Cast 26

Eddie Murphy
Self

Tatyana Ali
Singing Child

Billie Allen
Eddie's Aunt

Samuel L. Jackson
Eddie's Uncle

Deon Richmond
Little Eddie

Barbara Harris
Thanksgiving Guest

J. D. Hall
Thanksgiving Guest

James Brown III
Thanksgiving Guest

Tiger Haynes
Card Player #3

Eyde Byrde
Mrs. Butts

Birdie M. Hale
Aunt Rose

Clebert Ford
Uncle Lester

Leonard Jackson
Uncle Gus

Jody Jones
Eddie's Cousin

Michelle Davison
Thanksgiving Guest

Geri Gibson
Card Player #2

Davenia McFadden
Eddie's Aunt

Gwen McGee
Eddie's Mother

Lex Monson
Card Player #4

Warren Morris
Poetry Reader

Basil Wallace
Eddie's Father

Damien Dante Wayans
Child Running in House

Ellis Williams
Eddie's Uncle

Carol Woods
Eddie's Aunt

John Lafayette
Thanksgiving Guest

Kim Wayans
Interviewed Fan (uncredited)
Crew 68

Robert Townsend
Director

Richard Tienken
Executive Producer

Lisa Day
Editor

Pat Golden
Casting

Eddie Murphy
Executive Producer

Jeffrey Chernov
Co-Producer

Robert D. Wachs
Producer

Jim Fredericks
Set Decoration

Marilyn Peoples
Makeup Artist

Wynn Thomas
Production Design

Keenen Ivory Wayans
Producer

Ernest R. Dickerson
Director of Photography

Anastas N. Michos
Camera Operator

Joan Finlay
Set Dresser

Judi Goodman
Hairstylist

Curt Sobel
Music Editor

Steve Pederson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Joseph F. Coffey
Camera Operator

Andrea Ross
Wardrobe Supervisor

Frank Graziadei
Sound Mixer

Chris Jenkins
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Michea Caye
Second Assistant Director

Bruce W. Talamon
Still Photographer

Sandy McLeod
Script Supervisor

Larry Banks
Chief Lighting Technician

Kerry Lyn McKissick
Script Supervisor

Barbara A. Kastner
Set Dresser

Jeffrey Chernov
Production Manager

Eddie Murphy
Writer

Don Lenzer
Camera Operator

Richard Ritchie
Color Timer

Dwight Williams
First Assistant Director

Craig DiBona
Camera Operator

Robert Fiore
Camera Operator

Gary Alexander
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Richard J. Cartwright
Still Photographer

Jay Kamen
Supervising Sound Editor

Eric Strand
Assistant Editor

James Mazzola
Property Master

Jeff Mazzola
Assistant Property Master

Louis Sabat
Boom Operator

Keenen Ivory Wayans
Co-Writer

Liz Dubelman
Second Assistant Camera

Dan Curry
Title Designer

Douglas J. Kenny
Location Manager

Angelo Di Giacomo
First Assistant Camera

Marc Hirschfeld
First Assistant Camera

Karen Penhale
Production Office Coordinator

Victor Huey
First Company Grip

John Cambria
Second Assistant Camera

Jane Nerlinger Evans
Production Office Coordinator

Marilyn Gill
Production Assistant

Jon Christodoulou
Sound Assistant

Jon Christodoulou
Sound

Julia Evershade
Sound Editor

Craig Haagensen
First Assistant Camera

Stan Keitt
Second Assistant Camera

Debbie Sarjeant
First Assistant Camera

Jim Buckman
Transportation Captain

Paul Gaffney
Second Assistant Camera

Christophe Lanzenberg
First Assistant Camera

Darlene Jackson
Wardrobe Designer

Uncle Ray Murphy
Security Coordinator

Joe Ritter
First Assistant Camera

Algernon Ramirez
First Assistant Camera

Jody Berke
Wardrobe Assistant

Susan Towner
Assistant Accountant

Ed Marritz
Camera Operator