

In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene: Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African Americans in sport with his proud public self-confidence and his unapologetic belief that he is the greatest boxer of all time. Yet at the top of his game, both Ali's personal and professional lives face the ultimate test.

Muhammad Ali / Cassius Clay

Drew 'Bundini' Brown

Howard Cosell

Malcolm X

Angelo Dundee

Howard Bingham

Don King

Sonji Roi

Belinda Ali

Veronica Porche

Chauncey Eskridge

Dr. Ferdie Pacheco

Bradley

Herbert Muhammad

Cassius Clay, Sr.

Luis Sarria

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Elijah Muhammad

Robert Lipsyte

Joe Smiley

Odessa
Sam Cooke

Woman Singer

Joseph Mobutu
Sonny Liston

'Smokin' Joe Frazier
Ernie Terrell
George Foreman

Floyd Paterson
Jerry Quarry
Jimmy Ellis
Ken Norton

Rudy Clay / Rahaman Ali

Betty Shabazz

Marlin Thomas

Malcolm X's Daughter
Malcolm X's Daughter

Young Cassius Clay

The Doctor

Jimmy Cannon

Madison Square Garden Announcer

Gordon Davidson

Lieutenant Jerome Claridge

Induction FBI Man
Judge Ingraham
Bundini's Landlady

Bob Arum

Boxing Commissioner

Malcolm's Bodyguard
Thomas 15X Johnson
Room Service Guy

Death Newsman

Family Photo Man

Asian Cosmetologist

Assistant Director
Customer

Referee Arthur Mercante
Frazier Fight II Announcer
Flight Attendant

Hampton House Announcer
Miami Weigh-In Reporter
Miami Weigh-In Reporter
Announcer
Referee
Willie Reddick
Jersey Joe Walcott, Referee

Prosecutor
Man on Train
Boxing Commission Reporter

Reporter

Reporter

Madison Square Garden Reporter

Madison Square Garden Reporter
New York Reporter
New York Reporter
New York Reporter
Harlem Neighbor

Harlem Neighbor
Harlem Neighbor
Harlem Reporter
Louisville Sponsoring Group

Lana Shabazz

Miami Cop
Dressing Room Weigh-In Guy
Dick Sadler

ORTF Interviewer
Kinshasa Reporter
Rose Jennings
Pointer Sister
Pointer Sister
Pointer Sister
Mobutu Aide / Military Aide
Lieutenant Nsakala
Zack Clayton
Larry Holmes
The Pilot

London Banker

CIA Man
Black Pilot

Black Pilot

Reporter in Zaire

Reporter in Zaire
Reporter in Zaire
Reporter in Zaire
Reporter in Zaire
Reporter in Zaire
Bula
Archie Moore
Doc Broadus
Blonde French Reporter
Chinese Delegate
Hunter Thompson
Foreman Fight Announcer
Idi Amin
Don King's Aide
Additional Aide to Mobutu
Additional Aide to Mobutu
Additional Aide to Mobutu
Sparring Partner in Africa
Dancer (uncredited)

Cameraman

Director

Director of Photography
Original Music Composer

Original Music Composer
Producer
Producer

Producer

Producer

Screenplay

Screenplay

Screenplay

Screenplay

Editor

Editor

Editor
Editor
Executive Producer

Executive Producer
Art Direction
Art Direction
Art Direction
Makeup Artist
Makeup Artist
Makeup Supervisor
Makeup Artist
Makeup Artist
Set Designer
Set Dresser
Set Designer
Set Dresser
Assistant Art Director
Assistant Art Director
Set Decoration
Set Decoration
Assistant Art Director
Set Dresser
Set Dresser
Set Dresser
Assistant Art Director
Set Dresser
Set Designer
Set Dresser
Set Designer
Set Dresser

Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Sound Recordist
Assistant Sound Editor

Assistant Sound Editor

Sound Effects Editor

Supervising Sound Editor
Sound Recordist
Sound Effects Editor

Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Sound Recordist
Sound Effects Editor
Visual Effects Producer
Visual Effects Supervisor
Visual Effects Producer
Costume Supervisor
Costume Supervisor
Set Costumer
Set Costumer

Story

Casting
Set Decoration

Production Design

Costume Design
Music Editor
Music Editor
Music Editor
Gaffer

Stunt Coordinator
Production Supervisor
Production Supervisor

Unit Production Manager
Post Production Supervisor
Hair Department Head
Makeup Department Head
Second Second Assistant Director

Set Dresser
Stunt Double

Producer
Production Consultant