Denzel Washington

Dudley

Whitney Houston

Julia Biggs

Courtney B. Vance

Reverend Henry Biggs

Gregory Hines

Joe Hamilton

Jenifer Lewis

Margueritte Coleman

Loretta Devine

Beverly

Paul Bates

Saul Jeffreys

Justin Pierre Edmund

Jeremiah Biggs

Lionel Richie

Britsloe

Victor Williams

Robbie

Shari Headley

Arlene Chattan

Marcella Lowery

Anna Eldridge

Cissy Houston

Mrs. Havergal

Charlotte d'Amboise

Debbie Paige

Helmar Augustus Cooper

Johnson Keeley

Jernard Burks

Pizza Man

Aaron A. McConnaughey

Teen

Lex Monson

Osbert

Darvel Davis Jr.

Hakim

William James Stiggers Jr.

Billy Eldridge

Shyheim Franklin

Teen

Taral Hicks

Teen

Kennan Scott

Teen

Michael Alexander Jackson

Robber

Jamie Tirelli

Liquor Store Owner

Lizan Mitchell

Judge

Robert Colston

Bailiff

Juliehera DeStefano

Receptionist

Delores Mitchell

Mary Halford

David Langston Smyrl

Hanley's Waiter

Harsh Nayyar

Christmas Tree Man

Mervyn Warren

Pianist

Roy Haynes

Drummer

George Coleman

Sax Player

Ted Dunbar

Guitar Player

Jamil Nasser

Bass Player

Mary Bond Davis

Bernita

Toukie Smith

Teleprompter Operator

Rutha Harris

St. Matthew's Choir & Band Member

Jacqueline Martin

St. Matthew's Choir & Band Member

Teretha G. Houston

St. Matthew's Choir & Band Member

Sharon A. Mitchell

St. Matthew's Choir & Band Member

Steven Brown

Drummer

Dwain L. White

Organist

Tania McDonald-Tomlinson

Sheep - Nativity Choir (as Brittany Anderson)

Mark Gilbert

Wise Man - Nativity Choir

Michael Marshall

Wise Man - Nativity Choir

Kevin Mitchell

Painting Singer

Debbie Benitez

Store Owner's Wife (uncredited)

Marianne Hettinger

Robbery Witness (uncredited)

Anibal O. Lleras

Pizza Man (uncredited)

David Madison

Defendant (uncredited)

Adam Alexi-Malle

Robbery Witness (uncredited)

John Rowe Jr.

Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)

Derrick Simmons

Robber (uncredited)

Ronald Sylvers

Congregation Member (uncredited)

Penny Marshall

Director

Robert Nathan

Novel

Nat Mauldin

Screenplay

Allan Scott

Screenplay

Stephen A. Rotter

Editor

Dennis Bradford

Art Direction

George Bowers

Editor

Bill Groom

Production Design

Cynthia Flynt

Costume Design

Dennis Drummond

Supervising Sound Editor

George DeTitta Jr.

Set Decoration

Hans Zimmer

Original Music Composer

H.H. Cooper

Second Assistant Director

Robert E. Sherwood

Original Film Writer

Leonardo Bercovici

Original Film Writer

Elliot Abbott

Executive Producer

Timothy M. Bourne

Co-Producer

Debra Martin Chase

Co-Producer

Samuel Goldwyn Jr.

Producer

Robert Greenhut

Executive Producer

Bonnie Hlinomaz

Associate Producer

Larry M. Cherry

Hairstylist

Lisa Hazell

Assistant Hairstylist

Michele Paris

Makeup Artist

Edna Sheen

Makeup Artist

Kenneth Walker

Key Hair Stylist

Ellie Winslow

Makeup Artist

Donald De Line

Executive In Charge Of Production

Debra D. Jeffreys

Assistant Production Manager

Amy Lemisch

Unit Production Manager

John Bard Manulis

Executive In Charge Of Production

Paula Herold

Casting

Stephanie Corsalini

Casting Associate

Miroslav Ondříček

Director of Photography