Dorian Harewood as Jesse Owens

Dan Ammerman as Coach Robertson

Tom Bosley as Jimmy Hoffa

Georg Stanford Brown as Lew Gilbert

LeVar Burton as Professor Preston

Ronny Cox as Coach Larry Snyder

Norman Fell as Marty Forkins

George Kennedy as Charles 'Charley' Riley

Vic Tayback as Abe Saperstein

Barry Corbin as Judge

Chris Douridas as Jerome

Lynn Hamilton as Mamma Solomon

Debbi Morgan as Ruth Solomon Owens

Tonye Patano as Laverne Owens

Ben Vereen as Herb Douglas

James B. Sikking as Avery Brundage