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Malcolm X szerepében:
Aaron Pierre
1994-06-07 London, England, UK
Aaron Stone Pierre (born June 7 1994) is an English actor. After training at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Pierre gained recognition for his role as Dev-Em in the science fiction series Krypton (2018–2019). He has since starred in the period drama miniseries The Underground Railroad (2021), as well as the thriller films Old (2021) and Rebel Ridge (2024). Also in 2024, he portrayed Malcolm X in the miniseries Genius and voiced Mufasa in Mufasa: The Lion King. Pierre was born on June 7 1994, in London. He is of Jamaican, Curaçao and Sierra Leonean background. He participated in athletics and sprinting as a child and developed an interest in acting as a teenager. He joined the Croydon Young People's Theatre (CRYPT) once he moved areas. He took Performing Arts at Lewisham College before training in Toronto and at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, graduating in 2016. Pierre appeared in 2 episodes of the BBC One series The A Word. In series 1 of the Sky Atlantic series Britannia, he played a Roman soldier, Antonius. In 2018, he began starring as Dev-Em in the Syfy series Krypton. Pierre starred as Cassio in Othello at Shakespeare's Globe that same year. For his performance, he received an Ian Charleson Award commendation. He played the King opposite Lenny Henry in the 2019 production of King Hedley II at the Theatre Royal Stratford East. American director Barry Jenkins saw Pierre in Othello and sent him a message inviting him to audition for his new series. Pierre landed the role of Caesar in The Underground Railroad, released on Amazon Prime in May 2021. In July 2021, Pierre appeared as Mid-Sized Sedan / Brendan in M. Night Shyamalan's film Old. In August 2021, it was reported that Pierre would reteam with Barry Jenkins as a young Mufasa in a Lion King film. In October 2021, after John Boyega stepped down for family reasons, Pierre starred in Jeremy Saulnier's film Rebel Ridge, streamed on Netflix in 2024. In 2021, he starred in Foe, an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Iain Reid. In February 2022, Pierre joined the cast of the upcoming superhero film Blade, set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and scheduled to be released on November 7, 2025. However, he was released from the project by March 2024 due to script rewrites. He won the Best Supporting Performance in a Film at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023, for his performance as Francis in the film Brother. Pierre provided the voice of a young Mufasa in Mufasa: The Lion King. In October 2024, Pierre was cast as John Stewart / Green Lantern in DC Studios's Lanterns television series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Aaron Pierre, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. szerepében:
Kelvin Harrison Jr.
1994-07-23 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Kelvin Harrison Jr. (born July 23, 1994) is an American actor. He began his career with small roles in the 2013 films Ender's Game and 12 Years a Slave. His breakthrough performance came as Travis in the 2017 horror film It Comes at Night, and in 2019 he gained wider recognition for his work in Luce and Waves. Harrison Jr. received nominations for the Best Male Lead at the Independent Spirit Awards for the former and the Rising Star Award at the British Academy Film Awards for the latter.
Betty Shabazz szerepében:
Jayme Lawson
1997-09-19 USA
Jayme Lawson is an American actress, best known for her role in The Batman (2022). She studied drama at The Juilliard School and graduated in 2019, where she played Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, the title role in Hamlet, as well as Lady Macbeth onstage.
Coretta Scott King szerepében:
Weruche Opia
1987-04-11 Nigeria
Reanne Weruche Opia (/wəˈruːtʃeɪ ˈoʊpiə/) (born April 11, 1987) is a British-Nigerian actress and entrepreneur. She is the founding CEO of the clothing line Jesus Junkie Clothing. She was nominated for a British Academy Television Award for her performance in the BBC miniseries I May Destroy You (2020). Born in Lagos, Opia moved to South East London at the age of 13. Her father is an author and professor of social sciences and her mother is veteran Nigerian broadcaster and television host Ruth Benamaisia-Opia. Opia holds a degree in drama and sociology from the University of the West of England, Bristol. After making her television debut with a guest appearance in a 2010 episode of The Bill, Opia spent a year with the Renegade Theatre Company in Nigeria. Upon returning to England in 2012, she appeared in the Channel 4 crime drama Top Boy and the Channel 5 procedural Suspects. Opia gained prominence through her role as Cleopatra Ofoedo in the third series of the BBC comedy Bad Education and its 2015 spinoff film. Opia was nominated in 2015 in the Nollywood Actress of the Year category at the 2015 Nigeria Entertainment Awards for her role in the film When Love Happens. From 2019 to 2020, Opia was in the main cast of the Dave sitcom Sliced as Naomi. Opia starred as Terry Pratchard in Michaela Coel's BBC series I May Destroy You, which first aired in June 2020. For her performance, Opia was nominated for a British Academy Television Award and won a Black Reel Award. In 2022, she appeared in the ITV thriller Our House.
Clyde X szerepében:
Gary Carr
1986-12-11 London, England, UK
Gary Carr (born 11 December 1986) is an English actor, dancer, singer, and musician known for his works on screen and stage. He has had main character roles in BBC TV series Death in Paradise and US TV series The Deuce. He is also known for playing an American jazz singer named Jack Ross in the ITV historical drama Downton Abbey. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ralph Abernathy szerepében:
Hubert Point-Du Jour
Hubert Point-Du Jour is known for The Continental (2023), The Good Lord Bird (2020) and Dr. Death (2021).
Elijah Muhammad szerepében:
Ron Cephas Jones
✝ 1957-01-08 Paterson, New Jersey, USA - 2023-08-19
Ron Cephas Jones (January 8, 1957 – August 19, 2023) was an American actor, best known for his role as William Hill in the drama series This Is Us (2016–2022), which earned him four consecutive Primetime Emmy Award nominations, winning twice for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series in 2018 and 2020.
