The Birth of a Nation: cast and crew

• Nate Parker 37 at release Also in Non-Stop (2014)

Actors

22

Crew

7

Youngest at release

22 yearsKelvin Harrison Jr.

Eldest at release

63 yearsEsther Scott

• Nate Parker Nat Turner 37 at release Also in Non-Stop (2014)
• Armie Hammer Samuel Turner 30 at release Also in The Social Network (2010)
• Penelope Ann Miller Elizabeth Turner 52 at release Also in The Artist (2011)
• Jackie Earle Haley Raymond Cobb 55 at release Also in Shutter Island (2010)
• Aunjanue Ellis Nancy 47 at release Also in The Help (2011)
• Colman Domingo Hark 47 at release Also in Lee Daniels' The Butler (2013)
• Mark Boone Junior Reverend Walthall 61 at release Also in Batman Begins (2005)
• Dwight Henry Isaac Turner Also in Twelve Years a Slave (2013)
• Aja Naomi King Cherry 31 at release Also in The Rewrite (2014)

The whole cast 22

1. Nate Parker Nat Turner
2. Armie Hammer Samuel Turner
3. Penelope Ann Miller Elizabeth Turner
4. Jackie Earle Haley Raymond Cobb
5. Aunjanue Ellis Nancy
6. Colman Domingo Hark
7. Mark Boone Junior Reverend Walthall
8. Dwight Henry Isaac Turner
9. Aja Naomi King Cherry
10. Esther Scott Bridget
11. Roger Guenveur Smith Isaiah
12. Gabrielle Union Esther
13. Griffin Freeman Young Samuel
14. Kelvin Harrison Jr. Simon
15. Steve Coulter General Childs
16. Justin Randell Brooke Guiles Reese
17. Dominic Bogart Hank Fowler
18. Allen Phoenix Abner
19. Tom Proctor E.T. Brantley
20. William Mark McCullough White Man
21. Cullen Moss Man
22. Todd Terry Rebel Slave #3

Production companies

Phantom Four

Distributor in the UK

Searchlight Pictures

Who plays Nat Turner in The Birth of a Nation?

Nate Parker plays Nat Turner.

Who plays Samuel Turner in The Birth of a Nation?

Armie Hammer plays Samuel Turner.

Who plays Elizabeth Turner in The Birth of a Nation?

Penelope Ann Miller plays Elizabeth Turner.

Who plays Raymond Cobb in The Birth of a Nation?

Jackie Earle Haley plays Raymond Cobb.

Who plays Nancy in The Birth of a Nation?

Aunjanue Ellis plays Nancy.

Who plays Hark in The Birth of a Nation?

Colman Domingo plays Hark.

Who directed The Birth of a Nation?

Nate Parker.

Who wrote The Birth of a Nation?

Nate Parker.

How many actors are in The Birth of a Nation?

22 actors are credited, and 7 people in the crew.

• Aunjanue Ellis and Colman Domingo have worked together on 2 other films: If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) and Freedomland (2006).

• Colman Domingo and Cullen Moss have worked together on 2 other films: Assassination Nation (2018) and 42 (2013).

• Dwight Henry and Kelvin Harrison Jr. had already worked together on one film: Twelve Years a Slave (2013).

• Nate Parker and Cullen Moss had already worked together on one film: The secret life of bees (2009).

• Roger Guenveur Smith and Gabrielle Union have worked together on one other film: Riff Raff (2025).

• Gabrielle Union and Steve Coulter have worked together on one other film: Sleepless (2017).

• With the most films on MovieNCo: Steve Coulter (39), Mark Boone Junior (25) and Gabrielle Union (25).

• The cast’s average age at release is 45 (of the 14 actors whose birth date we know).