Overview[]
Plot[]
Cast[]
- Chadwick Boseman as James Brown
- Jamarion Scott as young James Brown
- Jordan Scott as young James Brown
- Nelsan Ellis as Bobby Byrd
- Dan Aykroyd as Ben Bart
- Viola Davis as Susie Brown
- Lennie James as Joseph "Joe" Brown
- Fred Melamed as Syd Nathan
- Craig Robinson as Maceo Parker
- Jill Scott as Deidre "Dee-Dee" Jenkins
- Octavia Spencer as Aunt Honey Washington
- Josh Hopkins as Ralph Bass
- Brandon Mychal Smith as Little Richard
- Tika Sumpter as Yvonne Fair
- Aunjanue Ellis as Vicki Anderson
- Tariq Trotter as Pee Wee Ellis
- Aloe Blacc as Nafloyd Scott
- Keith Robinson as Baby Roy
- Nick Eversman as Mick Jagger
- J.D. Evermore as Seminar Presenter
- Ahna O'Reilly as Reporter
- James DuMont as Corporal Dooley
- Stacey Scowley as Penelope White
- Liz Mikel as Gertrude Sanders
- Aaron Jay Rome as Frankie Avalon
- Clyde Jones as Daddy Grace
- Joe T. Blankenship as Alan Leeds
- Enyla Blackmon as Kid of the Band
- Michael Papajohn as 1949 Cop
- Kirk Bovill as Announcer
- Aakomon Jones as Bobby Bennett
- John Benjamin Hickey as Richard
- Allison Janney as Kathy
- Jamell Richardson as Jimmy Nolen
- Justin Hall as Bootsy Collins
- David Carzell as Catfish Collins
- Jason Davis as Kevin White
- Billy Slaughter as Pool Cleaner
- Charles R. Rooney as Lyndon B. Johnson