The Great Debaters

The Great Debaters Cast

50 cast members · 22 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 6.9. 2 of 50 cast members rank in the top 1,000 actors online today. Updated October 11, 2026.

Denzel Washington

Melvin B. Tolson

Harvard Debater #1

Forest Whitaker

Dr. James Farmer Sr.

Jurnee Smollett-Bell

Rhiannon Giddens

Juke Joint Musician #4

#11,259 overall

#12,592 overall

#13,896 overall

#15,801 overall

Denzel Whitaker

James Farmer Jr.

#19,339 overall

#26,990 overall

Paul Quinn Debater #2

#30,217 overall

Jermaine Williams

Hamilton Burgess

#31,640 overall

Oklahoma City College Debater #1

#35,902 overall

Captain Wainwright

#37,531 overall

#39,258 overall

#39,523 overall

Ritchie Montgomery

#45,285 overall

#48,084 overall

Harland Osbourne

#50,478 overall

Marcus Lyle Brown

Howard Debater #1

#61,320 overall

Robert X. Golphin

#64,874 overall

Trenton McClain Boyd

Nathaniel Farmer

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

Klansman at Lynching (uncredited)

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