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The Great Debaters
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1
Denzel Washington
Melvin B. Tolson
5.9
#469 overall
2
Glen Powell
Harvard Debater #1
5.0
#634 overall
3
Forest Whitaker
Dr. James Farmer Sr.
2.1
#2,540 overall
4
John Heard
Sheriff Dozier
1.6
#3,560 overall
5
Jurnee Smollett
Samantha Booke
1.0
#5,700 overall
6
Rhiannon Giddens
Juke Joint Musician #4
0.9
#6,282 overall
7
Kimberly Elise
Pearl Farmer
0.4
#11,614 overall
8
Nate Parker
Henry Lowe
0.3
#14,423 overall
9
Gina Ravera
Ruth Tolson
0.3
#16,178 overall
10
Denzel Whitaker
James Farmer Jr.
0.2
#21,724 overall
11
Stephen Rider
Paul Quinn Debater #2
0.1
#24,065 overall
12
Sharon Jones
Lila
0.1
#27,193 overall
13
Jermaine Williams
Hamilton Burgess
0.1
#30,745 overall
14
J.D. Evermore
Captain Wainwright
0.0
#36,543 overall
15
Devyn A. Tyler
Helen Farmer
0.0
#40,017 overall
16
Justice Leak
Harland Osbourne
0.0
#39,939 overall
17
Damien Leake
Wilson
0.0
#41,424 overall
18
Donny Boaz
Oklahoma City College Debater #1
0.0
#41,751 overall
19
Frank Ridley
Security Guard
0.0
#53,686 overall
20
Robert X. Golphin
Dunbar Reed
0.0
#57,924 overall
21
Trenton McClain Boyd
Nathaniel Farmer
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22
Ritchie Montgomery
Deputy
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23
Jackson Walker
Pig Owner
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24
Tim Parati
Pig Farmer
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25
Brad Watkins
Harvard Debater #2
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26
Brian Smiar
Harvard Dean
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27
Voltaire Sterling
Paul Quinn Debater #1
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28
Gordon Danniels
Paul Quinn Debate Judge
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29
Samuel Elliott Whisnant
Oklahoma City College Debater #2
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30
Bonnie Johnson
Dr. Jennings
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31
Charissa Allen
Benita
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32
Michael Beasley
Trudell
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33
Gary Mathis
Enormous Man
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34
George Wilson
Samuel
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35
Fahnlohnee R. Harris
Clementine
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36
Harold Evans
William Taylor
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37
Kelvin Payton
Joseph
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38
Southey Blanton
White Labor Organizer
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39
Michael Mattison
White Sharecropper #1
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40
Jeff Braun
White Sharecropper #2
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41
Milton R. Gipson
Prairie View Professor
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42
Jeremiah Kissel
Radio Announcer at Harvard Debate
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43
Jack Radosta
White Man at Lynching
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44
Alvin Youngblood Hart
Juke Joint Musician #1
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45
Dom Flemons
Juke Joint Musician #2
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46
Justin Robinson
Juke Joint Musician #3
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47
Ahmad Powell
Fisk Professor
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48
Marcus Lyle Brown
Howard Debater #1
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49
Gary Mattis
Enormous Man
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50
Kevin Beard
Klansman at Lynching (uncredited)
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