Genius (TV Series)
MLK/X: The Sword and the Shield (2024)
Full Cast & Crew
Directed by
Director X |
Writing Credits
Jeff Stetson | ... | (inspired by "The Meeting" by) |
Peniel E. Joseph | ... | (inspired by "The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr." by) |
Jeff Stetson | ... | (developed for television by) |
Quran Squire | ... | (written for television by) |
Maria Warith-Wade | ... | (staff writer) & |
Quran Squire | ... | (staff writer) |
Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification
Aaron Pierre | ... | Malcolm X | |
Kelvin Harrison Jr. | ... | Martin Luther King | |
Jayme Lawson | ... | Betty Shabazz | |
Weruche Opia | ... | Coretta Scott King | |
Gary Carr | ... | Clyde X | |
Hubert Point-Du Jour | ... | Ralph Abernathy | |
Ron Cephas Jones | ... | Elijah Muhammad | |
Donal Logue | ... | Strom Thurmond | |
Sasha Compère | ... | Juanita Abernathy | |
Quentin Plair | ... | Grant X | |
Elle Lorraine | ... | Sister Grace | |
Wilbur Fitzgerald | ... | Senator Byrd (as Wilbur T. Fitzgerald) | |
John C. McGinley | ... | President Lyndon B. Johnson | |
Jackie Earle Haley | ... | J. Edgar Hoover | |
Kristyl Dawn Tift | ... | Dr. Leona Turner | |
Amani Summer | ... | Attallah Shabazz | |
Jasmine Sargent | ... | Woman | |
Jaxon James | ... | 5-Year Old MLK | |
Jennifer Van Horn | ... | Secretary | |
Gavin Peppers | ... | NOI Member #1 | |
Kaleb Mitchell | ... | NOI Member #2 | |
Levon Huggins | ... | Reporter | |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Brandon Henderson | ... | Suspicious Man #2 (uncredited) |
Produced by
Reggie Rock Bythewood | ... | executive producer |
Francie Calfo | ... | executive producer |
Marta Gene Camps | ... | supervising producer (as Marta Gené Camps) |
Chris Cooney | ... | executive producer |
Anna Culp | ... | executive producer |
Brian Grazer | ... | executive producer |
Mathew Hart | ... | co-executive producer |
Ron Howard | ... | executive producer |
Raphael Jackson Jr. | ... | executive producer (showrunner) |
Joy Kecken | ... | co-executive producer |
Noelle Lindsay-Stewart | ... | associate producer |
Damione Macedon | ... | executive producer (showrunner) |
Nestor Policarpio | ... | associate producer |
Gina Prince-Bythewood | ... | executive producer |
Gigi Pritzker | ... | executive producer |
Arlyn Richardson | ... | co-producer |
Crystle Roberson Dorsey | ... | co-executive producer (as Crystle Roberson) |
Nicole Scott | ... | associate producer |
Attallah Shabazz | ... | consulting producer (as Ambassador Atallah Shabazz) |
Rachel Shane | ... | executive producer |
Sam Sokolow | ... | executive producer |
Jeff Stetson | ... | executive producer |
Jennifer Wyatt-Beasley | ... | co-producer (as Jennifer Wyatt Beasley) |
Kristen Zolner | ... | executive producer |
Music by
Terence Blanchard |
Cinematography by
Joe 'Jody' Williams |
Editing by
Adam Penn |
Casting By
Kim Williams |
Production Design by
Todd Fjelsted |
Art Direction by
Heather R. Dumas | ... | supervising art director |
Set Decoration by
Kristie Suffield |
Costume Design by
Mercedes Cook |
Makeup Department
Charmaine Balcerzak | ... | hair stylist |
Kaya Cresswell | ... | makeup artist |
Jeremy Dell | ... | makeup department head / makeup designer |
Joyce Gilliard | ... | key hair stylist |
Karen Hester | ... | hair stylist |
Patrina John-Bradshaw | ... | makeup artist |
Hong Le | ... | additional makeup artist |
Missy Lisenby | ... | makeup artist |
Gaby Macias | ... | special makeup effects artist |
Alicia Miller | ... | hair stylist |
Joy Peterson | ... | makeup artist |
Donaldo Taylor | ... | makeup |
Production Management
Sue Smith | ... | Production Supervisor |
Jennifer Wyatt-Beasley | ... | unit production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Erika Laffin | ... | second assistant director |
Paul Lindsay | ... | first assistant director |
Sahir Rashid | ... | Additional 2nd Assistant Director |
Art Department
Chardae Adams | ... | assistant art director |
Jason Andersen | ... | gang boss carpenter |
Chris Baker | ... | construction coordinator |
Jordan Chapman | ... | On Set Property Master |
Dort Clark | ... | property master |
Dominique Ariana Dawson | ... | set designer |
Mallory DeGolian | ... | food stylist |
Kiersten Sonja Good | ... | assistant set decorator |
Philip Hall | ... | props assistant |
Simon Hanis | ... | property assistant |
Allen Harris | ... | set dresser |
Alexis Huckaby | ... | Set Dec Coordinator |
Lauren Lebow | ... | construction buyer |
Devin Patterson | ... | Scenic Foreperson: art department |
