Jamie Foxx as Bud Jablonski
Dave Franco as Seth
Snoop Dogg as Big John Elliott
Natasha Liu Bordizzo as Heather
Meagan Good as Jocelyn Jablonski
Karla Souza as Audrey San Fernando
Steve Howey as Mike Nazarian
Scott Adkins as Diran Nazarian
Oliver Masucci as Klaus
Eric Lange as Ralph Seeger
Peter Stormare as Troy
Zion Broadnax as Paige Jablonski
Cassius Clay, a young boxer, wins his debut championship and goes on to reach new heights of fame through his conversion to Islam, his refusal to fight in Vietnam and other controversial actions.
Will Smith as Cassius Clay Jr. / Cassius X / Muhammad Ali
Jamie Foxx as Drew Bundini Brown - Ali's assistant trainer
Jon Voight as Howard Cosell - A journalist
Mario Van Peebles as Malcolm X - Ali's friend, and a civil rights leader
Ron Silver as Angelo Dundee - Ali's trainer
Jeffrey Wright as Howard Bingham - Ali's photographer
Michael Bentt as Sonny Liston - The boxing champion at the beginning of the movie
Robert Sale as Jerry Quarry - One of Ali's opponents
James Toney as Joe Frazier - One of Ali's opponents
Charles Shufford as George Foreman - One of Ali's opponents
Mykelti Williamson as Don King - A promoter who arranged Ali's fight against Foreman
Jada Pinkett Smith as Sonji Roi - An ex-Playboy bunny
Nona Gaye as Belinda Boyd / Khalilah Ali - A woman who interviewed Ali as a child
Michael Michele as Veronica Porché - A woman who worked with Don King
Joe Morton as Chauncey Eskridge - Ali's lawyer
Paul Rodriguez as Dr. Ferdie Pacheco - Ali's doctor
Bruce McGill as Bradley - A government agent
Barry Shabaka Henley as Herbert Muhammad - Ali's manager, and the son of Elijah Muhammad
Albert Hall as Elijah Muhammad - Leader of the Nation of Islam
Giancarlo Esposito as Cassius Clay Sr. - Ali's father
David Haines as Rudy Clay / Rahman Ali - Ali's brother
Laurence Mason as Luis Sarria
LeVar Burton as Martin Luther King Jr. - A civil rights leader
David Cubitt as Robert Lipsyte - A journalist
Leon Robinson as Brother Joe
Ted Levine as Joe Smiley - A government agent
Malick Bowens as Joseph Mobutu - The President of Zaire
Victoria Dillard as Betty Shabazz - Malcolm X's wife
David Elliott as Sam Cooke - A musician
Brad Greenquist as Marlin Thomas
Release date: December 25, 2001 (USA)
Director: Michael Mann
Featured song: Tomorrow
Box office: $87.7 million
Nominations: Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, MORE
Distributed by: 20th Century Studios, Columbia Pictures, Initial Entertainment Group