The Great Debaters (2007)

Rating: 7.6 of 10

Below is the list of the 99 actors that worked in The Great Debaters. When you find the person you are looking for, click on the link to view a list of actors they have worked with.

Denzel Washington as Melvin B. Tolson

Nate Parker as Henry Lowe

Jurnee Smollett-Bell as Samantha Booke

Denzel Whitaker as James Farmer Jr.

Jermaine Williams as Hamilton Burgess

Forest Whitaker as Dr. James Farmer Sr.

Gina Ravera as Ruth Tolson

John Heard as Sheriff Dozier

Kimberly Elise as Pearl Farmer

Devyn A. Tyler as Helen Farmer

Trenton McClain Boyd as Nathaniel Farmer

Ritchie Montgomery as Deputy

Jackson Walker as Pig Owner

Tim Parati as Pig Farmer

Robert X. Golphin as Dunbar Reed

Justice Leak as Harland Osbourne

Glen Powell as Harvard Debater #1

Brad Watkins as Harvard Debater #2

Brian Smiar as Harvard Dean

Damien Leake as Wilson

Voltaire Sterling as Paul Quinn Debater #1

Stephen Rider as Paul Quinn Debater #2

Gordon Danniels as Paul Quinn Debate Judge

Donny Boaz as Oklahoma City College Debater #1

Samuel Elliott Whisnant as Oklahoma City College Debater #2

Bonnie Johnson as Dr. Jennings

Charissa Allen as Benita

Michael Beasley as Trudell

Gary Mathis as Enormous Man

George Wilson as Samuel

Fahnlohnee R. Harris as Clementine

Harold Evans as William Taylor

J.D. Evermore as Captain Wainwright

Sharon Jones as Lila

Kelvin Payton as Joseph

Southey Blanton as White Labor Organizer

Michael Mattison as White Sharecropper #1

Jeff Braun as White Sharecropper #2

Milton R. Gipson as Prairie View Professor

Frank Ridley as Security Guard

Jeremiah Kissel as Radio Announcer at Harvard Debate

Jack Radosta as White Man at Lynching

Marcus Lyle Brown as Howard Debater #1

Alvin Youngblood Hart as Juke Joint Musician #1

Dom Flemons as Juke Joint Musician #2

Justin Robinson as Juke Joint Musician #3

Rhiannon Giddens as Juke Joint Musician #4

Ahmad Powell as Fisk Professor

Adam Zalt as Harvard Student, Navy Sailor

Alan Resnic as Harvard Scholar

Alex Korna as Harvard Student

Alex Milne as Shoe Shine Boy

Aqua Lee as Juke Joint Couple

Benjamin Fisher as Harvard Student

Bill Stinchcomb as Lynch Mob

Breon Pugh as Wiley Debater

Brian D. Evans as Harvard Student

Chad Boldini as Harvard Debate Attendee

Cory Patt as Wiley Student

Cory Reed Smith as Harvard Debate Attendee

Crystal Brown-Tatum as Dance Chaperone, Female Teacher

Curtis Eames as Reporter

Donald Warnock as The Chief Harvard Judge

Ed O'Keefe as Harvard Scholar

Ellen Becker-Gray as Faculty at Harvard Debate

Gio Castellano as Harvard Debate Attendee

Giovanni Pantaleo as Havard Student

Heath Stewart as Reserve Harvard Debater

Hevin Hampton as Bar Patron

Ian Wallace as Harvard Student

Jaishon Fisher as Newspaper Boy

Jamai Fisher as Kid at Train Station

James Paul as Riot Starter

Jason Mulcahy as Harvard Student

Jeannie Perrin as Lynching Participant

Jimmy Lee Jr. as Lyncher

Joel B. Hayden as Harvard Professor

Josh McBride as Harvard Student

Kenneth Lecompte as Share Cropper and Grocer

Kevin Beard as Klansman at Lynching

Kole Caston as Boy in Lynch Mob

Mario Wanza as Wiley Student

Michael C. 'Mike' Allen as Deputy Texas Ranger

Michael DeMello as Debate Observer

Mike Wendt as Havard Student

Nefertara Hotep as Extra

Patrick Mel Hayes as Harvard Alumni

Paul McGillicuddy as Harvard Debate Attendee

Robert M. Saunders as Harvard Student

Robert Masiello as Harvard Alumni

Roger Dillingham Jr. as Upscale Traveler

Russell Woron-Simons as Harvard Debate Attendee

Ruth Mahala Sullivan as Student

Sal DiMino as Reporter

Scott Sousa as Harvard Student

Steve Flynn as Harvard Dean

Tarek Moussa as Harvard Student

Thomas Cataloni as Sailor

Todd Poudrier as Radio Tech