Cast

• Harry Lennix — Joe Adams
• Bokeem Woodbine — Fathead Newman
• Regina King — Margie Hendricks
• Terrence Howard — Gossie McGee
• Wendell Pierce — Wilbur Brassfield
• Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor — Mary Ann Fisher
• Chris Thomas King — Lowell Fulson
• Denise Dowse — Marlene
• Warwick Davis — Oberon
• Patrick Bauchau — Dr. Hacker
• Kurt Fuller — Sam Clark
• Jamie Foxx — Ray Charles
• Kerry Washington — Della Bea Robinson
• Clifton Powell — Jeff Brown
• Curtis Armstrong — Ahmet Ertegun
• Richard Schiff — Jerry Wexler
• Larenz Tate — Quincy Jones
• David Krumholtz — Milt Shaw
• Thomas Jefferson Byrd — Jimmy
• Rick Gomez — Tom Dowd
• Robert Wisdom — Jack Lauderdale
• Jedda Jones — Mercedes
• Gary Grubbs — Billy Ray