Elenco

• Giancarlo Esposito — Cassius Clay, Sr.
• Jon Voight — Howard Cosell
• Mario Van Peebles — Malcolm X
• Ron Silver — Angelo Dundee
• Jeffrey Wright — Howard Bingham
• Bruce McGill — Bradley
• Barry Shabaka Henley — Herbert Muhammad
• Albert Hall — Elijah Muhammad
• Alexandra Bokyun Chun — Asian Cosmetologist
• Will Smith — Muhammad Ali / Cassius Clay
• Jamie Foxx — Drew 'Bundini' Brown
• Mykelti Williamson — Don King
• Jada Pinkett Smith — Sonji
• Michael Michele — Veronica Porche
• Joe Morton — Chauncey Eskridge
• Laurence Mason — Luis Sarria
• David Cubitt — Robert Lipsyte
• Ted Levine — Joe Smiley
• Malick Bowens — Joseph Mobutu
• David Elliott — Sam Cooke
• Michael Bentt — Sonny Liston
• Rufus Dorsey — Floyd Paterson
• Brad Greenquist — Marlin Thomas
• Victoria Dillard — Betty Shabazz
• Morgana Van Peebles — Malcolm X's Daughter
• Maestro Harrell — Young Cassius Clay
• Wade Williams — Lieutenant Jerome Claridge
• Kim Robillard — Jimmy Cannon
• Gailard Sartain — Gordon Davidson
• William Utay — The Doctor
• Guy Van Swearingen — Induction FBI Man
• David Purdham — Madison Square Garden Announcer
• Doug Hale — Judge Ingraham
• Marc Grapey — Bob Arum
• Chico Benymon — Hampton House Announcer
• Natalie Carter — Harlem Neighbor
• Christian Stolte — Miami Cop