Overview[]
Plot[]
Cast[]
- Marcus Carl Franklin as Ruben Santiago Jr. (young)
- S. Epatha Merkerson as Rachel "Nanny" Crosby
- Hill Harper as Ruben Santiago Jr.
- Jimmy Smits as Ruben Santiago Sr.
- Terrence Howard as Bill Crosby
- Mos Def as The Bandleader
- Carmen Ejogo as Alean Hudson
- Louis Gossett Jr. as Ol'lem Taylor
- Macy Gray as Pauline
- Ernie Hudson as Dick Barrymore
- Delroy Lindo as Mr. Lucious
- Rosie Perez as Bertha
- Liev Schreiber as Ulysses Ford
- Julie Benz as Laura
- Patricia Wettig as Laura's Mother
- Jeffrey Wright as Small Paul
- Ruben Santiago Jr. as Freddie Cobbs
- Robert Bradley as Otis McClanahan
- Thomas Jefferson Byrd as Numb Finger Pete
- Charlayne Woodard as Bill's Woman
- Kathleen Chalfant as Mrs. Carmichael
- Byanca Godwin as Bill's Woman
- Barry Shabaka Henley as Shakey Winfield
- Lou Myers as Ol' Po Carl
- Adina Porter as Ricky
- Henry Simmons as Jesse
- Jana Thompson as Hotel Receptionist in Toronto