Get On Up

Fred Melamed as Syd Nathan Viola Davis as Susie Brown Hunter Burke as Soldier Jacinte Blankenship as Velma Brown Lennie James as Joe Brown Chadwick Boseman as James Brown Octavia Spencer as Aunt Honey Aloe Blacc as Nafloyd Scott Stacey Scowley as Penelope White Aakomon Jones as Bobby Bennett Tika Sumpter as Yvonne Fair Corey Sorenson as Pilot Craig Robinson as Maceo Parker Michael Papajohn as 1949 Cop Nelsan Ellis as Bobby Byrd James DuMont as Corporal Dooley Sheldon Frett as Susie's Soldier Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor as Vicki Anderson Donald Watkins as Black Infantryman Kirk Bovill as Announcer Jason Davis as Mayor White Aaron J. Brooks as Insurance Agent Ritchie Montgomery as Warden Tariq Trotter as Pee Wee Ellis Keith D. Robinson as Baby Roy Julius Tennon as Grandpa Byrd Jim Gleason as Insurance Salesman Josh Hopkins as Ralph Bass David Carzell as Catfish Liz Mikel as Gertrude Sanders Atkins Estimond as Big Junior Jill Scott as DeeDee Brown Nick Eversman as Mick Jagger Brandon Mychal Smith as Little Richard John Benjamin Hickey as Richard Ahna O'Reilly as Reporter Joe T. Blankenship as Alan Leeds Allison Janney as Kathy J.D. Evermore as Seminar Presenter Clyde Jones as Daddy Grace Billy Slaughter as Pool Cleaner Rena DeAngelo as Reno Reporter Dan Aykroyd as Ben Bart

John-Henry Butterworth Screenplay, Executive Producer Steven A. Morrow Sound mixer Brian Grazer Producer Thomas Newman Original Music Composer Tony Donno Stunt Driver Jez Butterworth Screenplay, Executive Producer Mick Jagger Producer Lex D. Geddings Stunt Coordinator William Scharpf Stunts Mark Yawn Stunt Driver Tim Bell Stunts Carl Anthony Nespoli Stunt Driver Philip Fornah Stunts John Norris Executive Producer Sharen Davis Costume Design Michael Endoso Stunt Driver Tate Taylor Director, Producer Danny Epper Stunts Stephen Goldblatt Director of Photography Rena DeAngelo Set Decoration James Brown Songs Chuck Picerni Jr. Stunts Jeff Brockton Stunt Driver Sean Paul Braud Stunts Michael McCusker Editor