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Get on Up

2014

2h 19m

6.80

Drama, Music, History

A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.

Cast

Chadwick Boseman

James Brown

Nelsan Ellis

Bobby Byrd

Dan Aykroyd

Ben Bart

Viola Davis

Susie Brown

Lennie James

Joe Brown

Fred Melamed

Syd Nathan

Jill Scott

DeeDee Brown

Octavia Spencer

Aunt Honey

Nick Eversman

Mick Jagger

Tika Sumpter

Yvonne Fair

James DuMont

Corporal Dooley

Billy Slaughter

Pool Cleaner

Ritchie Montgomery

Warden

Craig Robinson

Maceo Parker

Brandon Mychal Smith

Little Richard

Aloe Blacc

Nafloyd Scott

Josh Hopkins

Ralph Bass

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

Vicki Anderson

Tariq Trotter

Pee Wee Ellis

Keith D. Robinson

Baby Roy

Stacey Scowley

Penelope White

Liz Mikel

Gertrude Sanders

Julius Tennon

Grandpa Byrd

Allison Janney

Kathy

John Benjamin Hickey

Richard

J.D. Evermore

Seminar Presenter

Jim Gleason

Insurance Salesman

Ahna O'Reilly

Reporter

Donald Watkins

Black Infantryman

Corey Sorenson

Pilot

Hunter Burke

Soldier

Rena DeAngelo

Reno Reporter

Aakomon Jones

Bobby Bennett

Atkins Estimond

Big Junior

Clyde Jones

Daddy Grace

Michael Papajohn

1949 Cop

Kirk Bovill

Announcer

Jacinte Blankenship

Velma Brown

Sheldon Frett

Susie's Soldier

Joe T. Blankenship

Alan Leeds

Jason Davis

Mayor White

David Carzell

Catfish

Aaron J. Brooks

Insurance Agent

Carol Lee

Mavis

Cleta Elaine Ellington

Shirley Buell

Antonius Charles

Black Infantryman

Jamarion Scott

Little James Brown

Jordan Scott

Little James Brown

George Quinones

Lynched Man

Aaron Jay Rome

Frankie Avalon

Denzel Reed

Big Kid

Phyllis Montana LeBlanc

Mrs. Byrd

Taura Cherne

Sarah Byrd

Cariella Smith

Diner Waitress

Sandra DeNise

Female in Audience

Mario J. Radford

JB Chauffeur

Randy Smith

Minder

Alvin Edney II

Teddy Brown

Adrien Scott Robinson

Little Christmas Boy

Elliott June Rogers

Little Christmas Girl

Jamell Richardson

Jimmy Nolen

Justin Hall

Bootsy

Dominic Thigpen

Chicken

Matt Thompson

1949 Cop

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