The Great Debaters

The Great Debaters Cast

50 cast members · 20 with popularity data

Most Popular The Great Debaters Cast Members

Denzel Washington is currently the most popular The Great Debaters cast member online with a Attention Score of 7.4. 2 of 50 cast members rank in the top 1,000 actors online today. Updated July 23, 2026.

Denzel Washington

Melvin B. Tolson

Harvard Debater #1

Forest Whitaker

Dr. James Farmer Sr.

Jurnee Smollett

Rhiannon Giddens

Juke Joint Musician #4

#12,151 overall

#14,485 overall

#15,228 overall

Denzel Whitaker

James Farmer Jr.

#21,575 overall

#24,390 overall

Paul Quinn Debater #2

#29,661 overall

Captain Wainwright

#31,904 overall

Jermaine Williams

Hamilton Burgess

#33,270 overall

#37,763 overall

Oklahoma City College Debater #1

#42,726 overall

#45,534 overall

Harland Osbourne

#51,941 overall

#58,819 overall

Robert X. Golphin

#61,689 overall

Trenton McClain Boyd

Nathaniel Farmer

Ritchie Montgomery

Harvard Debater #2

Voltaire Sterling

Paul Quinn Debater #1

Gordon Danniels

Paul Quinn Debate Judge

Samuel Elliott Whisnant

Oklahoma City College Debater #2

Michael Beasley

Fahnlohnee R. Harris

Southey Blanton

White Labor Organizer

Michael Mattison

White Sharecropper #1

White Sharecropper #2

Milton R. Gipson

Prairie View Professor

Jeremiah Kissel

Radio Announcer at Harvard Debate

White Man at Lynching

Alvin Youngblood Hart

Juke Joint Musician #1

Juke Joint Musician #2

Justin Robinson

Juke Joint Musician #3

Marcus Lyle Brown

Howard Debater #1

Klansman at Lynching (uncredited)

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