Malcolm X

Denzel Washington

Malcolm X

Angela Bassett

Betty Shabazz

Albert Hall

Baines

Al Freeman Jr.

Elijah Muhammad

Delroy Lindo

West Indian Archie

Spike Lee

Shorty

Theresa Randle

Laura

Kate Vernon

Sophia

Lonette McKee

Louise Little

Tommy Hollis

Earl Little

James McDaniel

Brother Earl

Ernest Lee Thomas

Sidney

Jean-Claude La Marre

Benjamin 2X

O.L. Duke

Pete

Debi Mazar

Peg

Phyllis Yvonne Stickney

Honey

Scot Anthony Robinson

Daniel

Joe Seneca

Toomer

LaTanya Richardson Jackson

Lorraine

Wendell Pierce

Ben Thomas

Leland Gantt

Wilbur Kinley

Giancarlo Esposito

Thomas Hayer

Leonard L. Thomas

Leon Davis

Roger Guenveur Smith

Rudy

Craig Wasson

TV Host

Frank Adu

Chuck

Aleta Mitchell

Sister Robin

John Ottavino

Blades

Frances Foster

Woman Outside Audubon Ballroom

David Patrick Kelly

Mr. Ostrowski

Sharon Washington

Augusta

Shirley Stoler

Mrs. Swerlin

George Lee Miles

Preacher

Raye Dowell

Sister Evelyn Williams

Veronica Webb

Sister Lucille Rosary

Abdul Salaam El Razzac

Fox

Keith Randolph Smith

Brother Gene

Steve White

Brother Johnson

Lizbeth MacKay

White Woman at Market

Mary Alice

School Teacher

Hazel Medina

Cashier Person

Ed Herlihy

Joe Louis Announcer

Karen Duffy

Sophia’s Friend

Walter Jones

Barber's Customer

George T. Odom

Barber

Brendan Kelly

Guard Cone

Billy J. Mitchell

Man #1

Beatrice Winde

Elderly Woman

Fracaswell Hyman

Bartender

Charles Weldon

Follower at Temple #7

Mike Hodge

Follower at Temple #7

Iris Little Thomas

Follower at Temple #7

Bahni Turpin

Follower at Temple #7

John David Washington

Student in Harlem Classroom

Chuck Cooper

Customer

Michael C. Mahon

Prisoner

Byron Utley

Prisoner

Stewart J. Zully

TV Reporter

Armand Schultz

TV Reporter

Janet Zarish

TV Reporter

Annie Corley

TV Reporter

Steven Randazzo

TV Reporter

Marcus Naylor

TV Reporter

Gareth Williams

JFK Reporter

Richard Schiff

JFK Reporter

Michael Imperioli

Reporter at Fire Bombing

Steve Stapenhorst

Reporter at Fire Bombing

Arthur French

Pullman Porter

Raymond Anthony Thomas

Crowd Member

Delilah Picart

Crowd Member

Michael Ralph

Crowd Member

Jake-Ann Jones

Hooker

Sharon Ferguson

Hooker / Roseland Dancer

Elise Neal

Hooker

John Sayles

FBI Agent

Martin Donovan

FBI Agent

Joe Pentangelo

Mounted Police

Nicholas Turturro

Boston Cop

James Murtaugh

Cop at Harlem Station

William Fichtner

Cop at Harlem Station

Tim Kelleher

Cop at Harlem Station

Michael Cullen

Desk Sergeant

James MacDonald

Lieutenant

Bill Anagnos

Black Legion Member

Don Hewitt Sr.

Black Legion Member

Jery Hewitt

Black Legion Member

Manny Siverio

KKK Member

Scott Whitehurst

Malcolm's FOI

Eric Payne

Malcolm's FOI

David Reivers

Elijah Muhammad's FOI

Kevin Rock

Elijah Muhammad's FOI

Mansoor Najee-Ullah

Elijah Muhammad's FOI

Dion Graham

Elijah Muhammad's FOI

Terence Blanchard

Billie Holiday Quartet - Trumpet

Eartha Robinson

Roseland Dancer

Keith Thomas

Roseland Dancer

Laurieann Gibson

Skeleton Crew Dancer

Bobby Seale

Speaker #1

Al Sharpton

Speaker #2

Christopher Plummer

Chaplain Gill

Karen Allen

Miss Dunne

Peter Boyle

Captain Green

Nelson Mandela

Soweto Teacher

Ossie Davis

Eulogy Performer (voice)

Ashanti

Student in Harlem Classroom (uncredited)