Akeelah and the Bee (2006) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Doug Atchison.

Cast

• Keke Palmer as Akeelah Anderson
• Laurence Fishburne as Dr. Larabee
• Angela Bassett as Tanya Anderson
• Curtis Armstrong as Mr. Welch
• J.R. Villarreal as Javier
• Sean Michael Afable as Dylan Chiu
• Sahara Garey as Georgia
• Lee Thompson Young as Devon
• Julito McCullum as Terrence
• Erica Hubbard as Kiana
• Eddie Steeples as Derrick-T
• Dalia Phillips as Ms. Cross
• Tzi Ma as Mr. Chiu
• Jeris Poindexter as Steve
• Sara Niemietz as Polly
• George Hornedo as Roman
• Craig Wasson as Ted Saunders
• Jeff Marlow as District Judge
• Lee Garlington as Regional Judge
• Katie Kerwin McCrimmon as Herself
• Sidney Ganis as Regional Pronouncer
• Austin Herrera Davis as Cheating Boy
• Janet Borrus as Cheating Boy's Mom
• Wolfgang Bodison as Akeelah's Father
• Bonita Friedericy as Volunteer
• Lauren Sánchez Bezos as Reporter
• Fay Hauser as Woman on TV
• Jack Ong as Korean Grocer
• Neil Soni as Rajeev Subramonian
• Tinashe as Cissi

Crew

• Doug Atchison — Director
• Doug Atchison — Writer
• Nancy Hult Ganis — Producer
• Aaron Zigman — Original Music Composer
• M. David Mullen — Director of Photography
• Laurence Fishburne — Producer
• Danny Llewelyn — Producer

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