Cast and Crew of Respect

Cast of
Respect

About Respect

The rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom.

Full Cast of Respect

Jennifer Hudson
plays Aretha Franklin

Jennifer Hudson as Aretha Franklin

Jennifer Kate Hudson (born September 12, 1981), also known by her nickname J.Hud, is an American singer, actress, and...

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Forest Whitaker
plays C. L. Franklin

Forest Whitaker as C. L. Franklin

Forest Steven Whitaker (born July 15, 1961) is an American actor, producer, director, and activist. He is the recipie...

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Marlon Wayans
plays Ted White

Marlon Wayans as Ted White

Marlon L. Wayans was born on July 23, 1972 in New York City. He is the brother of Nadia Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Keenen ...

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Audra McDonald
plays Barbara Franklin

Audra McDonald as Barbara Franklin

Audra Ann McDonald is an American actress and singer. Primarily known for her work on the Broadway stage, she has won...

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Mary J. Blige
plays Dinah Washington

Mary J. Blige as Dinah Washington

From Wikipedia, Free Online Encyclopedia: Mary Jane Blige (/blaɪʒ/; born January 11, 1971) is an American singer, so...

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Marc Maron
plays Jerry Wexler

Marc Maron as Jerry Wexler

Marc Maron (born September 27, 1963) is an American stand-up comedian and podcast host. He has been host of The Marc...

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Tituss Burgess
plays Reverend Dr. James Cleveland

Tituss Burgess as Reverend Dr. James Cleveland

Tituss Burgess (born February 21, 1979) is an American actor and singer. He has appeared in four Broadway musicals an...

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Saycon Sengbloh
plays Erma Franklin

Hailey Kilgore
plays Carolyn Franklin

Tate Donovan
plays John Hammond

Tate Donovan as John Hammond

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Tate Buckley Donovan (born September 25, 1963) is an American actor. He is mo...

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Skye Dakota Turner
plays Aretha Franklin (young)

Heather Headley
plays Clara Ward

Leroy McClain
plays Cecil Franklin

Leroy McClain as Cecil Franklin

Leroy McClain is a British-American actor, born in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England.

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Lodric D. Collins
plays Smokey Robinson

Brenda Nicole Moorer
plays Brenda Franklin

Brandon Gilpin
plays Teenager

Tangela Large
plays Grieving Mother

Albert Jones
plays Ken Cunningham

Albert Jones as Ken Cunningham

Albert Jones is an actor.

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Myk Watford
plays Rick Hall

Myk Watford as Rick Hall

Myk Watford was born on January 30, 1971 and is currently 53 years old.

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Gilbert Glenn Brown
plays Martin Luther King Jr.

Kimberly Scott
plays Mama Franklin

Nevaeh Moore
plays Young Carolyn


Crew of Respect

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