Cast & Crew

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Andre 'Dre' Johnson / Drexler Johnson

Rainbow Johnson / Bea

Andre Johnson, Jr.

Jack Johnson / Jolly

Diane Johnson / Dolly

Mr. Stevens / Doctor White / Kimble

Ruby / Rosy

Josh / Klark

Charlie Telphy / Bookman / Janitor

Zoey Johnson / Zora

Pops / Bippy Barnes / James / James Earl Jones

Baby Devante / Devante

Baby Devante / Devante

Connor Stevens

Olivia Lockhart

Young Dre

Janine

Lucy

Curtis

Ms. Biggs / Miss Biggs / Principal Biggs

Mason

Daphne Lido

Receptionist / Rachel

Johan Johnson

Ms. Davis

Alicia

Dr. Evan Windsor / Doctor Evan Windsor / Dr. Windsor

Rhonda Johnson / Rhonda

Dr. Feinberg / Doctor

Nurse Larry

Megan

Kyra

Pam / Pamela

Laura

Blair

Young Rainbow

Caleb

Vivian

Zach

Kris

Lynette

Niecy

Rachel

Griffin

Ladarius / Ledarius

Stunts

Hannah

Gary

Sharon / Sharon Duckworth

Paul Johnson

Mysterious Salesman / Grown Baby Coach

Santamonica

Gigi

Smokey

Savannah

Eustace Telphy

Marcus Montgomery

June Bug

James Brown

Dr. Ima

Sophie

Bradley

Ashley

Sha

Pops' Friend

Doctor / Doctor Aziz

Davis

Napoleon

Aaron

Doug

Jeremy

Nana Jean

Reggie

Zion

Nicole

Kayla

Maddie

Band Leader / DJ

Principal Green

Dr. Gabler

Joshua Miller / Small Seventh Grader

Barbara

Crystal

Online Lecturer / Winston

Jalen

James

T Will

8 Year-Old Dre

Ronnie

Daniel 'Desus Nice' Baker / Self

Jar

Joel 'The Kid Mero' Martinez / Self

George

Self / Stacey Abrams

White Parent

Announcer

Bruce / Bruce Greenstein

Adonis Culpepper

Tucker / Tucker the Delivery Guy

Mabel

executive producer

executive producer

executive producer

executive producer

executive producer / consulting producer / executive producer

executive producer

supervising producer / co-executive producer / producer / executive producer / consulting producer

co-executive producer / executive producer / producer / supervising producer / consulting producer

executive producer / co-executive producer

co-executive producer / executive producer

executive producer / co-executive producer / executive producer

associate producer / co-producer

executive producer

executive producer

co-executive producer / consulting producer / executive producer

co-executive producer / supervising producer

producer

producer / co-producer

co-executive producer / supervising producer

vp post-production / vp post production

executive producer / producer

supervising producer / co-executive producer

supervising producer / producer

associate producer

executive producer / consulting producer

co-executive producer

co-executive producer

co-executive producer

co-producer / co-producer

executive producer

producer

co-producer / producer

executive producer / co-executive producer

supervising producer

co-executive producer

visual effects producer / Visual Effects Producer

consulting producer

consulting producer

producer / associate producer / co-producer

co-executive producer / supervising producer

co-executive producer / producer

consulting producer

supervising producer / producer

co-executive producer

consulting producer

producer / co-producer

consulting producer

co-executive producer

co-executive producer

producer

executive producer

executive producer

executive producer

co-executive producer

producer

producer

executive producer

composer

re-recording mixer

sound mixer / production sound mixer

assistant sound editor

augment mixer & augment sound editor / augment mixer / augment sound editor / m&e mixer

