Roy T. Anderson as James Byrd, Jr.

Jon Voight as Billy Rowles

Louis Gossett Jr. as R.C. Horn

Joe Morton as Walter Diggles

Demore Barnes as Ricky Horn

Bokeem Woodbine as Khalid X

Matt Birman as Beating Cop

Sandra Caldwell as Norva

John Bayliss as City Manager

James Bearden as Old Sour Man (as Jim Bearden)

Samantha Bee as Kathy

Addison Bell as Judge

Conrad Bergschneider as Moe Johnson

Kedar Brown as Reverend

Marium Carvell as Gloria Mays

Eugene Clark as Don Clark

Michael Copeman as Council Member #2

Neil Crone as Principal

Travis Kyle Davis as Black Young Man

Cherion Drakes as Claire Byrd

Jumaane Ford as Lieutenant

Blu Mankuma as James Byrd Sr.

Michelle Moffett as Mamie Horn

Kevin Hanchard as Thurman Byrd

Karen Robinson as Mary Horn

Richard Mills as Jury Foreman