The Great Debaters (2007) Cast & Crew
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Directed by Denzel Washington.
Cast
- Denzel Whitaker as James Farmer Jr.
- Denzel Washington as Melvin B. Tolson
- Nate Parker as Henry Lowe
- Jurnee Smollett-Bell as Samantha Booke
- Forest Whitaker as Dr. James Farmer Sr.
- Kimberly Elise as Pearl Farmer
- Jermaine Williams as Hamilton Burgess
- Gina Ravera as Ruth Tolson
- John Heard as Sheriff Dozier
- Devyn A. Tyler as Helen Farmer
- Trenton McClain Boyd as Nathaniel Farmer
- Ritchie Montgomery as Deputy
- Jackson Walker as Pig Owner
- Tim Parati as Pig Farmer
- Robert X. Golphin as Dunbar Reed
- Justice Leak as Harland Osbourne
- Glen Powell as Harvard Debater #1
- Brad Watkins as Harvard Debater #2
- Brian Smiar as Harvard Dean
- Damien Leake as Wilson
- Voltaire Sterling as Paul Quinn Debater #1
- Stephen Rider as Paul Quinn Debater #2
- Gordon Danniels as Paul Quinn Debate Judge
- Donny Boaz as Oklahoma City College Debater #1
- Samuel Elliott Whisnant as Oklahoma City College Debater #2
- Bonnie Johnson as Dr. Jennings
- Charissa Allen as Benita
- Michael Beasley as Trudell
- Gary Mathis as Enormous Man
- George Wilson as Samuel
- Fahnlohnee R. Harris as Clementine
- Harold Evans as William Taylor
- J.D. Evermore as Captain Wainwright
- Sharon Jones as Lila
- Kelvin Payton as Joseph
- Southey Blanton as White Labor Organizer
- Michael Mattison as White Sharecropper #1
- Jeff Braun as White Sharecropper #2
- Milton R. Gipson as Prairie View Professor
- Frank Ridley as Security Guard
Crew
- Denzel Washington — Director
- Kate Forte — Producer
- Oprah Winfrey — Producer
- Joe Roth — Producer
- Todd Black — Producer
- Philippe Rousselot — Director of Photography
- James Newton Howard — Original Music Composer
- Peter Golub — Original Music Composer
- Robert Eisele — Screenplay
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