Just Mercy

Every generation has its hero. Meet ours.

The powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned — including Walter McMillian, a man sentenced to death despite evidence proving his innocence. Bryan fights tirelessly for Walter with the system stacked against them.

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)

J. Alphonse Nicholson

(Henry Davis)

Karan Kendrick

(Minnie McMillian)

Hayes Mercure

(Jeremy Doss)

Lindsay Ayliffe

(Judge Foster)

Dominic Bogart

(Doug Ansley)

Tim Hooper

(Charles Cooper, Office Manager)

Andrene Ward-Hammond

(Brenda)

John Lacy

(Bill)

Michael Harding

(Sheriff Tate)

Ron Clinton Smith

(Woodrow Ikner)

C.J. LeBlanc

(John McMillian)

Kelly Mumme

(Stella Taylor)

Mallory Hoff

(Alice Brooks)

Terence Rosemore

(Jimmy)

Charlie Pye Jr.

(Charlie the Tree Expert)

Christopher Wolfe

(Jim Wilkes)

Adam Boyer

(Prison Guard)

Jacinte Blankenship

(Christy Stevenson)

Brad Sanders

(Howard Stevenson Sr.)

Charmin Lee

(Alice Stevenson)

Sebastian Eugene Hansen

(Kris Ansley)

David Garlock

(Prison Interviewee)

Robert Caston

(Prison Interviewee)

Talmedge Hayes

(Prison Interviewee)

Kuntrell Jackson

(Prison Interviewee)

Tatom Pender

(Tracy)

Scarlet Olivia Dunbar

(Jackie McMillian)

Denitra Isler

(Evelyn McMillian)

Darryl W. Handy

(Bernard)

Darrell Britt-Gibson

(Darnell Houston)

Al Mitchell

(Uncle Leo)

Pete Burris

(Local Male Witness)

Susie Spear Purcell

(Local Female Witness)

Deadra Moore

(Deb)

Ryan Dinning

(Young Officer)

Carl Palmer

(Older Officer)

Greta Glenn

(Doris Miller)

Alex Van

(Chamber Guard)

Leydi Morales

(Female Death Row Guard)

Ben Peck

(Holman Warden)

Ted Huckabee

(Bailiff)

Ryan Girard

(Clay Kast)

Tim Ware

(Psychologist)

Norm Lewis

(Newscaster (voice))

Claire Bronson

(Mrs. Chapman)

Desmond Phillips

(State Officer)

Drew Starkey

(Young Guard)

Steve Coulter

(Judge Buren)

McDaniel Austin

(Inmate)

Drew Scheid

(Linus (uncredited))

Brandon Armstrong

(Neighbor (uncredited))

Elizabeth Becka

(Mrs. Franklin (uncredited))

Kirk Bovill

(David Walker (uncredited))

Tony Bradley

(Prisoner (uncredited))

Olivia De Paux

(Court Reporter (uncredited))

Christine Hameed

(Family Member (uncredited))

Harvey B. Jackson

(Mason Sheriff Deputy (uncredited))

Jay DeVon Johnson

(Black Guard (uncredited))

Jay D. Kacho

(Prominent Monroeville Citizen (uncredited))

Mary Kraft

(Professor Bartholet (uncredited))

Josh Royston

(Police Officer (uncredited))

Tonea Stewart

(Mrs. Coleman (uncredited))

Albert L. Taylor

(Death Row Inmate (uncredited))

Benjamin Weaver

(Courtroom Spectator (uncredited))