Selma - Cast

David Oyelowo

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Actor

Carmen Ejogo

Coretta Scott King
Actor

Tom Wilkinson

President Lyndon B. Johnson
Actor

Giovanni Ribisi

Lee White
Actor

Tim Roth

Gov. George Wallace
Actor

André Holland

Andrew Young
Actor

Colman Domingo

Ralph Abernathy
Actor

Common

James Bevel
Actor

Stephan James

John Lewis
Actor

Omar J. Dorsey

James Orange
Actor

LaKeith Stanfield

Jimmie Lee Jackson
Actor

Oprah Winfrey

Annie Lee Cooper
Actor

Tessa Thompson

Diane Nash
Actor

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Fred Gray
Actor

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Bayard Rustin
Actor

Kent Faulcon

Sullivan Jackson
Actor

Lorraine Toussaint

Amelia Boynton
Actor

Alessandro Nivola

John Doar
Actor

David Dwyer

Chief Wilson Baker
Actor

E. Roger Mitchell

Frederick Reese
Actor

Dylan Baker

J. Edgar Hoover
Actor

Ledisi

Mahalia Jackson
Actor

Niecy Nash-Betts

Richie Jean Jackson
Actor

Corey Reynolds

Rev. C.T. Vivian
Actor

Wendell Pierce

Rev. Hosea Williams
Actor

Charity Jordan

Viola Lee Jackson
Actor

Nigel Thatch

Malcolm X
Actor

Trai Byers

James Forman
Actor

Jeremy Strong

James Reeb
Actor

Tara Ochs

Viola Liuzzo
Actor

Stephen Root

Col. Al Lingo
Actor

Greg Maness

Aide
Actor

Haviland Stillwell

President's Secretary
Actor

Jody Thompson

White Marcher
Actor

Henry G. Sanders

Cager Lee
Actor

Montrel Miller

Young Marcher
Actor

Jim France

Gunnar Jahn
Actor

Michael Papajohn

Major Cloud
Actor

John Lavelle

Roy Reed
Actor

Stormy Merriwether

Jackson's Daughter
Actor

Martin Sheen

Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited)
Actor