Akeelah And The Bee Cast & Credits

Cast

Dr Joshua Larabee

Laurence Fishburne

Akeelah Anderson

Keke Palmer

Tanya

Angela Bassett

Mr. Welch

Curtis Armstrong

Javier

JR Villareal

Georgia

Sahara Garey

Dylan

Sean Michael Afable

Kiana

Erica Hubbard

Devon

Lee Thompson Young

Terrence

Julito McCullum

Polly

Sara Niemietz

Roman

George Hornedo

Ms. Cross

Dalia Phillips

Steve

Jeris Lee Poindexter

Ted Saunders

Craig Wasson

Herself

Katie Kerwin McCrimmon

National Spelling Bee Head Judge

Marjorie Harris

National Spelling Bee Pronouncer

Jacques Bailly PH.D

Tough Girl no.1

Krysten Leigh Jones

Tough Girl no.2

Amirah Hawkins

District Judge

Jeff Marlow

Regional Judge

Lee Garlington

District Pronouncer

Chloe Conroy

Regional Pronouncer

Sid Ganis

Cheating Boy

Austin Herrera Davis

Cheating Boy's Mom

Janet Borrus

Akeelah's Father

Wolfgang Bodison

Chuckie

Marcus Hawkins Dungey

Volunteer

Bonita Friedericy

Mary Calveretti

Caroline J Smith

Korean Grocer

Jack Ong

Reporter

Lauren Sanchez

Woman on TV

Fay Hauser

Little Girl on TV

Keshell Lucas

Red-Haired Girl

Corina Boettger

Eighth-Grade Girl

Shyann Chatman

Regional Bee Assistant Judge

Todd Wagner

District Speller no.1

Brittany Elizabeth Curran

District Speller no.2

Alexandra Rieger

Regional Speller no.1

Eric Don

Regional Speller no.2

Julia Kelleher

Regional Speller no.3

Zachary Gardner

"Sacciform" Speller

John A Ausick

"Scutellate" Speller

Maddy Kloss

"Longicollis" Speller

Mason Green

"Ginglymus" Speller

Jessy J Hwang

"Empennage" Speller

Biplab Panda

"Souchong" Speller

Alexander Christian Stephans

"Intussusception" Speller

Katie L Brown

"Engastrimythic" Speller

John Oxenreiter

"Escharotic" Speller

Katie Olson

"Flocculation" Speller

Jason Ortenberg

Boy in Wheelchair

Lance Norling

Driver

Jmeka Cherrel

Postman

Kahlil Ashanti

Derrick-T

Eddie Steeples

Crew

Director

Doug Atchison

Producer

Todd Wagner, Mark Cuban, Marc Butan, Helen Sugland, Michael Burns, Michael Paseornek, Tom Ortenberg, Sid Ganis, Danny Llewelyn, Michael Romersa, Laurence Fishburne, Jaki Brown-Karman, Kent Kubena, Mike Upton, Mike Johnson, Dalia Phillips

Writer

Doug Atchison

Casting

Benita Elliott, Robyn Mitchell, Eve Streger, Lamese Williams, Jaki Brown-Karman, Aisha Coley, Kim Coleman

Executive

Donna Sloan, John Sacchi, Jonathan Ruiz, Robert Melnik, Charlyn Ware, Amanda Shamis, Amber N Roy, Jay Faires, Douglas McClure, Pat Repola, Sarah Greenberg

Production Management

Jennifer Booth, Jan McWilliams, Donald E Wygal, Jenny DeArmitt, Lisa Looney, Carl Pedregal, Mark W McCoy, Jennifer Cho, Curtis A Miller, Rosemary Lara, Mike Upton, Joseph P. Genier, Jules Carideo, Rodney Allen Hooks, David Riebel, Marvin J Williams, Anne Carroll, Chad Rosen, Andrew C Keeter, Craig Simmons, Richard DiPatri

