6.8
115 min
A free Black man from New York is tricked, kidnapped, and sold into slavery in the South, where he endures twelve years of brutal servitude before finding a way to contact his family and secure his freedom.
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Avery Brooks | Solomon Northup | Unowned |
| Rhetta Greene | Jenny | Unowned | |
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Mason Adams | Ford | Unowned |
| Emory Beasley | Alonzo | Unowned | |
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Kent Broadhurst | Bass | Unowned |
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Lee Bryant | Mrs. Epps | Unowned |
| Charles Darden | Robert | Unowned | |
| Tony Dreyspool | Senator Soule | Unowned | |
| Anthony Edenfield | Ned | Unowned | |
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Art Evans | Walton | Unowned |
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J. Don Ferguson | Freeman | Unowned |
| Ralph Flanders | Captain | Unowned | |
| Tanzia Franks | Elizabeth | Unowned | |
| Harry George | Sheriff | Unowned | |
| Ann Pearl Gray | Kelsey | Unowned | |
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Janet League | Eliza | Unowned |
| Charles McGhee | Luke | Unowned | |
| Jay McMillan | Harry | Unowned | |
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Danny Nelson | Chapin | Unowned |
| John D. Northup | Sherrill | Unowned | |
| Ralph Pace | Birch | Unowned | |
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Petronia Paley | Anne Northup | Unowned |
| Randal Patrick | Sailor | Unowned | |
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J.C. Quinn | Tibeats | Unowned |
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John Saxon | Epps | Unowned |
| Gerhard Schwisow | Manning | Unowned | |
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Joe Seneca | Noah | Unowned |
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Michael Tolan | Henry Northup | Unowned |
| Willie Woods | Shad | Unowned | |
| David Keith Anderson | Alonzo (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Don Devendorf | Plantation Owner (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Robert Oliveri | Boy (uncredited) | Unowned |