Ali

Will Smith

Muhammad Ali / Cassius Clay

Jamie Foxx

Drew 'Bundini' Brown

Jon Voight

Howard Cosell

Mario Van Peebles

Malcolm X

Ron Silver

Angelo Dundee

Jeffrey Wright

Howard Bingham

Mykelti Williamson

Don King

Jada Pinkett Smith

Sonji Roi

Nona Gaye

Belinda Ali

Michael Michele

Veronica Porche

Joe Morton

Chauncey Eskridge

Paul Rodríguez

Dr. Ferdie Pacheco

Bruce McGill

Bradley

Barry Shabaka Henley

Herbert Muhammad

Giancarlo Esposito

Cassius Clay, Sr.

Laurence Mason

Luis Sarria

LeVar Burton

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Albert Hall

Elijah Muhammad

David Cubitt

Robert Lipsyte

Ted Levine

Joe Smiley

Candy Ann Brown

Odessa

David Elliott

Sam Cooke

Shari Watson

Woman Singer

Malick Bowens

Joseph Mobutu

Michael Bentt

Sonny Liston

James Toney

'Smokin' Joe Frazier

Alfred Cole

Ernie Terrell

Charles Shufford

George Foreman

Rufus Dorsey

Floyd Paterson

Robert Sale

Jerry Quarry

Vince Cooke

Jimmy Ellis

Damien 'Bolo' Wills

Ken Norton

David Haines

Rudy Clay / Rahaman Ali

Victoria Dillard

Betty Shabazz

Brad Greenquist

Marlin Thomas

Morgana Van Peebles

Malcolm X's Daughter

Maya Van Peebles

Malcolm X's Daughter

Maestro Harrell

Young Cassius Clay

William Utay

The Doctor

Kim Robillard

Jimmy Cannon

David Purdham

Madison Square Garden Announcer

Gailard Sartain

Gordon Davidson

Wade Williams

Lieutenant Jerome Claridge

Guy Van Swearingen

Induction FBI Man

Doug Hale

Judge Ingraham

LaDonna Tittle

Bundini's Landlady

Marc Grapey

Bob Arum

Herb Mitchell

Boxing Commissioner

Eddie Bo Smith Jr.

Malcolm's Bodyguard

Patrick New

Room Service Guy

Ron O.J. Parson

Death Newsman

Ellis Williams

Family Photo Man

Alexandra Bokyun Chun

Asian Cosmetologist

John Gleeson Connolly

Assistant Director

Warner Saunders

Customer

Jack Reiss

Referee Arthur Mercante

Marty Denkin

Frazier Fight II Announcer

Tamara Lynch

Flight Attendant

Chico Benymon

Hampton House Announcer

Bill Plaschke

Miami Weigh-In Reporter

Steve Springer

Miami Weigh-In Reporter

Patrick M. Connolly

Announcer

Patrick C. Russell

Referee

Robert Byrd

Willie Reddick

Cedric Wills

Jersey Joe Walcott, Referee

Moses Hollins

Man on Train

Daniel E. Gurevitz

Boxing Commission Reporter

Steven Randazzo

Reporter

Ray Bokhour

Reporter

Leonard Termo

Madison Square Garden Reporter

Johnny Ortiz

Madison Square Garden Reporter

Mark Salem

New York Reporter

Sheldon Fogel

New York Reporter

Jim Gray

New York Reporter

Melvin Thomas

Harlem Neighbor

Natalie Carter

Harlem Neighbor

Reginald Footman

Harlem Neighbor

Poe Poe

Harlem Reporter

Mel Dick

Louisville Sponsoring Group

Christian Stolte

Miami Cop

Vic Manni

Dressing Room Weigh-In Guy

Will Gill Jr.

Dick Sadler

Sylvaine Strike

ORTF Interviewer

Denis Luposo

Kinshasa Reporter

Sharon Wilkinson

Rose Jennings

Carol Hatchett

Pointer Sister

Judith Mwale

Pointer Sister

Keabetswe Motsilanyane

Pointer Sister

Richard Katanga

Mobutu Aide / Military Aide

Thomas Kariuki Matheri

Lieutenant Nsakala

Larry Hazzard Sr.

Zack Clayton

Derrick Brown

Larry Holmes

Rommel Hyacinth

The Pilot

Graham Hopkins

London Banker

Daniel Janks

CIA Man

Bradford E. Lang

Black Pilot

Michael Dorn

Black Pilot

Dan Robbertse

Reporter in Zaire

Graham Clarke

Reporter in Zaire

Dimitri Cassar

Reporter in Zaire

Frank Notaro

Reporter in Zaire

Mark Mulder

Reporter in Zaire

David W. Hess

Reporter in Zaire

Henrikennyo Mukenyi

Bula

Nathaniel Malekane

Archie Moore

Millard Arnold

Doc Broadus

Edda Collier

Blonde French Reporter

Yi Lu Wei

Chinese Delegate

Lee Cummings

Hunter Thompson

Zaa Nkweta

Foreman Fight Announcer

Themba Gasa

Idi Amin

Marc Kulazite Mboli

Additional Aide to Mobutu

Cimanga Kalambay

Additional Aide to Mobutu

Jean Bikoi

Additional Aide to Mobutu

James Gilbert

Sparring Partner in Africa

Carolina Lancaster

Dancer (uncredited)

Ron Madoff

Cameraman