Rise (2022) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Akin Omotoso.

Cast

• Uche Agada as Giannis Antetokounmpo
• Dayo Okeniyi as Charles Antetokounmpo
• Yetide Badaki as Veronica Antetokounmpo
• Ral Agada as Thanasis Antetokounmpo
• Jaden Osimuwa as Kostas Antetokounmpo
• Elijah Sholanke as Alexandros Antetokounmpo
• Taylor Nichols as John Hammond
• Panos Koronis as Takis Zivas
• Manish Dayal as Kevin Stephanides
• Christos Loulis as Poco
• Pilar Holland as Teresa Perez
• Maximiliano Hernández as OKC Thunder Rep
• Phil Blevins as Peristeri B. C. Point Guard
• Efthimis Chalkidis as Haris Eleftheriou
• Babis Hawk Konstantinou as Turkish Policeman
• Lina Patsiou as Nurse #1
• Nicolas Politis as NBA Scouter
• Jake Schwencke as NBA Scouter
• McColm Cephas Jr. as Young Giannis
• Chinua Baraka Payne as Young Thanasis
• Aaron Kingsley Adetola as Young Kostas
• Jahleel Kamara as Young Alexandros
• Giannis Antetokounmpo as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Aria Papanikolaou
• Kemi Lala Akindoju as Joy
• Stamatina Gaj as Ms Pantazis
• Joke Silva as Cecelia

Crew

• Bernie Goldmann — Producer
• Arash Amel — Screenplay
• Ré Olunuga — Original Music Composer
• Kabelo Thathe — Director of Photography
• Akin Omotoso — Director

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