Akeelah and the Bee (2006) | Full Cast

Doug Atchison

DIRECTOR

Angela Bassett

Tanya

Laurence Fishburne

Dr. Larabee

Keke Palmer

Akeelah

Curtis Armstrong

Mr. Welch

J.R. Villarreal

Javier

Sean Michael Afable

Dylan

Sahara Ware

Georgia

Lee Thompson Young

Devon

Julito McCullum

Terrence

Erica Hubbard

Kiana

Eddie Steeples

Derrick-T

Dalia Phillips

Ms. Cross

Tzi Ma

Mr. Chiu

Jeris Poindexter

Steve

Sara Niemietz

Polly

George Hornedo

Roman

Craig Wasson

Ted Saunders

Katie Kerwin McCrimmon

Self

Marjorie Harris

National Spelling Bee Head Judge

Jacques Bailly

National Spelling Bee Pronouncer

Krysten Leigh Jones

Tough Girl #1

Amirah Hawkins

Tough Girl #2

Jeff Marlow

District Judge

Chloé Conroy

District Pronouncer

Lee Garlington

Regional Judge

Sidney Ganis

Regional Pronouncer

Austin Herrera Davis

Cheating Boy

Janet Borrus

Cheating Boy's Mom

Wolfgang Bodison

Akeelah's Father

Marcus Hawkins Dungey

Chuckie

Bonita Friedericy

Volunteer

Caroline J. Smith

Mary Calveretti

Neil Soni

Rajeev Subramonian

Jack Ong

Korean Grocer

Lauren Sanchez

Reporter

Fay Hauser

Woman on TV

Keshell Lucas

Little Girl on TV

Corina Boettger

Red-Haired Girl

Shyann Chatman

Eighth-Grade Girl

Todd Wagner

Regional Bee Assistant Judge

Brittany Curran

District Speller #1

Alexandra Rieger

District Speller #2

Eric Don

Regional Speller #1

Julia Kelleher

Regional Speller #2

Zac Gardner

Regional Speller #3

John A. Ausick

"Sacciform" Speller

Maddy Kloss

"Scutellate" Speller

Mason Green

"Longicollis" Speller

Jessy J. Hwang

"Ginglymus" Speller

Biplab Panda

"Empennage" Speller

Alexander Christian Stephans

"Souchong" Speller

Katie L. Brown

"Intussusception" Speller

John Oxenreiter

"Engastrimythic" Speller

Katie Olson

"Escharotic" Speller

Jason Ortenberg

"Flocculation" Speller

Lance Norling

Boy in Wheelchair

Jmeka Cherrel

Driver

Kahlil Ashanti

Postman

Kevin Cole

Registration Guy

Andrea Calabrese

Spectatoruncredited

D.T. Carney

uncredited

Pierre D. Chambers

Parentuncredited

Rennie Cowan

Parentuncredited

Jemma Evans

Spelling Bee Audience Memberuncredited

Eric Fallecker

Studentuncredited

Aaron Fonseca

Audience Memberuncredited

Andrea Frisby

Audience Memberuncredited

Thomas Gilbert

Photographeruncredited

Justin Rodgers Hall

Parentuncredited

Stephanie Hass

National Spelling Bee Press Reporteruncredited,unconfirmed

Dava Hulsey

Finals - Judgeuncredited

Carshénah Jefferson

National Spelling Bee Press Reporteruncredited

Lanaria Johnson

Audience Memberuncredited

Rebecca Knight

Featured Spelleruncredited

Elaine Lockhart

Teacheruncredited

Robert McMurrer

Audience Memberuncredited

Kelron Mixon

Audience Memberuncredited

Margaret Newborn

Parentuncredited

Kai Nugent

Baby Akeelahuncredited

Galda E. Ortiz

News Reporteruncredited

Justin D. Reininga

Spelling Bee Audience Memberuncredited

Michelle Stobaugh

Javier's Frienduncredited

Holly Traister

Finals Judgeuncredited

Brittany M. Wildman

Spelleruncredited

Kaitlyn Williams

Featured Spelleruncredited