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Original Name : Tim Roth

Gender : Male

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Gender : Male

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Original Name : Colman Domingo

Gender : Male

Character Name : James Bevel

Original Name : Common

Gender : Male

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Original Name : Stephan James

Gender : Male

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Original Name : Omar J. Dorsey

Gender : Male

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Original Name : LaKeith Stanfield

Gender : Male

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Original Name : Oprah Winfrey

Gender : Female

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Original Name : Tessa Thompson

Gender : Female

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Original Name : Cuba Gooding Jr.

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bayard Rustin

Original Name : Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sullivan Jackson

Original Name : Kent Faulcon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Amelia Boynton

Original Name : Lorraine Toussaint

Gender : Female

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Original Name : Alessandro Nivola

Gender : Male

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Original Name : David Dwyer

Gender : Male

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Original Name : E. Roger Mitchell

Gender : Male

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Original Name : Dylan Baker

Gender : Male

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Original Name : Ledisi

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Original Name : Corey Reynolds

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Original Name : Wendell Pierce

Gender : Male

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Original Name : Stephen Root

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