Malcolm X

Lonette McKee as Louise Little Mark Gorham as Police Chief's Driver (uncredited) Nicholas Turturro as Boston Cop Jean-Claude La Marre as Benjamin 2X Giancarlo Esposito as Thomas Hayer Shirley Stoler as Mrs. Swerlin Charles Weldon as Follower at Temple #7 Terence Blanchard as Billie Holiday Quartet - Trumpet Angela Bassett as Betty Shabazz Nelson Mandela as Soweto Teacher Bahni Turpin as Follower at Temple #7 LaTanya Richardson Jackson as Lorraine Don Hewitt Sr. as Black Legion Member David Reivers as Elijah Muhammad's FOI Lizbeth MacKay as White Woman in market Beatrice Winde as Elderly Woman Mike Hodge as Follower at Temple #7 Gareth Williams as JFK Reporter Michael Imperioli as Reporter at Fire Bombing Wendell Pierce as Ben Thomas Keith Thomas as Roseland Dancer Hazel Medina as Cashier Person Walter Jones as Barber's Customer Fracaswell Hyman as Bartender Steven Randazzo as TV Reporter Craig Wasson as TV Host Eartha Robinson as Roseland Dancer Arthur French as Pullman Porter Jake-Ann Jones as Hooker John Sayles as FBI Agent Kate Vernon as Sophia Joe Seneca as Toomer Ossie Davis as Eulogy Performer (voice) Scot Anthony Robinson as Daniel Laurieann Gibson as Skeleton Crew Dancer Christopher Plummer as Chaplain Gill Annie Corley as TV Reporter Sharon Ferguson as Hooker / Roseland Dancer Sharon Washington as Augusta Jery Hewitt as Black Legion Member Tommy Hollis as Earl Little George Lee Miles as Preacher Michael C. Mahon as Prisoner Michael Ralph as Crowd Member Theresa Randle as Laura James McDaniel as Brother Earl Mansoor Najee-Ullah as Elijah Muhammad's FOI Leland Gantt as Wilbur Kinley Billy J. Mitchell as Man #1 John Ottavino as Blades Armand Schultz as TV Reporter Spike Lee as Shorty Elise Neal as Hooker Bobby Seale as Speaker #1 John David Washington as Student in Harlem Classroom Al Freeman Jr. as Elijah Muhammad Aleta Mitchell as Sister Robin Frances Foster as Woman Outside Audubon Ballroom Karen Duffy as Sophia’s Friend Raymond Anthony Thomas as Crowd Member Phyllis Yvonne Stickney as Honey James Murtaugh as Cop at Harlem Station Scott Whitehurst as Malcolm's FOI Iris Little Thomas as Follower at Temple #7 Karen Allen as Miss Dunne Larry McCoy as Sammy Delilah Picart as Crowd Member William Fichtner as Cop at Harlem Station James MacDonald as Lieutenant Raye Dowell as Sister Evelyn Williams Abdul Salaam El Razzac as Fox Albert Hall as Baines Janet Zarish as TV Reporter Byron Utley as Prisoner Manny Siverio as KKK Member Ashanti as Student in Harlem Classroom (uncredited) John Griesemer as Guard Wilkins Leonard L. Thomas as Leon Davis David Patrick Kelly as Mr. Ostrowski Mary Alice as School Teacher Joe Pentangelo as Mounted Police Debi Mazar as Peg Eric Payne as Malcolm's FOI Roger Guenveur Smith as Rudy Keith Randolph Smith as Brother Gene Peter Boyle as Captain Green Ed Herlihy as Joe Louis Announcer George T. Odom as Barber Ernest Lee Thomas as Sidney Steve White as Brother Johnson Al Sharpton as Speaker #2 Veronica Webb as Sister Lucille Rosary Bill Anagnos as Black Legion Member Marcus Naylor as TV Reporter Steve Stapenhorst as Reporter at Fire Bombing Kevin Rock as Elijah Muhammad's FOI Denzel Washington as Malcolm X Martin Donovan as FBI Agent Rony Clanton as Fruit of Islam Dion Graham as Elijah Muhammad's FOI O.L. Duke as Pete Chuck Cooper as Customer Michael Cullen as Desk Sergeant Delroy Lindo as West Indian Archie Brendan Kelly as Guard Cone Richard Schiff as JFK Reporter Stewart J. Zully as TV Reporter Tim Kelleher as Cop at Harlem Station

Spike Lee Director, Screenplay, Producer Judy Becker Set Dresser Jery Hewitt Special Effects Assistant Arthur Jafa Second Unit Director of Photography Michael Jordan Thanks Ruth E. Carter Costume Design Oprah Winfrey Thanks Skip Lievsay Supervising Sound Editor Quincy Jones Thanks Janet Jackson Thanks Alex Haley Book, In Memory Of Wynn Thomas Production Design Geary McLeod First Assistant Camera Malcolm D. Lee Set Production Assistant, Post Production Assistant Scott Chambliss Assistant Art Director Oliver Stone Thanks Jeff Ward Stunt Coordinator Barry Alexander Brown Editor, Second Unit Director Gregg Smrz Stunts Mick O'Rourke Stunts Geeta Gandbhir Apprentice Sound Editor Roy Farfel Stunts Samir Seif Assistant Director Ernest R. Dickerson Director of Photography David S. Lomax Stunts Phil Neilson Stunts Jalil Jay Lynch Stunts James Baldwin Screenplay Terence Blanchard Original Music Composer Malcolm X Book Randall Balsmeyer Visual Effects Supervisor Robi Reed Casting Prince Thanks Bill Cosby Thanks Chuck Jeffreys Stunts