Get On Up (2014) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Tate Taylor.

Cast

• Chadwick Boseman as James Brown
• Nelsan Ellis as Bobby Byrd
• Dan Aykroyd as Ben Bart
• Viola Davis as Susie Brown
• Lennie James as Joe Brown
• Fred Melamed as Syd Nathan
• Jill Scott as DeeDee Brown
• Octavia Spencer as Aunt Honey
• Nick Eversman as Mick Jagger
• Tika Sumpter as Yvonne Fair
• James DuMont as Corporal Dooley
• Billy Slaughter as Pool Cleaner
• Ritchie Montgomery as Warden
• Craig Robinson as Maceo Parker
• Brandon Mychal Smith as Little Richard
• Aloe Blacc as Nafloyd Scott
• Josh Hopkins as Ralph Bass
• Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor as Vicki Anderson
• Tariq Trotter as Pee Wee Ellis
• Keith D. Robinson as Baby Roy
• Stacey Scowley as Penelope White
• Liz Mikel as Gertrude Sanders
• Julius Tennon as Grandpa Byrd
• Allison Janney as Kathy
• John Benjamin Hickey as Richard
• J.D. Evermore as Seminar Presenter
• Carol Lee as Mavis
• Cleta Elaine Ellington as Shirley Buell
• Jim Gleason as Insurance Salesman
• Ahna O'Reilly as Reporter
• Antonius Charles as Black Infantryman
• Donald Watkins as Black Infantryman
• Corey Sorenson as Pilot
• Hunter Burke as Soldier
• Jamarion Scott as Little James Brown
• Jordan Scott as Little James Brown
• Rena DeAngelo as Reno Reporter
• Aakomon Jones as Bobby Bennett
• George Quinones as Lynched Man
• Aaron Jay Rome as Frankie Avalon

Crew

• John-Henry Butterworth — Screenplay
• Jez Butterworth — Screenplay
• Tate Taylor — Director
• Steven Baigelman — Screenplay
• Victoria Pearman — Producer
• Mick Jagger — Producer
• Tate Taylor — Producer
• Brian Grazer — Producer
• Erica Huggins — Producer
• Stephen Goldblatt — Director of Photography
• Thomas Newman — Original Music Composer

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