Joan Marie Piña | ... | art department coordinator |
Roger J. Thacher | ... | assistant property master |
Jeremy West | ... | general forman |
Angela Marie Williams | ... | assistant property master & buyer |
Stephen Wilson | ... | key greensman |
Eric C White | ... | on set dresser (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Matt Aston | ... | boom operator |
Courtney Berg | ... | sound editor |
Bob Costanza | ... | sound effects editor |
Dario Domitrovic | ... | adr recordist |
Matthew T. Duncan | ... | re-recording mixer (as Mathew Duncan) / re-recording mixer |
Mark Hensley | ... | re-recording mixer |
Mason Kopeikin | ... | dialogue editor |
Cynthia Muñoz | ... | Sound Utility |
Kyle J. Sawyer | ... | sound |
Michael Wynne | ... | sound mixer |
Special Effects by
Marcelo Tabor | ... | special effects coordinator |
Visual Effects by
Dave Isaac Santos Abuel | ... | sr. compositor |
Joseph Grossmann | ... | visual effects artist |
James Masino | ... | digital matte painter: Crafty Apes |
Andrew Prescott | ... | visual effects producer |
Claire Rose | ... | sr compositor |
Nic Spier | ... | visual effects supervisor |
Sean Thigpen | ... | visual effects supervisor |
Stunts
Jared Corum | ... | stunt performer |
Guru Khalsa | ... | assistant stunt coordinator |
Danny Le Boyer | ... | stunt coordinator |
Camera and Electrical Department
Justin Bernhard | ... | Key rigging grip |
Clark Birchmeier | ... | digital imaging technician: second unit |
Chris Birdsong | ... | key grip |
Justin Dickson | ... | gaffer |
Jeremy Emerman | ... | EPK |
Alexander Eremin | ... | best boy grip |
Patrick D. Fields | ... | grip |
Samantha Gardella | ... | B Camera Second Assistant |
Yusif Hughes | ... | lighting technician |
Matthew Kelly Jackson | ... | A camera first assistant |
Jordan Boston Jones | ... | b camera operator |
Thomas D. Lairson Jr. | ... | second assistant camera: "a" camera |
Quinton Mack | ... | electrician |
Jephry Milloy | ... | electrician |
Gilbert Nogalski | ... | grip |
Eli Powers | ... | grip |
Justin Powers | ... | B dolly grip |
Kenny Rivenbark | ... | Matrix Head Technician |
Alexander G. Smith | ... | Lighting Console Programmer |
Michael Stumpf | ... | camera operator: a camera / steadicam operator |
Hakim K. Wilson | ... | rigging electricians (credit only) |
Riley Wood | ... | A dolly grip |
Simms Wright | ... | loader |
Casting Department
Soph Abitbol | ... | local casting assistant |
Barbara Harris | ... | adr voice casting |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jessie Aiken | ... | key costumer |
Madison Divergilio | ... | background costumer |
Dinah DuPont | ... | Costumer |
Aubrey Galeza | ... | Costume Buyer |
Shannon Hutchinson | ... | costumer |
Tabitha Lyons | ... | Tailor |
Miguel A. Moreta | ... | specialty costumer/background fitter |
Donald Strohman | ... | costumer |
Kyja Wilder | ... | Background costumer / fitter / office costumer |
Editorial Department
Gareth Cook | ... | Final Colorist |
Clifton Dugan | ... | post facility administrator |
Cole Parks | ... | on-line editor |
Levi Wenrich | ... | dailies producer |
Location Management
Austin Armstrong | ... | location production assistant |
Tanna Bagwell | ... | assistant location manager |
Joshua Cane | ... | key assistant location manager |
Gregory Dombrowski | ... | key assistant location manager |
Draco Frame | ... | location production assistant |
Erin G. Fuller | ... | location scout |
Samantha Idelson | ... | location manager |
Gabriella Ritter | ... | location scout |
Danielle Robarge Rusk | ... | key assistant location manager |
Benjamin McDaniel Smith | ... | key assistant location manager |
Music Department
Amani K. Smith | ... | music supervisor |
Derek Syverud | ... | music editor |
Transportation Department
Delaine Barker | ... | driver |
Additional Crew
Zyion Butts | ... | additional background production assistant |
Marcus Canty | ... | production accountant |
Emily Croke | ... | production coordinator |
Juli-Ann De Barros | ... | assistant |
Brandon Henderson | ... | Set Production Assistant |
Patrick Hodges | ... | assistant production coordinator |
Z.D. Johnson | ... | production secretary |
Cory King | ... | production assistant |
Joselyn Lamas | ... | assistant production coordinator |
Devon Niverson | ... | production assistant |
Patrick Reilly | ... | 1st Assistant Accountant |
Tina Marie Sauls | ... | Assistant to Mathew Hart |
Shelly Williams | ... | unit publicist |
Skylar Rhame | ... | craft service (uncredited) |