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  Alexandra Bokyun Chun

  Asian Cosmetologist

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  John Gleeson Connolly

  Assistant Director

• Warner Saunders

  Customer

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  Jack Reiss

  Referee Arthur Mercante

• Marty Denkin

  Frazier Fight II Announcer

• Tamara Lynch

  Flight Attendant

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  Chico Benymon

  Hampton House Announcer

• Bill Plaschke

  Miami Weigh-In Reporter

• Steve Springer

  Miami Weigh-In Reporter

• Patrick M. Connolly

  Announcer

• Patrick C. Russell

  Referee

• Robert Byrd

  Willie Reddick

• Cedric Wills

  Jersey Joe Walcott, Referee

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  Ronald A. DiNicola

  Prosecutor

• Moses Hollins

  Man on Train

• Daniel E. Gurevitz

  Boxing Commission Reporter

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  Steven Randazzo

  Reporter

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  Ray Bokhour

  Reporter

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  Leonard Termo

  Madison Square Garden Reporter

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  Johnny Ortiz

  Madison Square Garden Reporter

• Mark Salem

  New York Reporter

• Sheldon Fogel

  New York Reporter

• Jim Gray

  New York Reporter

• Melvin Thomas

  Harlem Neighbor

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  Natalie Carter

  Harlem Neighbor

• Reginald Footman

  Harlem Neighbor

• Poe Poe

  Harlem Reporter

• Mel Dick

  Louisville Sponsoring Group

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  Kim Taylor-Coleman

  Lana Shabazz

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  Christian Stolte

  Miami Cop

• Vic Manni

  Dressing Room Weigh-In Guy

• Will Gill Jr.

  Dick Sadler

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  Sylvaine Strike

  ORTF Interviewer

• Denis Luposo

  Kinshasa Reporter

• Sharon Wilkinson

  Rose Jennings

• Carol Hatchett

  Pointer Sister

• Judith Mwale

  Pointer Sister

• Keabetswe Motsilanyane

  Pointer Sister

• Richard Katanga

  Mobutu Aide / Military Aide

• Thomas Kariuki Matheri

  Lieutenant Nsakala

• Larry Hazzard Sr.

  Zack Clayton

• Derrick Brown

  Larry Holmes

• Rommel Hyacinth

  The Pilot

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  Graham Hopkins

  London Banker

• Daniel Janks

  CIA Man

• Bradford E. Lang

  Black Pilot

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  Michael Dorn

  Black Pilot

• Dan Robbertse

  Reporter in Zaire

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  Graham Clarke

  Reporter in Zaire

• Dimitri Cassar

  Reporter in Zaire

• Frank Notaro

  Reporter in Zaire

• Mark Mulder

  Reporter in Zaire

• David W. Hess

  Reporter in Zaire

• Henrikennyo Mukenyi

  Bula

• Nathaniel Malekane

  Archie Moore

• Millard Arnold

  Doc Broadus

• Edda Collier

  Blonde French Reporter

• Lu Wei

  Chinese Delegate

• Lee Cummings

  Hunter Thompson

• Zaa Nkweta

  Foreman Fight Announcer

• Themba Gasa

  Idi Amin

• Andrew P. Jones

  Don King's Aide

• Marc Kulazite Mboli

  Additional Aide to Mobutu

• Cimanga Kalambay

  Additional Aide to Mobutu

• Jean Bikoi

  Additional Aide to Mobutu

• James Gilbert

  Sparring Partner in Africa

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  Carolina Lancaster

  Dancer (uncredited)