Akeelah and the Bee

Craig Wasson as Ted Saunders Lee Garlington as Regional Judge Wolfgang Bodison as Akeelah's Father Lauren Sánchez Bezos as Reporter Tinashe as Cissi Keke Palmer as Akeelah Anderson J.R. Villarreal as Javier Fay Hauser as Woman on TV Lee Thompson Young as Devon Eddie Steeples as Derrick-T Angela Bassett as Tanya Anderson Curtis Armstrong as Mr. Welch Sean Michael Afable as Dylan Chiu Jeff Marlow as District Judge Erica Hubbard as Kiana Jeris Poindexter as Steve Dalia Phillips as Ms. Cross Tzi Ma as Mr. Chiu Jack Ong as Korean Grocer Sidney Ganis as Regional Pronouncer Bonita Friedericy as Volunteer Laurence Fishburne as Dr. Larabee Julito McCullum as Terrence

Jaki Brown Casting Laurence Fishburne Producer Aaron Zigman Original Music Composer Chris Navarro ADR Recordist Johnny Caruso Music Editor Joel C. High Music Supervisor Mark Cuban Executive Producer Doug Atchison Director, Writer Sharen Davis Costume Design M. David Mullen Director of Photography Kim Taylor-Coleman Casting