Danny Glover

as Narrator (voice)

as Washington Carver

as Roger Murtaugh

as Will

as Santa Claus

as Michael Tedeschi

as Jerry

as Self

as Cooper

as Self

as Self

as Mark Walker

as Narrator (voice)

as Self

as Narrator (voice)

as Milo

as Narrator (voice)

as Grandpa Allen

as Hank Thompson

as Narrator

as Narrator (voice)

as Self

as Ray

as Self

as Baltimore Bob

as Teddy

as Langston

as Mr. Ocean

as Narrator (voice)

as Self (archive footage)

as Self

as Gilbert Pearson

as Benny

as Max Powers

as Dr. Powell

as Uncle Issa

as Victor

as Slim Robinson Present Day

as Self - Narrator (voice)

as Self - Narrator (voice)(10 eps)

as Narrator (voice)

as Detective Constable Haagen

as Self

as Mr. Weathers

as Walter

as Bob

as Roger

as Ambrose

as Sully

as Narrator (voice)

as Eddie 'Rocks' Travor

as Narrator (voice)

as Dr. Benjamin Ohiaeri

as The Boss

as Stinky

as Benjamin Carver

as Chancellor Gordon

as Edward Collins

as Elohim

as Hal Westbrook

as Red

as Bernie Pope

as Narrator (voice)

as Coffee Lover

as Dr. Locke

as Captain Nicol

as Carl

as Uncle Norman(1 ep)

as Self

as Sponge

as Mr. Walker

as Self

as Detective St. John

as Bernie Pope

as Ex Director Matthew Reynolds

as Self

as Mayor(1 ep)

as William Ward

as Justice Thurgood Marshall

as Frank Ironside(1 ep)

as Harding

as Shinishi

as Ed

as Charlie Shuffleton

as Self

as Commander Phillips

as Floyd

as Reverend John

as Arthur

as Self

as Dubem

as Count Basie (voice)

as Duncan

as Self

as Self

as Isom Dart

as Father Leonard

as Professor Arthur Teller(5 eps)

as Investigator

as Self (Occupy Oakland)

as Donovan Matheson

as Ahab

as Gabriel Peters

as Dean Francis

as School Director

as Mr. Shannon

as Danny Glover

as Harry 'Red' Newman

as Franzis

as Winston (voice)

as Uncle Russell

as Marcus

as Self

as Self

as Client(1 ep)

as Narrator (voice)

as Self

as President Thomas Wilson

as Jeremiah(1 ep)

as Self

as Joseph Holder

as Miles

as Charlie Lawson(1 ep)

as David Trapp (archive footage)

as Walter Tortoise (voice)

as "Fats" Waller's Father/Mr. Fletcher

as Man with Black Eye Patch

as Mr. Fletcher

as John Malcolm

as Major Rusty Gubbins

as Tyrone Purvis

as President Chen (voice)

as Self

as Father Elias

as Colonel Isaac Johnson

as Cow-boy

as George

as Marty Madison

as Isaac Marshall(6 eps)

as Miles (voice)

as Mel Hornsby(1 ep)

as Brer Turtle (voice)

as Ken Hollister

as David Keaton

as Self(1 ep)

as David Tapp

as Hank Morgan(1 ep)

as Self

as Thomas(1 ep)

as Wilhelm

as Minstrel Krampus (voice)(1 ep)

as Self (archive footage)

as Jake Neely

as Col. Weldon

as Ogion(2 eps)

as David Tapp

as Judge Crowley

as Self(1 ep)

as Self

as Tom Spader

as Narrator (voice)

as Henry Sherman

as Hershey

as Self (archive footage)(1 ep)

as Self(1 ep)

as Boesman

as Self

as Will Walker

as Self

as Self (archive footage)

as Narrator (voice)

as Host

as Train Conductor (voice)

as Jethro (voice)

as Paul D

as Barbatus (voice)

as Self - Narrator (voice)

as Self - Panelist(20 eps)

as Roger Murtaugh

as Self - Narrator

as Sgt. Washington Wyatt

as Richter Tyrone Kipler

as Bob Goodall

as Self(3 eps)

as Bigfoot the Mountain Man (Uncredited)

as Gus Green

as Silas (segment "Long Black Song")

as Philip Marlowe

as Self

as Capt. Sam Cahill

as Self

as Isaac Jefferson (voice)(2 eps)

as The King (voice)(1 ep)

as Charlie Pratt Sr.(4 eps)

as Self(1 ep)

as George Knox

as Bank Robber (uncredited)

as Jerry

as Micah Mangena

as Self - Guest(1 ep)

as Self - Host(4 eps)

as Host(54 eps)

as Marlowe(1 ep)

as Narrator (voice)

as Alec Haley(3 eps)

as Narrator (voice)

as Roger Murtaugh

as Simon

as Self

as Raymond Campanella

as Easy Money

as Cmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli

as Lieutenant Mike Harrigan

as Harry

as Dr. Apollo (voice)(1 ep)

as Narrator (voice)

as Narrator (voice)

as Narrator (voice)

as Roger Murtaugh

as Self

as Dr. Alex Marsh

as Joshua Deets(4 eps)

as Walter Lee Younger

as Self

as Capt. Bartholomew Clark

as Mr. Scott

as Nelson Mandela

as Roger Murtaugh

as Self

as John Henry

as Albert

as John Henry(1 ep)

as Malachi 'Mal' Johnson

as Apples Finnerty

as McFee

as William

as Moze

as Loomis

as Willie Monroe

as Gary

as Lester Traylor

as Lester Traylor(1 ep)

as Walter Lee Younger(1 ep)

as Jojo / Roland

as Morgan

as Oscar Micheaux

as Self - Presenter(1 ep)

as Inmate

as Roger Murtaugh (uncredited)(1 ep)

as Self(1 ep)

as self

as Self(1 ep)

as Self - Presenter(1 ep)

as Self(2 eps)