adr mixer / adr recordist / vo recordist

sound editor

assistant sound editor

adr mixer

foley artist

sound effects editor

adr mixer

production sound mixer

utility sound

boom operator

adr mixer

sound editorial assistant

sound utility

audio description producer

adr mixer

adr mixer

boom operator

foley editor

foley mixer

re-recording mixer

supervising sound editor

foley artist

augmented mixer

adr mixer / recording engineer

adr recordist

foley editor

production sound mixer / sound mixer

pro tools playback mixer

sound effects editor

adr editor

sound editor

boom operator

adr mixer

utility sound

boom operator

adr

adr mixer

foley mixer

adr mixer

hair department head / department head hair stylist

personal hairstylist and barber: Anthony Anderson, Marcus Scribner, Miles Brown, Deon Cole, Laurence Fishburne / personal barber and groomer / personal barber and groomer: Anthony Anderson, Laurence Fishburne, Marcus Scribner, Miles Brown

makeup department head

makeup artist

key makeup artist / makeup department head

key makeup artist / makeup artist

hair stylist

hair stylist

key makeup artist / makeup artist

hair stylist

key hair stylist

hair stylist

key hair stylist

makeup artist

makeup artist

makeup artist

makeup artist

makeup department head

makeup artist

hair stylist

key hair stylist

makeup artist

makeup artist

hair stylist

hair stylist

hair stylist

additional hair stylist / hair stylist

makeup artist

additional makeup artist

hair stylist

hair stylist

makeup artist

hair stylist

hair stylist

makeup artist

additional makeup artist

hair stylist

special makeup effects artist

special makeup effects artist

hair stylist / key hair stylist

hair stylist

hair stylist

special effects supervisor

special effects coordinator

special effects

special effects technician

special effects technician

special effects foreman

lead compositor: Ingenuity Studios / compositing supervisor: Ingenuity Studios

visual effects supervisor: Ingenuity Studios / visual effects supervisor

visual effects supervisor: Ingenuity Studios / visual effects supervisor

visual effects producer

visual effects artist

visual effects producer

visual effects producer: Ingenuity Studios

digital compositor / visual effects artist

visual effects producer

visual effects artist

visual effects supervisor

compositor

lead compositor

visual effects artist

compositing coordinator

visual effects

visual effects editor

compositor

lead compositor

lead visual effects artist / digital compositor

digital compositor

compositor

visual effects producer

visual effects editor: Ingenuity Studios

digital compositor / compositor

digital compositor

motion graphics artist

visual effect editor: Ingenuity Studios

digital compositor

visual effects artist

digital compositor: Ingenuity Studios

visual effects artist: Technicolor VFX

digital compositor: Ingenuity Studios

digital compositor: Ingenuity Studios

lead compositor

digital compositor

digital compositor / motion graphics artist

digital compositor

digital compositor: Ingenuity Studios / digital compositor

digital compositor

compositor

digital compositor

on-set visual effects supervisor

video graphics

compositor

digital compositor: Ingenuity Studios

compositor: Ingenuity Studios

visual effects artist

cg supervisor: technicolor

digital compositor

cg artist

digital compositor

digital compositor

visual effects editor: Ingenuity Studios

digital compositor / on-set vfx photographer

digital compositor

digital compositor

compositor

digital compositor

visual effects artist

rotoscope supervisor

digital compositor

digital compositor: Ingenuity Studios

compositor: Muse VFX

visual effects supervisor: Muse VFX

digital effects artist

visual effects artist

compositing supervisor

visual effects

digital compositor

visual effects producer

visual effects coordinator

visual effects supervisor

digital compositor

digital compositor

visual effects artist

digital compositor: Ingenuity Studios

visual effects supervisor

computer graphics coordinator: Ingenuity Studios

animator: Ingenuity Studios

digital compositor

3d generalist

digital compositor

digital compositor

visual effects supervisor

vfx

lead compositor

lead compositor: Ingenuity Studios

digital compositor

digital compositor

digital compositor

digital compositor

cg artist: Ingenuity Studios

cg generalist

visual effects supervisor

3d artist

second assistant director / second second assistant director / additional second assistant director

first assistant director

second second assistant director / second assistant director / first assistant director

first assistant director / second assistant director / key second assistant director

