About Selma
- Released on December 25, 2014
"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act.
Full Cast of Selma
David Oyelowo plays Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Carmen Ejogo plays Coretta Scott King
Tim Roth plays Gov. George Wallace
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See Oprah Winfrey's other roles →Giovanni Ribisi plays Lee White
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Cuba Gooding Jr. plays Fred Gray
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Omar J. Dorsey plays James Orange
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Tessa Thompson plays Diane Nash
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E. Roger Mitchell plays Frederick Reese
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Kent Faulcon plays Sullivan Jackson
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LaKeith Stanfield plays Jimmie Lee Jackson
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Trai Byers plays James Forman
Stan Houston plays Sheriff Jim Clark
Nigel Thatch plays Malcolm X
Jeremy Strong plays James Reeb
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Martin Sheen plays Frank Minis Johnson
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Haviland Stillwell plays President's Secretary
Charles Black plays Elder Marcher
Jody Thompson plays White Marcher
Henry G. Sanders plays Cager Lee
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Jim France plays Gunnar Jahn
Harry Belafonte plays self (archive footage)
Tony Bennett plays self (archive footage)
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John Lavelle plays Roy Reed
Michael Papajohn plays Major Cloud
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Crew of Selma
Discover the backstage crew of Selma →
- David Oyelowo
- Tom Wilkinson
- Carmen Ejogo
- Tim Roth
- Oprah Winfrey
- Giovanni Ribisi
- Alessandro Nivola
- Cuba Gooding Jr.
- André Holland
- Omar J. Dorsey
- Colman Domingo
- Common
- Ruben Santiago-Hudson
- Tessa Thompson
- Lorraine Toussaint
- David Dwyer
- E. Roger Mitchell
- Dylan Baker
- Ledisi
- Kent Faulcon
- Niecy Nash-Betts
- Corey Reynolds
- Wendell Pierce
- Stephan James
- LaKeith Stanfield
- Charity Jordan
- Trai Byers
- Stan Houston
- Nigel Thatch
- Jeremy Strong
- Tara Ochs
- Martin Sheen
- Stephen Root
- Greg Maness
- Haviland Stillwell
- Charles Black
- Jody Thompson
- Henry G. Sanders
- Montrel Miller
- Jim France
- Harry Belafonte
- Tony Bennett
- Sammy Davis Jr.
- John Lavelle
- Michael Papajohn
- Stormy Merriwether