Bamboozled (2000)

A Spectacular Film by Mr. Spike Lee

Frustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea, producer Pierre Delacroix pitches the worst idea he can think of in an attempt to get fired: a 21st century minstrel show. The network not only airs it, but it becomes a smash hit.

Cast (78)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Damon Wayans

Pierre Delacroix

Savion Glover

Manray / Mantan

Jada Pinkett Smith

Sloan Hopkins

Tommy Davidson

Womack / Sleep'n Eat

Michael Rapaport

Thomas Dunwitty

Thomas Jefferson Byrd

Honeycutt

Paul Mooney

Junebug

Gillian White

Verna

S

Susan Batson

Orchid Dothan

Yasiin Bey

Mau Mau: Big Blak Afrika

M

MC Serch

Mau Mau: 1 / 16th Blak

Gano Grills

Mau Mau: Double Blak

C

Canibus

Mau Mau: Mo Blak

D

DJ Scratch

Mau Mau: Jo Blak

Charli Baltimore

Mau Mau: Smooth Blak

Craig muMs Grant

Mau Mau: Hard Blak

D

Dormeshia Sumbry

Pickaninny: Topsy

T

Tyheesha Collins

Pickaninny: Aunt Jemima

C

Cartier Williams

Pickaninny: Lil'nigger Jim

B

Baakari Wilder

Pickaninny: Sambo

S

Sekou Torbet

Pickaninny: Rastus

Questlove

Alabama Porch Monkeys: Levi - Musical Director

Tariq Trotter

Alabama Porch Monkey

J

James 'Kamal' Gray

Alabama Porch Monkey

L

Leonard 'Hub' Hubbard

Alabama Porch Monkey

K

Kyle 'Scratch' Jones

Alabama Porch Monkey

Christopher Wynkoop

Massa Charlie

Jani Blom

Jukka Laks

Dina Pearlman

Myrna Goldfarb

I

Imhotep Gary Byrd

Himself

Al Sharpton

Himself

Matthew Modine

Himself

Mira Sorvino

Herself

Arthur J. Nascarella

Police Chief

L

Liza Jessie Peterson

Ruth (Casting Director)

D

Don Ezzard Peavy II

Auditioning Dancer

T

Tony Arnaud

Auditioning 'Digeroo-Doo Player'

Tuffy Questell

Auditioning Singer

David Wain

Bunning

Ron Lawrence

Mau Mau's Engineer

Al Palagonia

Bobby

M

Mildred Clinton

Louise

Ephraim Benton

Tre

T

Tanesha Marie Gary

Stacy

Shannon Walker Williams

Young Black Woman

M

Matthew Cole Weiss

Young White Man

Coati Mundi

Papo

Caridad 'La Bruja' De La Luz

Cuca

Rodney "Bear" Jackson

Stage Security Guard

Rafael Osorio

Stage Security Guard

A

Anna Hsieh

Joan

Kris Park

Fish

Cheryl Lynn Bowers

Mona

Julie Dretzin

Beth

S

Steven McElroy

Seth

Stephen Kunken

David

Katie MacNichol

Anna

J

Joshua Weinstein

Kirk

A.D. Miles

Aaron

D

Daniel Milder

Peter

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