Get On Up: cast and crew

• Tate Taylor Also in The Help (2011)

Actors

22

Crew

5

Youngest at release

28 yearsNick Eversman

Eldest at release

62 yearsDan Aykroyd

• Josh Hopkins Ralph Bass 43 at release Also in The Perfect Storm (2000)
• Liz Mikel Gertrude Sanders 51 at release Also in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
• Jason Davis Mayor White Also in Prisoners (2013)
• Jill Scott DeeDee Brown 42 at release
• Chadwick Boseman † 2020 James Brown 37 at release Also in Captain America: Civil War (2016)
• Nelsan Ellis † 2017 Bobby Byrd 36 at release Also in The Help (2011)
• Dan Aykroyd Ben Bart 62 at release Also in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
• Viola Davis Susie Brown 49 at release Also in The Help (2011)
• Lennie James Joe Brown 49 at release Also in Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

The whole cast 22

1. Josh Hopkins Ralph Bass
2. Liz Mikel Gertrude Sanders
3. Jason Davis Mayor White
4. Jill Scott DeeDee Brown
5. Chadwick Boseman James Brown
6. Nelsan Ellis Bobby Byrd
7. Dan Aykroyd Ben Bart
8. Viola Davis Susie Brown
9. Lennie James Joe Brown
10. Fred Melamed Syd Nathan
11. Craig Robinson Maceo Parker
12. Octavia Spencer Aunt Honey
13. Tika Sumpter Yvonne Fair
14. Aunjanue Ellis Vicki Anderson
15. Nick Eversman Mick Jagger
16. Ahna O'Reilly Reporter
17. Hunter Burke Soldier
18. Atkins Estimond Big Junior
19. John Benjamin Hickey Richard
20. Allison Janney Kathy
21. Jason Davis Mayor White
22. Billy Slaughter Pool Cleaner

Production companies

Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment

Who plays Ralph Bass in Get On Up?

Josh Hopkins plays Ralph Bass.

Who plays Gertrude Sanders in Get On Up?

Liz Mikel plays Gertrude Sanders.

Who plays Mayor White in Get On Up?

Jason Davis plays Mayor White.

Who plays DeeDee Brown in Get On Up?

Jill Scott plays DeeDee Brown.

Who plays James Brown in Get On Up?

Chadwick Boseman plays James Brown.

Who plays Bobby Byrd in Get On Up?

Nelsan Ellis plays Bobby Byrd.

Who directed Get On Up?

Tate Taylor.

Who wrote Get On Up?

Jez Butterworth and John-Henry Butterworth.

How many actors are in Get On Up?

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

• Tate Taylor has also directed Allison Janney in 3 films: Ma (2019), The Girl on the Train (2016) and The Help (2011).

• Tate Taylor has also directed Octavia Spencer in 2 films: Ma (2019) and The Help (2011).

• Jason Davis and Jason Davis have worked together on 22 other films: Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024), Hillbilly Elegy (2020), Irresistible (2020) and 19 more.

• Billy Slaughter and Hunter Burke have worked together on 3 other films: Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016), The Big Short (2015) and 12 Rounds (2009).

• Nelsan Ellis and Octavia Spencer had already worked together on 2 films: The Help (2011) and The Soloist (2009).

• Allison Janney and Ahna O'Reilly have worked together on 2 other films: Bombshell (2019) and The Help (2011).

• With the most films on MovieNCo: Allison Janney (52), Octavia Spencer (48) and Viola Davis (43).

• The cast’s average age at release is 43 (of the 19 actors whose birth date we know).