Ali (2001) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Michael Mann.

Cast

• Will Smith as Muhammad Ali / Cassius Clay
• Jamie Foxx as Drew 'Bundini' Brown
• Jon Voight as Howard Cosell
• Mario Van Peebles as Malcolm X
• Ron Silver as Angelo Dundee
• Jeffrey Wright as Howard Bingham
• Mykelti Williamson as Don King
• Jada Pinkett Smith as Sonji Roi
• Nona Gaye as Belinda Ali
• Michael Michele as Veronica Porche
• Joe Morton as Chauncey Eskridge
• Paul Rodríguez as Dr. Ferdie Pacheco
• Bruce McGill as Bradley
• Barry Shabaka Henley as Herbert Muhammad
• Giancarlo Esposito as Cassius Clay, Sr.
• Laurence Mason as Luis Sarria
• LeVar Burton as Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Albert Hall as Elijah Muhammad
• David Cubitt as Robert Lipsyte
• Ted Levine as Joe Smiley
• Candy Ann Brown as Odessa
• David Elliott as Sam Cooke
• Shari Watson as Woman Singer
• Malick Bowens as Joseph Mobutu
• Michael Bentt as Sonny Liston
• James Toney as 'Smokin' Joe Frazier
• Alfred Cole as Ernie Terrell
• Charles Shufford as George Foreman
• Rufus Dorsey as Floyd Paterson
• Robert Sale as Jerry Quarry
• Vince Cooke as Jimmy Ellis
• Damien 'Bolo' Wills as Ken Norton
• David Haines as Rudy Clay / Rahaman Ali
• Victoria Dillard as Betty Shabazz
• Brad Greenquist as Marlin Thomas
• Morgana Van Peebles as Malcolm X's Daughter
• Maya Van Peebles as Malcolm X's Daughter
• Maestro Harrell as Young Cassius Clay
• William Utay as The Doctor
• Kim Robillard as Jimmy Cannon

Crew

• Jon Peters — Producer
• Michael Mann — Director
• Lisa Gerrard — Original Music Composer
• Michael Mann — Producer
• James Lassiter — Producer
• Christopher Wilkinson — Screenplay
• Eric Roth — Screenplay
• Michael Mann — Screenplay
• Emmanuel Lubezki — Director of Photography
• Pieter Bourke — Original Music Composer
• Paul Ardaji — Producer
• Stephen J. Rivele — Screenplay
• A. Kitman Ho — Producer

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