--- title: "Selma: cast and crew" canonical: "https://film.one/film/selma/cast-and-crew" title_page: "https://film.one/film/selma" cast: 43 crew: 45 licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Selma (2014): cast and crew 43 cast and 45 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order. ## Cast - [David Oyelowo](https://film.one/person/david-oyelowo.md) as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - [Carmen Ejogo](https://film.one/person/carmen-ejogo.md) as Coretta Scott King - [Tom Wilkinson](https://film.one/person/tom-wilkinson.md) as President Lyndon B. Johnson - [Giovanni Ribisi](https://film.one/person/giovanni-ribisi.md) as Lee White - [Tim Roth](https://film.one/person/tim-roth.md) as Gov. George Wallace - [André Holland](https://film.one/person/andre-holland.md) as Andrew Young - [Colman Domingo](https://film.one/person/colman-domingo.md) as Ralph Abernathy - [Common](https://film.one/person/common.md) as James Bevel - [Stephan James](https://film.one/person/stephan-james.md) as John Lewis - [Omar J. Dorsey](https://film.one/person/omar-j-dorsey.md) as James Orange - [LaKeith Stanfield](https://film.one/person/lakeith-stanfield.md) as Jimmie Lee Jackson - [Oprah Winfrey](https://film.one/person/oprah-winfrey.md) as Annie Lee Cooper - [Tessa Thompson](https://film.one/person/tessa-thompson.md) as Diane Nash - [Cuba Gooding Jr.](https://film.one/person/cuba-gooding-jr.md) as Fred Gray - Ruben Santiago-Hudson as Bayard Rustin - [Kent Faulcon](https://film.one/person/kent-faulcon.md) as Sullivan Jackson - Lorraine Toussaint as Amelia Boynton - [Alessandro Nivola](https://film.one/person/alessandro-nivola.md) as John Doar - David Dwyer as Chief Wilson Baker - E. Roger Mitchell as Frederick Reese - [Dylan Baker](https://film.one/person/dylan-baker.md) as J. Edgar Hoover - Ledisi as Mahalia Jackson - Niecy Nash as Richie Jean Jackson - Corey Reynolds as Rev. C.T. Vivian - [Wendell Pierce](https://film.one/person/wendell-pierce.md) as Rev. Hosea Williams - Charity Jordan as Viola Lee Jackson - Nigel Thatch as Malcolm X - Trai Byers as James Forman - Stan Houston as Sheriff Jim Clark - [Jeremy Strong](https://film.one/person/jeremy-strong.md) as James Reeb - Tara Ochs as Viola Liuzzo - [Stephen Root](https://film.one/person/stephen-root.md) as Col. Al Lingo - Greg Maness as Aide - Haviland Stillwell as President's Secretary - Charles Black as Elder Marcher - Jody Thompson as White Marcher - [Henry G. Sanders](https://film.one/person/henry-g-sanders.md) as Cager Lee - Montrel Miller as Young Marcher - Jim France as Gunnar Jahn - Michael Papajohn as Major Cloud - John Lavelle as Roy Reed - Stormy Merriwether as Jackson's Daughter - [Martin Sheen](https://film.one/person/martin-sheen.md) as Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited) ## Directing - [Ava DuVernay](https://film.one/person/ava-duvernay.md): Director ## Writing - [Paul Webb](https://film.one/person/paul-webb.md): Writer - [Ava DuVernay](https://film.one/person/ava-duvernay.md): Writer ## Production - Aisha Coley: Casting - [Christian Colson](https://film.one/person/christian-colson.md): Producer - [Dede Gardner](https://film.one/person/dede-gardner.md): Producer - [Jeremy Kleiner](https://film.one/person/jeremy-kleiner.md): Producer - [Oprah Winfrey](https://film.one/person/oprah-winfrey.md): Producer - Nik Bower: Executive Producer - [Ava DuVernay](https://film.one/person/ava-duvernay.md): Executive Producer - Paul Goodwin Garnes: Executive Producer - Cameron McCracken: Executive Producer - Diarmuid McKeown: Executive Producer - Nan Morales: Executive Producer - [Brad Pitt](https://film.one/person/brad-pitt.md): Executive Producer - Jonathan Keith: Casting Director - Cynthia Stillwell: Casting Director ## Camera - [Bradford Young](https://film.one/person/bradford-young.md): Director of Photography - Atsushi Nishijima: Still Photographer ## Editing - [Spencer Averick](https://film.one/person/spencer-averick.md): Editor - Sterling Robertson: Assistant Editor ## Sound and music - Christopher Assells: Sound Effects Editor - Bill R. Dean: Sound Effects Editor - Paul Hackner: Sound Effects Editor - Greg Hedgepath: Supervising Sound Editor - [Common](https://film.one/person/common.md): Songs - [John Legend](https://film.one/person/john-legend.md): Songs - Rhymefest: Songs - Matthias Gohl: Music Score Producer, Orchestrator - [Jason Moran](https://film.one/person/jason-moran.md): Original Music Composer - Willie D. Burton: Sound Mixer ## Art - Erin G. Fuller: Location Scout - Elizabeth Keenan: Set Decoration - [Kim Jennings](https://film.one/person/kim-jennings.md): Art Direction - [Mark Friedberg](https://film.one/person/mark-friedberg.md): Production Design - Jason Sweers: Graphic Designer ## Costume and make-up - [Ruth E. Carter](https://film.one/person/ruth-e-carter.md): Costume Design - Beverly Jo Pryor: Makeup Department Head - Kellie Robinson: Makeup Artist - Keitric Starks: Makeup Artist ## Visual effects - Dottie Starling: Visual Effects Supervisor ## Crew - Riley Flanagan: Set Production Assistant - Raven-Danielle Baker: Stunts - Karen Battiste: Stunts - Stephen A. Pope: Stunt Coordinator --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Our review: https://film.one/film/selma.md