second second assistant director / second assistant director

second second assistant director

first assistant director

second second assistant director

second assistant director / first assistant director

additional second assistant director / second second assistant director

additional second assistant director

second assistant director

additional second assistant director

second second assistant director / additional second assistant director

additional second assistant director

additional second assistant director

assistant director

first assistant director

second assistant director

additional second assistant director

additional second assistant director

additional second assistant director

first assistant director

first assistant director

second second assistant director

post-production supervisor

production manager: 2d animation

unit production manager

post-production supervisor

general forman

greens foreman / key greensman / Greens Foreman

assistant art director

art department coordinator

Set Dec Buyer / set dec buyer

set designer

graphic designer

set painter

lead man / leadman

graphic designer / graphic artist

art department coordinator

assistant art director

leadman

paint foreman

set dresser

art department coordinator

2nd on-set dresser / on-set dresser / set dresser

on-set dresser

set designer

buyer

set decoration buyer

set dec buyer

set dresser

art department assistant / art department production assistant

art department coordinator

set decoration buyer

greensman

propmaker

graphic designer

set dresser

art department coordinator

painter

set dresser

construction coordinator

Propmaker

decorator

set decoration buyer

construction coordinator

additional graphic designer

lead painter: pilot

storyboard artist

props assist

set dresser

cold open art designer

background painter

art department coordinator

graphic designer

storyboard artist

general foreman

stunt coordinator

stunts / Stunt Double: Marcus / stunt double

stunt double: Tracee Ellis Ross / stunt double: Jenifer Lewis

stunt coordinator / stunt water safety / stunt: water safety / stunts / stunts and water safety

stunt performer / stunt double: Anthony Anderson

stunt coordinator

stunt rigger / stunts

stunts

Tracee Ellis Ross / stunt double: Tracee Ellis Ross

stunt performer / stunts

stunts

stunts

stunt driver / stunt performer

stunt baller

precision driver

stunts: water safety

Stunts / stunt actor

stunt rigger

stunt performer

stunts

Stunt Double: Diane

stunts and water safety

stunts

stunt double: Casey Wilson

utility stunts

utility stunts

stunt performer

stunts

stunt rigger

stunts

stunts

stunts

stunts

stunts

stunt double: Quvenzhané Wallis

stunts

stunt player

stunt performer

stunt double: Anthony Anderson

stunt double: Lawrence Fishburne

stunt performer

stunt performer

stunts

animation sequence director / supervising director / animation director / director / director: "Club Love" sequence

rigging supervisor

animation production manager

animator

animator

animation revisionist

animator

rigging artist

animator

fx animator

Background Designer

on-line assist / on-line editor

dailies engineer

finishing artist / on-line editor

post facility manager

post-production supervisor / post-production coordinator / post production supervisor

post-production: dailies operations-Technicolor

finishing editor

post-production coordinator

post-production coordinator

assistant editor

post production supervisor / post-production supervisor

post-production assistant

post-production coordinator

on-line editor

assistant editor

post production supervisor / post-production supervisor

post-production assistant

vp of post production / vp of post-production / vp post production / vp post-production

on-line editor

editor: Ingenuity Studios

assistant editor

assistant editor

assistant editor

post-production assistant

assistant editor

assistant editor

post-production assistant

on-line editor: pilot

additional color correction

assistant editor

on location colorist: dailies

assistant editor

editor: animation

in memory of

in memory of

special thanks

music supervisor

music editor

music coordinator / music

composer: theme music

composer: theme music

musician: trombone

musician

additional production & remix: "Automatic"" / additional production & remix: "Tenderness" / composer: The Ricki Lake Show Theme

composer: additional music

composer: additional music

additional music

music licensing

additional music editor

composer: additional music

composer: incidental music

composer: additional music

songwriter

"Automatic"

music producer: "make way for the king"

