Anthony Coleman as Young Louis Armstrong

Vilmos Zsigmond as Hungarian Photographer

Jackie Earle Haley as Judge Perry

Shanti Lowry as Grace

Anthony Mackie as Buddy Bolden

Michael Rooker as Pat McMurphy

Steven Martini as Alex Karnofsky

Joe Chrest as Tom Anderson

Derick Martini as Morris Karnofsky

Angela Ray as Mayann Armstrong

Karimah Westbrook as Alice Bolden