25/12/2014
"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act.
David Oyelowo
as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Carmen Ejogo
as Coretta Scott King
Tom Wilkinson
as President Lyndon B. Johnson
Giovanni Ribisi
as Lee White
Tim Roth
as Gov. George Wallace
André Holland
as Andrew Young
Colman Domingo
as Ralph Abernathy
Common
as James Bevel
Stephan James
as John Lewis
Omar J. Dorsey
as James Orange
LaKeith Stanfield
as Jimmie Lee Jackson
Oprah Winfrey
as Annie Lee Cooper
Tessa Thompson
as Diane Nash
Cuba Gooding Jr.
as Fred Gray
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
as Bayard Rustin
Kent Faulcon
as Sullivan Jackson
Lorraine Toussaint
as Amelia Boynton
Alessandro Nivola
as John Doar
David Dwyer
as Chief Wilson Baker
E. Roger Mitchell
as Frederick Reese
Dylan Baker
as J. Edgar Hoover
Ledisi
as Mahalia Jackson
Niecy Nash-Betts
as Richie Jean Jackson
Corey Reynolds
as Rev. C.T. Vivian
Wendell Pierce
as Rev. Hosea Williams
Charity Jordan
as Viola Lee Jackson
Nigel Thatch
as Malcolm X
Trai Byers
as James Forman
Stan Houston
as Sheriff Jim Clark
Jeremy Strong
as James Reeb
Tara Ochs
as Viola Liuzzo
Stephen Root
as Col. Al Lingo
Greg Maness
as Aide
Haviland Stillwell
as President's Secretary
Charles Black
as Elder Marcher
Jody Thompson
as White Marcher
Henry G. Sanders
as Cager Lee
Montrel Miller
as Young Marcher
Jim France
as Gunnar Jahn
Michael Papajohn
as Major Cloud
John Lavelle
as Roy Reed
Stormy Merriwether
as Jackson's Daughter
Martin Sheen
as Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited)
Martin Luther King Jr.
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Harry Belafonte
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tony Bennett
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sammy Davis Jr.
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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