Cast and Crew of Bill Russell: Legend

Bill Russell: Legend

Winningest NBA champion and civil rights icon Bill Russell builds a larger-than-life legacy on and off the court in this 2-part biographical documentary.

Full Cast of Bill Russell: Legend

Corey Stoll as Narrator (voice)

Corey Stoll

as Narrator (voice) (2 episodes)

Corey Daniel Stoll (born March 14, 1976) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Congressman Peter Ru...

Bill Russell as Self

Bill Russell

as Self (2 episodes)

Oscar Robertson

as Self - Basketball Hall of Fame (2 episodes)
Stephen Curry as Self - 4 Time NBA Champion

Stephen Curry

as Self - 4 Time NBA Champion (2 episodes)

Wardell Stephen "Steph" Curry II is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the N...

Bob Ryan

as Self - Sportswriter, The Boston Globe (2 episodes)
Larry Bird as Self - Boston Celtics 1979-92

Larry Bird

as Self - Boston Celtics 1979-92 (2 episodes)

Larry Joe Bird is a former American NBA basketball player and coach. Drafted into the NBA sixth overall by the Boston...

Magic Johnson as Self - Basketball Hall of Fame

Magic Johnson

as Self - Basketball Hall of Fame (2 episodes)

Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. is an American former professional basketball player and two-time Naismith Memorial Basket...

Satch Sanders

as Self - Boston Celtics 1960-73 (2 episodes)

William C. Rhoden

as Self - Columnist, ESPN's Andscape (2 episodes)
Isiah Thomas as Self - Basketball Hall of Fame

Isiah Thomas

as Self - Basketball Hall of Fame (2 episodes)

Aram Goudsouzian

as Self - Bill Russell Biographer, 'King of the Court' (2 episodes)
Lawrence O'Donnell as Self - Host 'The Last Word' MSNBC

Lawrence O'Donnell

as Self - Host 'The Last Word' MSNBC (2 episodes)

Lawrence Francis O'Donnell Jr. is an American television anchor, actor, author, screenwriter, liberal political comme...

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as Self - Basketball Hall of Fame

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

as Self - Basketball Hall of Fame (2 episodes)

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.) is an American former professional basketball player who play...

Jeannine Russell

as Self - Bill Russell's Widow (2 episodes)

Bill McSweeny

as Self - Co-Author with Bill Russell, 'Go Up for Glory' (2 episodes)

Red Auerbach

as Self - Coach, Boston Celtics 1950-66 (archive footage) (2 episodes)
Bob Cousy as Self - Boston Celtics 1950-63

Bob Cousy

as Self - Boston Celtics 1950-63 (2 episodes)

Steve Springer

as Self - Sportswriter, The Los Angeles Times (2 episodes)
Bill Walton as Self - Basketball Hall of Fame

Bill Walton

as Self - Basketball Hall of Fame (2 episodes)

Tom Heinsohn

as Self - Boston Celtics 1956-65 (archive footage) (2 episodes)

Bob Pettit

as Self - St. Louis Hawks 1955-65 (archive footage) (2 episodes)

Karen Russell

as Self - Bill Russell's Daughter (2 episodes)

Nelson George

as Self - Author & Filmmaker (2 episodes)
Jalen Rose as Self - NBA 1994-2007

Jalen Rose

as Self - NBA 1994-2007 (2 episodes)
Earl Monroe as Self - Basketball Hall of Fame

Earl Monroe

as Self - Basketball Hall of Fame (2 episodes)
Julius Erving as Self - Basketball Hall of Fame

Julius Erving

as Self - Basketball Hall of Fame (2 episodes)

Julius Winfield Erving II, commonly known by the nickname "Dr. J", is an American retired basketball player who helpe...

Nancy Auerbach

as Self - Red Auerbach's Daughter (2 episodes)

Bill Bradley

as Self - Basketball Hall of Fame (2 episodes)

Leigh Montville

as Self - Author, 'Tall Men, Short Shorts' (2 episodes)

Dave Zirin

as Self - Sports Editor, The Nation (2 episodes)
Wilt Chamberlain as Self - Basketball Hall of Fame (archive footage)

Wilt Chamberlain

as Self - Basketball Hall of Fame (archive footage) (2 episodes)
Shaquille O'Neal as Self - Basketball Hall of Fame

Shaquille O'Neal

as Self - Basketball Hall of Fame (2 episodes)

Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal (born March 6, 1972), nicknamed "Shaq”, is an American former professional basketball player...

