Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown - Production & Contact Info

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61 cast members

Name	Known for
James Brown Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Blues Brothers (1980)
Christian McBride Self Self See fewer	Passion Play (2010)
Bobby Byrd Self Self See fewer	The Tuxedo (2002)
Greg Tate Self Self See fewer	Wayne Shorter: Zero Gravity (2023)
Louis Jordan Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Blues Brothers (1980)
Duke Ellington Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Mick Jagger Self Self See fewer	Alfie (2004)
John Starks Self (as John 'Jabo' Starks) Self (as John 'Jabo' Starks) See fewer	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
Eugene 'Bull' Connor Self (archive footage) (as Bull Connor) Self (archive footage) (as Bull Connor) See fewer	The American Revolution of '63 (1963)
Al Sharpton Self Self See fewer	Mr. Deeds (2002)
Martha High Self Self See fewer	Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
Little Richard Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Predator (1987)
Melvin Parker Self Self See fewer	The Plea Agreement
Alan Leeds Self Self See fewer	Get on Up (2014)
Clyde Stubblefield Self Self See fewer	Superbad (2007)
Micheal Veal Self Self See fewer	Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown (2014)
Danny Ray Self Self See fewer	Forever Funk
Questlove Self (as Ahmir 'Questlove' Thompson) Self (as Ahmir 'Questlove' Thompson) See fewer	Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
Martin Luther King Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Freedom Writers (2007)
Malcolm X Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Malcolm X (1992)
Lyndon B. Johnson Self (archive footage) (as Lyndon Johnson) Self (archive footage) (as Lyndon Johnson) See fewer	Spartamerika
Maceo Parker Self Self See fewer	Space Cowboys (2000)
Gerry and the Pacemakers Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage) See fewer	Nobody (I) (2021)
The Beach Boys Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage) See fewer	The Boat That Rocked (2009)
Pee Wee Ellis Self (as Alfred 'Pee Wee' Ellis') Self (as Alfred 'Pee Wee' Ellis') See fewer	Undercover Brother (2002)
Fred Wesley Self Self See fewer	Undercover Brother (2002)
Ben Bart Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Ed Sullivan Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
James Meredith Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	One More River (1963)
Cleveland Sellers Self Self See fewer	The Boys Who Said NO! (2020)
Dick Gregory Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Hot Chick (2002)
Stokely Carmichael Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (2011)
H. Rap Brown Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Fall (1969)
Kevin White Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	This Old House (1979)
Louis B. Lyons Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Hubert H. Humphrey Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Candidate (1972)
Don Warden Self - host, Black Dignity show (archive footage) Self - host, Black Dignity show (archive footage) See fewer
Chuck D Self Self See fewer	Star Trek Beyond (2016)
Mike Douglas Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Cinderella (1950)
David Susskind Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
Richard Nixon Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Frost/Nixon (2008)
Bootsy Collins Self Self See fewer	Undercover Brother (2002)
Phelps 'Catfish' Collins Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Superbad (2007)
Jim Wipkee Self - reporter, WSB News (archive footage) Self - reporter, WSB News (archive footage) See fewer
Michael Jackson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Michael Jackson: Thriller (1983)
Prince Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Under the Cherry Moon (1986)
Ye Self (archive footage) (as Kanye West) Self (archive footage) (as Kanye West) See fewer	The Great Gatsby (2013)
Don Cornelius Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000)
Sammy Davis Jr. Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Cannonball Run (1981)
Flavor Flav Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	End of Watch (2012)
Gerald Ford Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Dynasty (1981)
Jam Master Jay Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Die Hard (1988)
Jay-Z Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Harder They Fall (2021)
Brian Jones Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	A Degree of Murder (1967)
Bruno Mars Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
Darryl McDaniels Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Die Hard (1988)
Pat Nixon Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Magical World of Disney (1954)
Keith Richards Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
Dinah Shore Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956)
Charlie Watts Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Blue Ice (1992)
Bill Wyman Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Phenomena (1985)