Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson
Malcolm X (as Nigél Thatch)
Mayme Johnson
Stella Gigante
Ernie Nunzi
Elise Johnson
Del Chance
Margaret Johnson
Vincent 'Chin' Gigante
Nat Pettigrew
Olympia Gigante
Robert Morgenthau
Monsieur 98
Louis Gigante
Honorable Elijah Muhammad
President Lyndon Johnson
Jonah Fineman
Betty Shabazz
Livingston Wingate
Captain Omar
Captain Henry
Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
Junie Byrd
Sister Marny
Lombardi
Cecil Bradley
Mike Wallace
Malcolm's Daughter (as Nia Madison Thompson)
Chauffeur
Junie Byrd's Armed Guard (uncredited)