Nickel Boys

Ethan Herisse

Elwood

Brandon Wilson

Turner

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

Hattie

Hamish Linklater

Spencer

Gralen Bryant Banks

Blakeley

Fred Hechinger

Harper

Jimmie Fails

Mr. Hill

Luke Tennie

Griff

Bryan Gael Guzman

Jaime

Ethan Cole Sharp

Young Elwood

Daveed Diggs

Adult Elwood

Sam Malone

Percy

Najah Bradley

Evelyn

Jase Stidwell

Boy at Playground

Legacy Jones

Girl at Playground

Ky'druis Follins

Lincoln High School

Gabrielle Simone Johnson

Elwood's Girlfriend

Peter Gabb

Mr. Marconi

Bill Martin Williams

Old Man with Cane

Ellison Booker

Older Guy (Protest)

Taraja Ramsess

Rodney

Zachary Van Zandt

White Boy

Zach Primo

White Boy

Sean Papajohn

White Boy

Sean Tyrik

Corey

Bryant Tardy

Desmond

Trey Perkins

Chickie Pete

Robert Aberdeen

Mr. Goodall

Escalante Lundy

Earl

Noah Craig

Young Boy at Dining Hall

Ja'Quan Monroe-Henderson

Black Mike

Mike Harkins

Butcher

Nicholas Stevens

Citrus Grove Stilt Boss

Rachel Whitman Groves

Nurse Scarlet

Billy Slaughter

Dr. Cooke

Lucy Faust

Mrs. Hardee

Tanyell Waivers

Denise

Craig Tate

Adult Chickie Pete

Sara Osi Scott

Millie

LeBaron Foster Thornton

Larry (uncredited)

Bash Luks

Boy at Playground

Martin Luther King Jr.

Self (archive footage)

Sidney Poitier

Self (archive footage)

Tony Curtis

Self (archive footage)