Rico Rodriguez as Jose

Efren Ramirez as Mr. Alvarado

Ivonne Coll as Abuelita

Justina Machado as Karla

Jon Gries as Principal Thomas

Valente Rodriguez as Coach Stevens

Alina Herrera as Dani

Xavier Gonzalez as Miguel

Cassie Brennan as Sandy

Ivan Cisneros as Peter

Alesia Orta as Suzie

Golbanoo Setayesh as Brownsville Brainiacs

Priya Trakru as Brownsville Brainiacs

Samuel Garcia as Brownsville Brainiacs

Lucy Lopez as Brownsville Brainiacs

Ricardo Santoyo as Brownsville Brainiac

Edgar Santoyo as Brownsville Brainiac

Glynn Praesel as Jim Tharpe - Tournament Director

John Flores as Jacob

Daniel Wolfe as Last Year's Champ

Rodrigo Macouzet as Paul

Noel Elim Rivera as Checkmate Coach

Jose Juan Guajardo, Jr. as District Chess Match Supervisor

Jose Juan Guajardo as District Chess Match Supervisor

Victor Flores as District Chess Match Supervisor

Eric A. Vera as Match Supervisor

Dimitri Agado as Teammate 1

Hector Filizola as Teammate 2

Michael Vera as Security Officer

Rene Rhi as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agent

Brian McCarty as I.C.E. Agent

John Kinch as Funeral Priest

Efrain Guerrero as Relative

Cindy Vela as Detention Teacher

Froylan Reyes Jr. as Janitor

José D. Cantú as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agent