The Great Debaters
Original title: The Great Debaters
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The true story of a brilliant but politically radical debate team coach who uses the power of words to transform a group of underdog African-American college students into a historical powerhouse that took on the Harvard elite.
The Great Debaters cast
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Denzel Whitaker
Character:
James Farmer Jr.
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Denzel Washington
Character:
Melvin B. Tolson
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Nate Parker
Character:
Henry Lowe
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Jurnee Smollett
Character:
Samantha Booke
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Forest Whitaker
Character:
Dr. James Farmer Sr.
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Kimberly Elise
Character:
Pearl Farmer
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Jermaine Williams
Character:
Hamilton Burgess
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Gina Ravera
Character:
Ruth Tolson
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John Heard
Character:
Sheriff Dozier
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Devyn A. Tyler
Character:
Helen Farmer
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Trenton McClain Boyd
Character:
Nathaniel Farmer
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Ritchie Montgomery
Character:
Deputy
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Jackson Walker
Character:
Pig Owner
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Tim Parati
Character:
Pig Farmer
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Robert X. Golphin
Character:
Dunbar Reed
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Justice Leak
Character:
Harland Osbourne
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Glen Powell
Character:
Harvard Debater #1
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Brad Watkins
Character:
Harvard Debater #2
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Brian Smiar
Character:
Harvard Dean
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Damien Leake
Character:
Wilson
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Voltaire Sterling
Character:
Paul Quinn Debater #1
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Stephen Rider
Character:
Paul Quinn Debater #2
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Gordon Danniels
Character:
Paul Quinn Debate Judge
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Donny Boaz
Character:
Oklahoma City College Debater #1
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Samuel Elliott Whisnant
Character:
Oklahoma City College Debater #2
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Bonnie Johnson
Character:
Dr. Jennings
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Charissa Allen
Character:
Benita
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Michael Beasley
Character:
Trudell
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Gary Mathis
Character:
Enormous Man
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George Wilson
Character:
Samuel
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Fahnlohnee R. Harris
Character:
Clementine
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Harold Evans
Character:
William Taylor
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J.D. Evermore
Character:
Captain Wainwright
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Sharon Jones
Character:
Lila
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Kelvin Payton
Character:
Joseph
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Southey Blanton
Character:
White Labor Organizer
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Michael Mattison
Character:
White Sharecropper #1
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Jeff Braun
Character:
White Sharecropper #2
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Milton R. Gipson
Character:
Prairie View Professor
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Frank Ridley
Character:
Security Guard
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Jeremiah Kissel
Character:
Radio Announcer at Harvard Debate
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Jack Radosta
Character:
White Man at Lynching
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Alvin Youngblood Hart
Character:
Juke Joint Musician #1
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Dom Flemons
Character:
Juke Joint Musician #2
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Justin Robinson
Character:
Juke Joint Musician #3
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Rhiannon Giddens
Character:
Juke Joint Musician #4
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Ahmad Powell
Character:
Fisk Professor
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Marcus Lyle Brown
Character:
Howard Debater #1
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Gary Mattis
Character:
Enormous Man
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Kevin Beard
Character:
Klansman at Lynching (uncredited)
