The Great Debaters (movie, 2007)
The Great Debaters
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 an historical powerhouse that took on the Harvard elite.
The Great Debaters (2007) - Full Cast & Crew
Actors and roles, crew of The Great Debaters (2007). Who was filming and what role he played.
Composers
Composer, Actor. Popular movies: The Dark Knight (2008), Batman Begins (2005), The Sixth Sense (1999)
Actors
Melvin B. Tolson
lead role
Actor, Producer, Director. Popular movies: Training Day (2001), American Gangster (2007), Inside Man (2006)
James Farmer Jr.
lead role
Actor, Editor. Popular movies: The Great Debaters (2007), My Soul to Take (2010), Follow Me (2020)
Henry Lowe
lead role
Actor, Producer, Writer. Popular movies: The Great Debaters (2007), Red Tails (2012), Beyond the Lights (2014)
Samantha Booke
Actor. Popular movies: Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020), Spiderhead (2022), Lovecraft Country (2020)
Dr. James Farmer Sr.
Actor, Producer, Director. Popular movies: Arrival (2016), Panic Room (2002), Phone Booth (2002)
Hamilton Burgess
Actor. Popular movies: The Great Debaters (2007), Ratched (2020), CHiPS (2017)
Sheriff Dozier
Actor, Producer. Popular movies: The Awakening (1990), Snake Eyes (1998), Sharknado (2013)
Pearl Farmer
Actor. Popular movies: Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005), Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (2009), For Colored Girls (2010)
Helen Farmer
Actor. Popular movies: 12 Years a Slave (2013), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), Fear the Walking Dead (2015)
Pig Owner
Actor, Producer. Popular movies: The Final Destination (2009), 42 (2013), The Great Debaters (2007)
Pig Farmer
Actor. Popular movies: The Crow (1994), A Time to Kill (1996), Safe Haven (2013)
Dunbar Reed
Actor, Operator, Producer. Popular movies: The Great Debaters (2007), John Adams (2008), Remember the Daze (2007)
Harland Osbourne
Actor. Popular movies: Insurgent (2015), Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019), American Made (2017)
Harvard Debater #1
Actor, Producer. Popular movies: Set It Up (2018), The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society (2018), The Hottest State (2006)
Harvard Dean
Actor. Popular movies: The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), Chappelle's Show (2003), The Great Debaters (2007)
Paul Quinn Debater #1
Actor. Popular movies: The Great Debaters (2007), The Cape (2011)
Paul Quinn Debater #2
Actor. Popular movies: Marvel's Daredevil (2015), Safe House (2012), Marvel's Luke Cage (2016)
Paul Quinn Debate Judge
Actor. Popular movies: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021), Hall Pass (2011), Gifted (2017)
Oklahoma City College Debater #1
Actor, Producer. Popular movies: Assassin 33 A.D. (2020), Silent Retreat (2016), 12 Pups of Christmas (2019)
Oklahoma City College Debater #2
Actor. Popular movies: The Great Debaters (2007), TURN: Washington's Spies (2014), Surface (2005)
Benita
Actor. Popular movies: Sin City (2005), Office Space (1999), Fear the Walking Dead (2015)
Trudell
Actor. Popular movies: Flight (2012), The Nice Guys (2016), The Accountant (2016)
Clementine
Actor. Popular movies: Ray (2004), The Skeleton Key (2005), Runaway Jury (2003)
William Taylor
Actor. Popular movies: The Final Destination (2009), Double Jeopardy (1999), The Great Debaters (2007)
Captain Wainwright
Actor, Producer, Director. Popular movies: Django Unchained (2012), 12 Years a Slave (2013), True Detective (2014)
Lila
Actor, Composer. Popular movies: The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), Marvel's Luke Cage (2016), The Great Debaters (2007)
Joseph
Actor. Popular movies: Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008), The Great Debaters (2007), Texas Killing Fields (2011)
White Labor Organizer
Actor. Popular movies: The Great Debaters (2007), My Own Love Song (2009), Mississippi Damned (2009)
White Sharecropper #1
Actor. Popular movies: Forrest Gump (1994), The Great Debaters (2007), Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
Security Guard
Actor. Popular movies: Birdman (2014), Don't Look Up (2021), Mystic River (2003)
Radio Announcer at Harvard Debate
Actor. Popular movies: The Town (2010), The Fighter (2010), Black Mass (2015)
White Man at Lynching
Actor. Popular movies: Pale Rider (1985), The Great Debaters (2007), The Way of War (2009)
