Malcolm X

James Earl Jones

as Biographical Narration (voice)

Ossie Davis

as Eulogy (voice)

Malcolm X

as Self (archive footage)

Muhammad Ali

as Self (archive footage)

Leon Ameer

as Self (archive footage)

Vida Blue

as Self (archive footage)

H. Rap Brown

as Self (archive footage) (as Rap Brown)

John Ali

as Self (archive footage)

Kwame Ture

as Self (archive footage)

John Carlos

as Self (archive footage)

Eldridge Cleaver

as Self (archive footage)

Ella Collins

as Self - Remarks After Death of Malcolm X (archive footage)

Angela Davis

as Self (archive footage)

Lee Evans

as Self - 1968 Olympics (archive footage) (as L. Evans)

Charles Evers

as Self (archive footage)

James Farmer

as Self - Remarks After Death of Malcolm X (archive footage)

Louis Farrakhan

as Self (archive footage) (as Minister Farrakhan)

Ronald Freeman

as Self - 1968 Olympics (archive footage) (as R. Freeman)