Michael B. Jordan (Bryan Stevenson), Jamie Foxx (Walter McMillian), Brie Larson (Eva Ansley), Rob Morgan (Herbert Richardson), Tim Blake Nelson (Ralph Myers), Rafe Spall (Tommy Champan), O'Shea Jackson Jr. (Anthony Ray Hinton), Drew Scheid (Linus), Rhoda Griffis (Judge Pamela Bachab), Claire Bronson (Mrs. Chapman), Darrell Britt-Gibson (Darnell Houston), J. Alphonse Nicholson (Henry Davis), Karan Kendrick (Minnie McMillian), Hayes Mercure (Jeremy), Lindsay Ayliffe (Richterin Foster), Dominic Bogart (Doug Ansley), 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), Christopher Wolfe (Jim Wilkes), Jacinte Blankenship (Christy Stevenson), Charmin Lee (Alice Stevenson), Darryl W. Handy (Bernard), Al Mitchell (Onkel Leo), Pete Burris (Lokaler Zeuge), Susie Spear Purcell (Lokale Zeugin), Tim Ware (Psychologe)