Origin

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor as Isabel Wilkerson Niecy Nash-Betts as Marion Wilkerson Jon Bernthal as Brett Hamilton Emily Yancy as Ruby Wilkerson Finn Wittrock as August Landmesser Victoria Pedretti as Irma Eckler Jasmine Cephas Jones as Elizabeth Davis Isha Blaaker as Allison Davis Vera Farmiga as Kate Medina Audra McDonald as Miss Hale Connie Nielsen as Sabine Blair Underwood as Amari Selvan Nick Offerman as Dave the Plumber Stephanie March as Binky Urban Donna Mills as Mrs. Copeland Franz Hartwig as Erich Kästner Jakob von Eichel as Pastor Daniel Lommatzsch as Joseph Goebbels Max Schimmelpfennig as Nazi Student Organizer Mieke Schymura as Nigella Dunkley John Hans Tester as Ulrich Kostlin Leonardo Nam as Nathan Kostlin Ingo Hülsmann as Eduard Kohlrausch Holger Handtke as Fritz Grau Felix Goeser as Bernhard Lösener Luis Lüps as Achim Gercke Konstantin Lindhorst as Roland Freisler David Bredin as Karl Klee Matthew Zuk as Burleigh Gardner Hannah Pniewski as Mary Gardner Jessica Fontaine as Essie Steven Allen as Red Haired Man Will Baker as Traveler / Restaurant Patron Wyatt Werneth as Sheriff Malachi Malik as James Hale Gissette Valentin as Gina the Realtor Snehalata Siddharth Tagde as Dr. Jajula Valicharla Sarah Navratil as German Lady in Powder Room #1 Tatiana Harman as German Lady in Powder Room #2 Bryan McClure as Park Worker Keller Fornes as Lifeguard Carmen Halphen as Airplane Passenger Barack Obama as Self (archive footage) Martin Luther King Jr. as Self (archive voice)

Melinda Gates Executive Producer Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Executive Producer Anne Wojcicki Executive Producer Ava DuVernay Writer Wyatt Winborne CG Supervisor Matthew J. Lloyd Director of Photography Kris Bowers Original Music Composer Coya Elliott Sound Effects Editor Ava DuVernay Director Isabel Wilkerson Book Ava DuVernay Producer Paul Goodwin Garnes Producer Steve Slanec Supervising Sound Editor Willie D. Burton Sound Mixer Brian Chumney Supervising Sound Editor Andrea Gard Foley Artist Pete Horner Sound Re-Recording Mixer Al Nelson Sound Designer Tony Villaflor Sound Re-Recording Mixer Matt Osborne Additional Colorist