Ava DuVernay Director, Executive Producer David Oyelowo Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Actor Tom Wilkinson President Lyndon Baines Johnson Actor Carmen Ejogo Coretta Scott King Actor Giovanni Ribisi Lee White Actor Alessandro Nivola John Doar Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. Fred Gray Actor Tim Roth George Wallace Actor Oprah Winfrey Annie Lee Cooper Actor, Producer Common James Bevel Actor Lorraine Toussaint Amelia Boynton Actor André Holland Andrew Young Actor Omar J. Dorsey James Orange Actor Dylan Baker J. Edgar Hoover Actor Tessa Thompson Diane Nash Actor Colman Domingo Ralph Abernathy Actor Stephen Root Al Lingo Actor Jeremy Strong James Reeb Actor Nigel Thatch Malcolm X Actor Martin Sheen Judge Frank M. Johnson Actor Paul Webb Screenwriter Christian Colson Producer Dede Gardner Producer Jeremy Kleiner Producer Brad Pitt Executive Producer Cameron McCracken Executive Producer Nik Bower Executive Producer Diarmuid McKeown Executive Producer Paul Garnes Executive Producer Nan Morales Executive Producer Bradford Young Cinematographer Spencer Averick Film Editing Jason Moran Original Music Mark Friedberg Production Design Kim Jennings Art Director Elizabeth Keenan Set Decoration Ruth E. Carter Costume Design Aisha Coley Casting