Nelsan Ellis
Get on Up (2014)
Get on Up is a 2014 American biographical musical drama film about the life of singer James Brown and is directed by Tate Taylor and written by Jez and John-Henry Butterworth. Produced by Brian Grazer, Mick Jagger, Taylor and Victoria Pearman, the film stars an ensemble cast featuring Chadwick Boseman as Brown, Nelsan Ellis as Bobby Byrd, Dan Aykro...
Starring: Scott Glenn•Jane Alexander•Viola Davis•Evan Jones•Dan Aykroyd•Diane Lane
Secretariat (2010)
Secretariat is a 2010 American biographical sports drama film produced and released by Walt Disney Pictures, written by Mike Rich and Sheldon Turner based largely on William Nack's 1975 book Secretariat: The Making of a Champion, with music by Nick Glennie-Smith and directed by Randall Wallace. The film chronicles the life of Thoroughbred race hors...
Starring: Cynthia Nixon•Saul Rubinek•John Malkovich•Clancy Brown•Fred Dalton Thompson•Robert Downey Jr.•Kathy Bates•Catherine Keener•Charles S. Dutton•Kenneth Branagh
The Soloist (2009)
The Soloist is a 2009 drama film directed by Joe Wright, and starring Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr. The plot is based on the true story of Nathaniel Ayers, a musician who developed schizophrenia and became homeless. The film was released in theaters on April 24, 2009. It received mixed reviews from critics and grossed just $38 million against it...
Starring: David Paymer•Dylan Walsh•Jena Malone•Jamie Foxx•Dylan Baker•Viola Davis•Stephen Root•Rob Brown•Tim Blake Nelson•Evan Jones
The Express: The Ernie Davis Story (2008)
The Express: The Ernie Davis Story is a 2008 American sports film produced by John Davis and directed by Gary Fleder. The storyline was conceived from a screenplay written by Charles Leavitt from a 1983 book Ernie Davis: The Elmira Express, authored by Robert C. Gallagher. The film is based on the life of Syracuse University football player Ernie D...
Starring: Geoff Stults•Octavia Spencer•Margo Martindale•Rachael Harris•Devon Gearhart•Nestor Serrano•Matt Malloy•Kevin Connolly•Tom Hollander•Evan Jones
Warm Springs (2005)
Warm Springs is a 2005 made-for-television biography drama film directed by Joseph Sargent, written by Margaret Nagle, and starring Kenneth Branagh, Cynthia Nixon, Kathy Bates, Tim Blake Nelson, Jane Alexander, and David Paymer. The screenplay concerns U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1921 illness, diagnosed at the time as polio, his struggle...
Starring: Aunjanue Ellis•Lorraine Toussaint•Melissa Ponzio•Nelsan Ellis•Craig Robinson•Chadwick Boseman•Devon Gearhart•Matt Malloy•Melissa Ponzio•Evan Jones