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title: "A Different World: cast and crew"
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cast: 47
crew: 6
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# A Different World (2026): cast and crew

47 cast and 6 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- Maleah Joi Moon as Deborah Wayne (10 episodes)
- Alijah Kai as Rashida (10 episodes)
- Cornell Young IV as Shaquille (10 episodes)
- [Jordan Aaron Hall](https://film.one/person/jordan-aaron-hall.md) as Amir (10 episodes)
- Kennedi Reece as Hazel (10 episodes)
- Chibuikem Uche as Kojo (10 episodes)
- Jasmine Guy as Whitley Gilbert (10 episodes)
- Darryl M. Bell as Ron Johnson (10 episodes)
- [Debbie Allen](https://film.one/person/debbie-allen.md) as Dr. Langhorne (2 episodes)
- [Jenifer Lewis](https://film.one/person/jenifer-lewis.md) as President Davenport (1 episodes)
- [Tichina Arnold](https://film.one/person/tichina-arnold.md) as Darlene (2 episodes)
- [Method Man](https://film.one/person/method-man.md) as Coach Coles (3 episodes)
- Renee Harrison as Candace (7 episodes)
- Norman Nixon, Jr. as Professor Baptiste (5 episodes)
- Joshua Suiter as Andre (6 episodes)
- Jonathan Auguste as Treshawn (3 episodes)
- Dijon as James (1 episodes)
- Aysia Moorer as Officer Boo Boo (4 episodes)
- Kadeem Hardison as Dwayne Wayne (10 episodes)
- Dasan Frazier as Xavier (6 episodes)
- Aries Sanders as Mrs. Perkins (1 episodes)
- [Cree Summer](https://film.one/person/cree-summer.md) as Freddie Brooks (10 episodes)
- Famecia Ward as Nellie (4 episodes)
- Vincent Jamal Hooper as Ellington (8 episodes)
- Jalen Stewart as Davion (4 episodes)
- Jade Johnson as Keke (1 episodes)
- Dawnn Lewis as Jalessa Vinson-Taylor (1 episodes)
- [Glynn Turman](https://film.one/person/glynn-turman.md) as Col. Bradford Taylor (1 episodes)
- Karen Malina White as Charmaine Brown (1 episodes)
- Ajai Sanders as Gina Deveaux (1 episodes)
- Elijah J. Roberts as Jalen (6 episodes)
- LaTonya Holmes as Dr. Henry (1 episodes)
- Carl Kennedy as Felix (1 episodes)
- Galen J. Williams as Marquise (2 episodes)
- Nysa Morris as Naomi (1 episodes)
- [Joe Morton](https://film.one/person/joe-morton.md) as Byron Douglas III (2 episodes)
- Charnele Brown as Dr. Kimberly Reese Boyer (3 episodes)
- Joshua E. Nelson as Demarcus (2 episodes)
- Phillip Simon Lynch as DJ (1 episodes)
- [Raven Goodwin](https://film.one/person/raven-goodwin.md) as Dr. Brooklyn Boyer (1 episodes)
- Uche Moxam as Nneka (2 episodes)
- Tina Tena Ansah as Abena (1 episodes)
- Richard Mofe-Damijo as Chukwu (1 episodes)
- [Jada Pinkett Smith](https://film.one/person/jada-pinkett-smith.md) as Lena James (1 episodes)
- Rainbow Sun Francks as Larry (1 episodes)
- Calvin Rowell as Durag Upperclassman (5 episodes)
- Dave Deutschle as ICE Agent (1 episodes)

## Directing

- [Debbie Allen](https://film.one/person/debbie-allen.md): Director (1 episodes)

## Production

- Mandy Summers: Executive Producer (10 episodes)
- Reggie Rock Bythewood: Executive Producer (10 episodes)
- [Felicia Pride](https://film.one/person/felicia-pride.md): Executive Producer (10 episodes)
- [Gina Prince-Bythewood](https://film.one/person/gina-prince-bythewood.md): Executive Producer (10 episodes)
- [Tom Werner](https://film.one/person/tom-werner.md): Executive Producer (10 episodes)

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