Michael B. Jordan Bryan Stevenson Brie Larson Eva Ansley Jamie Foxx Walter McMillian O'Shea Jackson Jr. Anthony Ray Hinton Rafe Spall Tommy Champan Rob Morgan Herbert Richardson Tim Blake Nelson Ralph Myers Rhoda Griffis Judge Pamela Bachab Hayes Mercure Jeremy Doss Lindsay Ayliffe Judge Foster Dominic Bogart Doug Ansley Andrene Ward-Hammond Brenda Michael Harding Sheriff Tate Ron Clinton Smith Woodrow Ikner Terence Rosemore Jimmy Adam Boyer Prison Guard Jacinte Blankenship Christy Stevenson Brad Sanders Howard Stevenson Sr. Denitra Isler Evelyn McMillian Darryl W. Handy Bernard Darrell Britt-Gibson Darnell Houston Al Mitchell Uncle Leo Carl Palmer Older Officer Norm Lewis Newscaster (voice) Claire Bronson Mrs. Chapman Desmond Phillips State Officer Steve Coulter Judge Buren Drew Scheid Linus (uncredited) Harvey B. Jackson Mason Sheriff Deputy (uncredited) Benjamin Weaver Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)