Akeelah and the Bee

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

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