"tenderness"

music producer: "make way for the king"

songwriter: "Make Way for the King"

additional music

composer: additional music

composer: The Ricki Lake Show Theme

music: soundtrack

tuba

casting associate / casting assistant

extras casting

extras casting

casting administration

casting associate / casting

network casting executive

extras casting

extras casting

extras casting assistant

extras casting director

extras casting assistant

extras casting

casting

casting

casting assistant

casting assistant

NY Manager of Casting

Tailor / tailor

Key Set Costumer / key set costumer / wardrobe key / key costumer / set costumer

truck costumer / key set costumer / costume supervisor

set costumer

assistant costume designer

key costumer

costumer / costume assistant

stylist

assistant costume designer

additional costumer

costume assistant

costume supervisor

costume supervisor

shopper

wardrobe assistant

costumer

costume assistant

tailor

set costumer

costume supervisor

set costumer

key costumer

costumer/shopper / costumer & shopper

costume assistant

costume assistant

costumer

costumer

set costumer

costume buyer

costume assistant

costume assistant: wardrobe pa

costume assistant

costumer: 2015 / costumer

set costumer

shopper

key costumer

costumer

key costumer

costumer

costumer / set costumer

costumer

additional set costumer

costume supervisor

costumer

costumer

costume pa

costume production assistant

costume supervisor

set costumer

set costumer

costume production assistant

costumer

additional costumer: backgrounds

set costumer

costume supervisor

costumer

assistant costume designer

set costumer principals

costumer

set costumer

set costumer

television academy costume intern

additional costumer

wardrobe department

shopper

set costumer

costume production assistant

a cam 2nd ac / b cam 1st assistant camera / a cam 2nd assistant camera

gaffer

assistant camera / digital utility / utility

Rigging Best boy / rigging best boy

lighting technician / assistant chief lighting technician

video playback supervisor

camera operator: "a" camera and steadicam / 'a' camera: steadicam operator / camera operator: "a" camera / a camera: steadicam operator / steadicam operator / camera operator: 'a' camera / camera operator: 'a' camera & steadicam

set lighting technician

grip

"A" Dolly Grip / "a" dolly grip

lighting technician

key grip

grip

lighting technician

camera operator

first assistant camera / c camera operator / C camera operator / 'c' camera operator

loader / second assistant camera / 2nd ac

best boy rigging grip

camera technician

dolly grip "b"camera / b camera dolly grip / 'b' camera dolly grip / dolly grip: "b"camera

camera supporter

still photographer / unit photographer

loader / digital utility

camera operator / camera operator: b camera

lighting technician

first assistant camera

a camera dolly grip / dolly grip: "a" camera

lighting technician

lighting programmer

chief lighting technician

video streaming utility / video playback graphics coordinator

lighting technician

rigging grip

best boy rigging grip

lighting console programmer

rigging grip

lighting technician

lighting technician

assistant camera

first assistant camera

key grip rigger / bestboy rigging grip / key rigging grip

best boy rigging grip

rigging grip

camera operator: "b" camera / camera operator: 'b' camera / camera operator / b cam operator

grip

lighting technician

console programmer

rigging grip

grip

digital loader

still photographer

still photographer

camera operator

still photographer

still photographer

still photographer

rigging electrician

grip

lighting technician

chief lighting technician

c cam dolly grip

camera operator

still photographer

second assistant camera

camera operator

digital utility

remote head technician

digital utility

still photographer

still photographer

lighting technician

first assistant camera: day player

first assistant camera

rigging grip

digital utility

video playback

technocrane tech

camera operator

technocrane operator

key grip

camera operator: casting

assistant camera

key rigging grip

bestboy rigging grip

camera operator

additional second assistant camera

still photographer

camera operator

key grip

grip

still photographer

additional camera operator

digital utility

additional steadicam operator

second assistant camera

rigging key

rigging electrician

camera operator

grip

video assist engineer: VFX

key assistant location manager

location manager

assistant location manager / key assistant location manager

assistant location manager

key assistant location manager

location manager

key assistant location manager

assistant location manager

script supervisor

script supervisor

script supervisor

script coordinator

script coordinator

script supervisor / additional script supervisor

script coordinator

script supervisor

script coordinator

script supervisor

additional script supervisor

additional script supervisor