Dolemite Is My Name: cast and crew

• Craig Brewer Also in Footloose (2011)

Actors

19

Crew

5

Youngest at release

23 yearsKodi Smit-McPhee

Eldest at release

73 yearsSusan Sarandon

• Eddie Murphy Rudy 58 at release Also in Shrek Forever After (2010)
• Keegan-Michael Key Jerry 48 at release Also in The LEGO Movie (2014)
• Wesley Snipes D'Urville 57 at release Also in Blade: Trinity (2004)
• Craig Robinson Ben 48 at release Also in Shrek Forever After (2010)
• Tituss Burgess Theodore Toney 40 at release Also in Angry Birds (2016)
• Mike Epps Jimmy Lynch 48 at release Also in Hancock (2008)
• Da'Vine Joy Randolph Lady Reed 33 at release Also in The Lost City (2022)
• Kodi Smit-McPhee Nick 23 at release Also in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
• Snoop Dogg Roj 48 at release Also in Never Say Never (2011)

The whole cast 19

1. Eddie Murphy Rudy
2. Keegan-Michael Key Jerry
3. Wesley Snipes D'Urville
4. Craig Robinson Ben
5. Tituss Burgess Theodore Toney
6. Mike Epps Jimmy Lynch
7. Da'Vine Joy Randolph Lady Reed
8. Kodi Smit-McPhee Nick
9. Snoop Dogg Roj
10. Ron Cephas Jones Ricco
11. T.I. Walter Crane
12. Luenell Aunt
13. Tasha Smith Jimmy's Wife
14. Chris Rock Bobby Vale
15. Gerald Downey Bob Brooks
16. Jack Lemmon Hildy Johnson
17. Walter Matthau Walter Burns
18. Susan Sarandon Peggy Grant
19. Bob Odenkirk Lawrence Woolner

Production companies

Netflix, Davis Entertainment

Distributor in the UK

Netflix

Who plays Rudy in Dolemite Is My Name?

Eddie Murphy plays Rudy.

Who plays Jerry in Dolemite Is My Name?

Keegan-Michael Key plays Jerry.

Who plays D'Urville in Dolemite Is My Name?

Wesley Snipes plays D'Urville.

Who plays Ben in Dolemite Is My Name?

Craig Robinson plays Ben.

Who plays Theodore Toney in Dolemite Is My Name?

Tituss Burgess plays Theodore Toney.

Who plays Jimmy Lynch in Dolemite Is My Name?

Mike Epps plays Jimmy Lynch.

Who directed Dolemite Is My Name?

Craig Brewer.

Who wrote Dolemite Is My Name?

Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski.

How many actors are in Dolemite Is My Name?

19 actors are credited, and 5 people in the crew.

• Craig Brewer has also directed Eddie Murphy in Coming 2 America (2020).

• Craig Brewer has also directed Wesley Snipes in Coming 2 America (2020).

• Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau had already worked together on 5 films: Chaplin (1992), JFK (1991), The Front Page (1974) and 2 more.

• Craig Robinson and Eddie Murphy had already worked together on 2 films: Shrek Forever After (2010) and Hot Tub Time Machine (2010).

• Mike Epps and Snoop Dogg had already worked together on 2 films: Meet the Blacks (2016) and Malibu's Most Wanted (2003).

• Bob Odenkirk and Keegan-Michael Key had already worked together on 2 films: The Disaster Artist (2017) and Freaks of Nature (2015).

• With the most films on MovieNCo: Susan Sarandon (69), Keegan-Michael Key (41) and Eddie Murphy (37).

• The cast’s average age at release is 50 (of the 17 actors whose birth date we know).