Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool - Cast

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79 cast members

Name	Known for
Carl Lumbly Miles Davis (voice) Miles Davis (voice) See fewer	Men of Honor (2000)
Miles Davis Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Adrift (I) (2018)
Reginald Petty Self Self See fewer	Keeper of the Flame (2022)
Quincy Troupe Self Self See fewer	Travel Notes of a Geechee Girl (2017)
Farah Griffin Self - co-author of 'Clawing at the Limits of Cool: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and the Greatest Jazz Collaboration Ever' Self - co-author of 'Clawing at the Limits of Cool: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and the Greatest Jazz Collaboration Ever' See fewer	Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am (2019)
Lee Annie Bonner Self - Miles Davis' childhood friend Self - Miles Davis' childhood friend See fewer	American Masters (1985)
Ashley Kahn Self Self See fewer	Sample: Not for Sale (2012)
Benjamin Cawthra Self Self See fewer	American Masters (1985)
Billy Eckstine Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Fido (2006)
Walter Cronkite Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Liberty's Kids (2002)
Jimmy Heath Self Self See fewer	Marshall (2017)
Jimmy Cobb Self Self See fewer	Dexter (2006)
Dan Morgenstern Self Self See fewer	Prohibition (2011)
Charlie Parker Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Se7en (1995)
Greg Tate Self Self See fewer	Wayne Shorter: Zero Gravity (2023)
Gerald Early Self Self See fewer	King of Cool (2021)
Quincy Jones Self Self See fewer	The Color Purple (1985)
Wayne Shorter Self Self See fewer	The Fugitive (1993)
Tammy L. Kernodle Self Self See fewer	The Loving Story (2011)
Juliette Gréco Self Self See fewer	The Sun Also Rises (1957)
Vincent Bessières Self - author of 'We want Miles: Miles Davis, le jazz face à sa légende' Self - author of 'We want Miles: Miles Davis, le jazz face à sa légende' See fewer	American Masters (1985)
George Wein Self Self See fewer	Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong (2008)
Eugene Redmond Self Self See fewer	Word Warriors III (2016)
Thelonious Monk Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Omega Man (1971)
Carlos Santana Self Self See fewer	La Bamba (1987)
Herbie Hancock Self Self See fewer	'Round Midnight (1986)
Marcus Miller Self Self See fewer	Marshall (2017)
Cortez McCoy Self Self See fewer	American Masters (1985)
Sandra McCoy Self Self See fewer	American Masters (1985)
Jack Chambers Self Self See fewer	American Masters (1985)
Frances Taylor Self Self See fewer	The Party (1968)
Johnny Mathis Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Zodiac (2007)
René Urtreger Self Self See fewer	Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
Joshua Redman Self Self See fewer	Space Cowboys (2000)
John Coltrane Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Adrift (I) (2018)
James Mtume Self Self See fewer	Rush Hour 3 (2007)
Lenny White Self Self See fewer	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)
Vince Wilburn Jr. Self (as Vincent Wilburn Jr.) Self (as Vincent Wilburn Jr.) See fewer	Miles Ahead (2015)
Archie Shepp Self Self See fewer	Malcolm & Marie (2021)
Stanley Crouch Self Self See fewer	Jazz (2001)
Gil Evans Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Salton Sea (2002)
Cheryl Davis Self Self See fewer	LOVE ME, STUPID
Ron Carter Self Self See fewer	Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
Sly and the Family Stone Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage) See fewer	Stealth (2005)
Clive Davis Self Self See fewer	Deadpool 2 (2018)
Betty Davis Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
Marguerite Cantú Self Self See fewer	American Masters (1985)
Mark Rothbaum Self Self See fewer	Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90 (2023)
Erin Davis Self Self See fewer	Miles Ahead (2015)
Mike Stern Self Self See fewer	American Masters (1985)
Mikel Elam Self - traveling assistant to Miles Davis Self - traveling assistant to Miles Davis See fewer	American Masters (1985)
Jo Gelbard Self Self See fewer	American Masters (1985)
Prince Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Under the Cherry Moon (1986)
Wallace Roney Self Self See fewer	Love Jones (1997)
Steve Allen Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Casino (1995)
Bill Boggs Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Species II (1998)
James Brown Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Blues Brothers (1980)
Rory Calhoun Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Motel Hell (1980)
John Carlos Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Swagger (2021)
Fidel Castro Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Araaayyyyy!!! (1986)
Sammy Davis Jr. Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Cannonball Run (1981)
Dizzy Gillespie Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
Bryant Gumbel Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Contact (1997)
Arsenio Hall Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Coming to America (1988)
George Harrison Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Jimi Hendrix Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Woodstock (1970)
Don Johnson Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Miami Vice (1984)
Martin Luther King Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Freedom Writers (2007)
Burt Lancaster Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	From Here to Eternity (1953)
John Lennon Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	A Hard Day's Night (1964)
David Letterman Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
Paul McCartney Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)
Richard Nixon Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Frost/Nixon (2008)
Hugh O'Brian Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Shootist (1976)
Yoko Ono Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Beatles: Get Back (2021)
Elvis Presley Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962)
Charlie Rose Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Ides of March (2011)
Tommie Smith Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Because They Believed
Ringo Starr Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	A Hard Day's Night (1964)