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COMEDY

DRAMA

A novelist fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.

name	character
John Ales	Leo
Erika Alexander	Coraline
Kate Avallone	Woman on Patio
Christopher Barrow	Burt
David De Beck	Dr. Bulger
Adam Brody	Wiley Valdespino
Sterling K. Brown	Clifford Ellison
Stephen Burrell	Jordan Phillips
Chhoyang Cheshatsang	Wiley's Assistant
Michael Cyril Creighton	John Bosco
Carmen Cusack	Gilda
Keith David	Willy the Wonker
Becki Dennis	Clinic Receptionist
Ryan Richard Doyle	Ned
Patrick Fischler	Mandel
Samantha Gordon	Gaby (uncredited)
Jenn Harris	Ailene Hoover
Michael Jibrin	Jelani
Nicole Kempskie	Sintara's Moderator
Neal Lerner	Wilson Harnet
J.C. MacKenzie	Carl Brunt
Michael Malvesti	Plainclothes Cop
Joseph Marrella	Matthew Wilson
Jason Armani Martinez	Nursing Home Orderly
Celeste Olivia	Dr. Tiefel
Tokunbo Joshua Olumide	Alvin
Okieriete Onaodowan	Van Go Jenkins
John Ortiz	Arthur
Justin Andrew Phillips	Arthur's Intern
Alexander Pobutsky	Kenny
Michele Proude	Bulger's Nurse
Greta Quispe	Luz Borquez
Issa Rae	Sintara Golden
Megan Robinson	Kenya Dunston
Tracee Ellis Ross	Lisa Ellison
Elle Sciore	Layne
Miriam Shor	Paula Baderman
Myra Lucretia Taylor	Lorraine
Raymond Anthony Thomas	Maynard
Dustin Tucker	Phillip
Leslie Uggams	Agnes Ellison
Bates Wilder	Jon Daniel Sigmarsen
Jeffrey Wright	Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison
Skyler Wright	Brittany

name
Percival Everett	writer (original)
Cord Jefferson	director, writer (original), producer
Jermaine Johnson	producer
Nikos Karamigios	producer
Laura Karpman	composer
Ben LeClair	producer

year	award	category	name
2023	Academy Award	Best Screenplay	Cord Jefferson