Art Department

Greg Sanger, Nelson Bush, Douglas McKay, Grant Sawyer, Efren Perez, Buddy Ray Reynolds-Maichell, Salvador Valle, Lawrence D Lira, Abraham Vorster, John Warner, Jose Saenz, Alysia D Allen, Kristie E Moore-Bialuski, Charles Kern, Leslie Lawson, Michael Ryan, Roxanne Brooks, Richard J Day, Marc Finer, Jocelyn Marsh, Angie Simpson, Sherman Toy, Shelley Wallace, Alicia Maccarone, Warren Alan Young, Julieann Getman

Editor

Markus Czyzewski, Markus Czyzewski, James Morioka, Glenn Farr

Music

Aaron Zigman, Jeanne Fay, Rebecca Rienks, Mollie B Casey, Aaron Zigman, Michael Stern, Mateo Laboriel, Jesse Voccia, Xocoyotzin Herrera, Francisco Javier Gonzalez, Jose Zuñiga, J Green, Michael Perretta, Stephanie Jones, S Bunting, K Hendriks, W Plischke, Swollen Members , Lauren Palmer, Loreal Palmer, Sharon Palmer, Loreal Palmer, Thomas Bell, Linda Creed, Bootsy Collins, Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin, Patrice Germain, L Daumont, X Mosley, Lateef & The Chief , Victor Carstarphen, Gene McFadden, John Whitehead, Ben Harper, James Harris, Terry Lewis, James Q Wright, Deborah Cox, Jamey Jaz, Rhona Bennett, Erica Rivera, Heather Small, Peter John Vettese, Heather Small, Michael Stern, Joel C. High, Johnny Caruso, Eduardo Ponsdomenech

Sound

Stacey A Washer, Fred Stafford, Gregory A Hedgepath, Eric Thompson, Chris Navarro, Laura Macias, Vince Nicastro, Shawn Kennelly, Melissa Pillmear, Ken S Polk, Ezra Dweck, Lance Brown, James Wright, Barbara Harris, Kimberly Bailey, Carlyle King, Andrea Baker, Lanai Chapman, Khanya Mkhize, Carlos LaCamara, Jeffrey Todd Fischer, John La Fayette, Terrence Matthew, Tinashe Kachingwe, Kyrsten Leigh Jones, Paige Hurd, Courtney Burness, Jessie Flower, Ashlynn Rose, Katelyn Kowalick, Kayla Henry, Mischon Ratliff, Terry Hardy, Kendre Berry, Axel Alba, Zack Shada, Austin Noah Marques, Kevin Davidson, AJ Noel, Denzel Whittaker, Nancy Barker, Matt Hedges, Roland N Thai, Roland N Thai, Matt Nicolay, Barbara McCart

Publicity

Julie Polkes, Lisa NG, Jeff L Lieberman, Yon Elvira

Camera, Film & Tape

Theo Pingarelli, David Mun, Stephen Whitcomb, Keith Eisberg, Marcus Lopez, Saeed Adyani, Steven Douglas Smith, Jeffrey R Clark, Jarrod Oswald, Sue Gates, David Orr, Josh Moore, Martha Savelio, M David Mullen, Christopher Mosio, John Radzik, Christopher Mosio

Visual Effects & Animation

Pamela Green, Jarik Van Sluijs, Gary Hebert, John Scheer, Andrew Midgley, Shelly Dutcher, Mark Intravartolo, Jim Bartoo, Michael Uguccioni

Wardrobe, Hair & Makeup

Riki Lin Sabusawa, Robin West, Yvonne Bastidos, Cheryl Cravedi, Meta Moise, Jodie Stern, Edna M Sheen, Gigi Williams, Linda Cowan, Kenneth Walker, Fay Kelly, Erma Kent, Sharen Davis

Engineering, Electrical & Grips

Gerard Vernice, Rob Murphy, Eric S Adamson, Cooper Donaldson, Tim Hedgecock, Tommy Hubbard, John Thomas Leonetti, Joshua Lee Huber, Dash Hart, Esteban Munoz, Brad Heiner, Manny Duran