Cicely Tyson

Ruthana Richardson

Blair Underwood

Bob Richardson

Sally Kirkland

Mrs. Canfield

James Earl Jones

Junius Johnson

Margaret Avery

Roxie Turpin

David Strathairn

Bill Thomas

Glenn Plummer

J.T. Turpin

Vondie Curtis-Hall

Clifford Turpin

Paris Vaughan

Lada

Harold Pruett

John Riggs

Adam Arkin

Art Berman

Robert Hooks

Reverend Brooks

Michael Greene

Mr. Canfield

Charlie Korsmo

Jason (age 12)

T.E. Russell

Dominique Freeman

Christopher M. Brown

Reggie Freeman

Emily Yancy

Guidance Counselor

Marilyn Coleman

Cora

Bebe Drake

Winnie (as Bebe Drake-Massey)

Mark Rolston

Officer Zekanis

Pepper Sweeney

Spook Hunter