Chris Paul as Self - 12 Time NBA All-Star

Chris Paul

as Self - 12 Time NBA All-Star (2 episodes)

Sam Jones

as Self - Boston Celtics 1957-69 (2 episodes)

Steve Smith

as Self - NBA Champion (2 episodes)

Renee Montgomery

as Self - WNBA All-Star (2 episodes)

Keith Erickson

as Self - Los Angeles Lakers 1968-73 (2 episodes)

Jerry West

as Self - Los Angeles Lakers 1960-74 (2 episodes)

Elgin Baylor

as Self (archive footage) (2 episodes)
Martin Luther King Jr. as Self (archive footage)

Martin Luther King Jr.

as Self (archive footage) (2 episodes)
Kenny Smith as Self - 2 Time NBA Champion

Kenny Smith

as Self - 2 Time NBA Champion (2 episodes)

Kenny Smith is a long-time member of TNT’s Inside the NBA studio show. While Smith has been an analyst, Inside the NB...

Harry Edwards as Self - Sports Sociologist & Activist

Harry Edwards

as Self - Sports Sociologist & Activist (2 episodes)
Jeffrey Wright as Bill Russell (voice)

Jeffrey Wright

as Bill Russell (voice) (2 episodes)

Jeffrey Wright (born December 7, 1965) is an American actor. He is well known for his Tony, Golden Globe and Emmy win...

Charles Barkley as Self (archive footage)

Charles Barkley

as Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Charles Barkley is an American retired professional basketball player.

K.C. Jones

as Self - Boston Celtics 1958-67 (archive footage) (1 episode)
Rosa Parks as Self (archive footage)

Rosa Parks

as Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Walt Frazier as Self - New York Knicks 1967-77

Walt Frazier

as Self - New York Knicks 1967-77 (1 episode)

Walter "Clyde" Frazier Jr. is an American former professional basketball player of the National Basketball Associatio...

Randy Auerbach

as Self - Red Auerbach's Daughter (1 episode)

John Havlicek

as Self - Boston Celtics 1962-78 (archive audio) (1 episode)
Jayson Tatum as Self - Boston Celtics

Jayson Tatum

as Self - Boston Celtics (1 episode)

Robert Horry

as Self - 7 Time NBA Champion (1 episode)

Chet Walker

as Self - Philadelphia 76ers 1963-69 (archive audio) (1 episode)
Muhammad Ali as Self (archive footage)

Muhammad Ali

as Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Jim Brown as Self - NFL Legend & Activist

Jim Brown

as Self - NFL Legend & Activist (1 episode)
Lyndon B. Johnson as Self - 36th President of the United States (archive footage)

Lyndon B. Johnson

as Self - 36th President of the United States (archive footage) (1 episode)
Medgar Evers as Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)

Medgar Evers

as Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage) (1 episode)
Huey P. Newton as Self (archive footage)

Huey P. Newton

as Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
Fred Hampton as Self (archive footage)

Fred Hampton

as Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Tom Hawkins

as Self - Los Angeles Lakers 1966-69 (1 episode)
Tom Brokaw as Self - Author, Journalist & Longtime Admirer of Bill

Tom Brokaw

as Self - Author, Journalist & Longtime Admirer of Bill (1 episode)

Tom Brokaw is an American television journalist and author. He was the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News...

Barack Obama as Self (archive footage)

Barack Obama

as Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Barack Hussein Obama II is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to ...

Dikembe Mutombo

as Self - Basketball Hall of Fame (1 episode)

Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo is a Congolese-American former professional basketball player...

Dominique Wilkins

as Self - Basketball Hall of Fame (1 episode)
Taylor Branch as Self - Co-Author with Bill Russell, 'Second Wind'

Taylor Branch

as Self - Co-Author with Bill Russell, 'Second Wind' (1 episode)

Crew of Bill Russell: Legend

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