Origin (2023) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Ava DuVernay.

Cast

• Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor as Isabel Wilkerson
• Niecy Nash as Marion Wilkerson
• Jon Bernthal as Brett Hamilton
• Emily Yancy as Ruby Wilkerson
• Finn Wittrock as August Landmesser
• Victoria Pedretti as Irma Eckler
• Jasmine Cephas Jones as Elizabeth Davis
• Isha Blaaker as Allison Davis
• Vera Farmiga as Kate Medina
• Audra McDonald as Miss Hale
• Connie Nielsen as Sabine
• Blair Underwood as Amari Selvan
• Nick Offerman as Dave the Plumber
• Stephanie March as Binky Urban
• Myles Frost as Trayvon Martin
• Suraj Yengde, Ph.D as Himself
• Donna Mills as Mrs. Copeland
• Michael "Spike" Topoozian as Sales Executive
• Cristin König as Nazi Librarian
• Franz Hartwig as Erich Kästner
• Jakob von Eichel as Pastor
• Thai Douglas as Teddy
• Matthias Miller as Berlin Librarian
• Daniel Lommatzsch as Joseph Goebbels
• Max Schimmelpfennig as Nazi Student Organizer
• Mieke Schymura as Nigella Dunkley
• John Hans Tester as Ulrich Kostlin
• Leonardo Nam as Nathan Kostlin
• Bryan Terry Shell as Pest Control Guy
• Ann-Sophie Heier as Museum Curator
• Ingo Hülsmann as Eduard Kohlrausch
• Holger Handtke as Fritz Grau
• Felix Goeser as Bernhard Lösener
• Luis Lüps as Achim Gercke
• Konstantin Lindhorst as Roland Freisler
• David Bredin as Karl Klee
• Matthew Zuk as Burleigh Gardner
• Hannah Pniewski as Mary Gardner
• Jessica Fontaine as Essie
• Steven Allen as Red Haired Man

Crew

• Ava DuVernay — Writer
• Kris Bowers — Original Music Composer
• Matthew J. Lloyd — Director of Photography
• Sarah Perlman Bremner — Producer
• Ava DuVernay — Director
• Paul Goodwin Garnes — Producer
• Ava DuVernay — Producer

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