Howard Debater #1
Actor, Producer. Popular movies: Schizopolis (1996), House of Bones (2009)
Juke Joint Musician #1
Actor. Popular movies: The Great Debaters (2007)
Juke Joint Musician #2
Actor. Popular movies: The Great Debaters (2007)
Juke Joint Musician #4
Actor. Popular movies: The Great Debaters (2007), Nashville (2012), Lost Songs: The Basement Tapes Continued (2014)
Actor. Popular movies: The Proposal (2009), Gone Baby Gone (2007), Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)
Actor. Popular movies: Mr. Robot (2015), Marvel's Jessica Jones (2015), Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)
Actor. Popular movies: I Care a Lot (2020), Out of the Furnace (2013), Patriots Day (2016)
Actor. Popular movies: Black Mass (2015), Irrational Man (2015), The Great Debaters (2007)
Writer, Actor. Popular movies: The Great Debaters (2007), We Belong Together (2018), A Weekend with the Family (2016)
Actor. Popular movies: When They See Us (2019), The Great Debaters (2007), Lakeview Terrace (2008)
Actor. Popular movies: The Great Debaters (2007), The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond (2008), Cool Dog (2010)
Actor. Popular movies: The Proposal (2009), Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009), The Invention of Lying (2009)
Actor, Producer. Popular movies: Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008), The Great Debaters (2007), Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008)
Actor. Popular movies: The Mist (2007), Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008), Year One (2009)
Actor. Popular movies: Shutter Island (2010), American Hustle (2013), The Town (2010)
Actor. Popular movies: Men in Black 3 (2012), New Year's Eve (2011), The Great Debaters (2007)
Actor, Producer. Popular movies: The Departed (2006), Good Will Hunting (1997), Mystic River (2003)
Actor. Popular movies: Shutter Island (2010), Moonrise Kingdom (2012), Gone Baby Gone (2007)
Actor. Popular movies: 27 Dresses (2008), Sex and the City 2 (2010), The Game Plan (2007)
Actor. Popular movies: 21 (2008), Bride Wars (2009), Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)
Actor. Popular movies: Kate & Leopold (2001), The Great Debaters (2007), State and Main (2000)
Actor. Popular movies: Hidden Figures (2016), The Expendables 3 (2014), The Great Debaters (2007)
Actor. Popular movies: Pitch Perfect (2012), The Great Debaters (2007), The Righteous Gemstones (2019)
Actor. Popular movies: American Hustle (2013), The Equalizer (2014), Manchester by the Sea (2016)
Actor. Popular movies: Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009), 21 (2008), Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)
Producers
Producer, Actor. Popular movies: The Pursuit of Happyness (2006), The Equalizer (2014), Seven Pounds (2008)
Producer. Popular movies: The Great Debaters (2007), Beloved (1998), Tuesdays with Morrie (1999)
Producer, Director, Actor. Popular movies: Alice in Wonderland (2010), Maleficent (2014), Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)
Actor, Producer. Popular movies: The Butler (2013), A Wrinkle in Time (2018), Life (2009)
Producer. Popular movies: The Great Debaters (2007), Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005)
Producer, Actor, Writer. Popular movies: Pulp Fiction (1994), The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Producer, Actor, Director. Popular movies: Untouchable (2019), Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal (2018)
Designs
Design. Popular movies: Die Hard (1988), Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995), Speed (1994)
Design, Producer. Popular movies: Django Unchained (2012), Looper (2012), The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
Director
Actor, Producer, Director. Popular movies: Training Day (2001), American Gangster (2007), Inside Man (2006)
Writers
Writer, Producer, Actor. Popular movies: The Great Debaters (2007), Darkman II: The Return of Durant (1994), Hurricane Season (2009)
Operator
Operator, Actor, Director. Popular movies: Sherlock Holmes (2009), Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Editors
Editor, Producer. Popular movies: The Great Debaters (2007), Marvel One-Shot: Item 47 (2012)
Editor, Actor, Producer. Popular movies: Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), The Pursuit of Happyness (2006), The Help (2011)
