줄거리

말콤X(덴젤 워싱턴)는 젊은 시절에는 말콤 리틀이라는 본명을 가진 그저 그런 뒷골목 흑인 건달이었다. 약물을 이용해 곱슬거리는 머리를 펴고 백인처럼 굴고 싶어하던 말콤은 돈을 위해 마약 밀매에 관여하다 경찰에 체포된다. 말콤은 감옥 안에서 비로소 이슬람교의 교리와 흑인 인권 사상을 접하고 스스로 이름을 말콤 X로 바꾼다. 흑인의 잃어버린 뿌리를 찾을 때까지 성을 'X'라고 정한 것이다. 마틴 루터 킹 목사와 달리 보다 급진적인 흑인 인권 운동을 주장하던 말콤 X는 차츰 적이 늘어나고 결국 연단에서 암살당한다.

출연진
  • Denzel Washington

    Malcolm X

  • Angela Bassett

    Betty Shabazz

  • Albert Hall

    Baines

  • Al Freeman Jr.

    Elijah Muhammad

  • Delroy Lindo

    West Indian Archie

  • Spike Lee

    Shorty

  • Theresa Randle

    Laura

  • Kate Vernon

    Sophia

  • Lonette McKee

    Louise Little

  • Tommy Hollis

    Earl Little

  • James McDaniel

    Brother Earl

  • Ernest Lee Thomas

    Sidney

  • Jean-Claude La Marre

    Benjamin 2X

  • O.L. Duke

    Pete

  • Debi Mazar

    Peg

  • Phyllis Yvonne Stickney

    Honey

  • Scot Anthony Robinson

    Daniel

  • Joe Seneca

    Toomer

  • LaTanya Richardson Jackson

    Lorraine

  • Wendell Pierce

    Ben Thomas

  • Giancarlo Esposito

    Thomas Hayer

  • Leonard L. Thomas

    Leon Davis

  • Roger Guenveur Smith

    Rudy

  • Craig Wasson

    TV Host

  • Frank Adu

    Chuck

  • Aleta Mitchell

    Sister Robin

  • John Ottavino

    Blades

  • Frances Foster

    Woman Outside Audubon Ballroom

  • David Patrick Kelly

    Mr. Ostrowski

  • Sharon Washington

    Augusta

  • Shirley Stoler

    Mrs. Swerlin

  • George Lee Miles

    Preacher

  • Raye Dowell

    Sister Evelyn Williams

  • Veronica Webb

    Sister Lucille Rosary

  • Abdul Salaam El Razzac

    Fox

  • Keith Randolph Smith

    Brother Gene

  • Steve White

    Brother Johnson

  • Lizbeth MacKay

    White Woman at Market

  • Mary Alice

    School Teacher

  • Hazel Medina

    Cashier Person

  • Ed Herlihy

    Joe Louis Announcer

  • Karen Duffy

    Sophia’s Friend

  • Walter Jones

    Barber's Customer

  • George T. Odom

    Barber

  • Brendan Kelly

    Guard Cone

  • Billy J. Mitchell

    Man #1

  • Beatrice Winde

    Elderly Woman

  • Bahni Turpin

    Follower at Temple #7

  • John David Washington

    Student in Harlem Classroom

  • Chuck Cooper

    Customer

  • Byron Utley

    Prisoner

  • Marcus Naylor

    TV Reporter

  • Richard Schiff

    JFK Reporter

  • Steve Stapenhorst

    Reporter at Fire Bombing

  • Arthur French

    Pullman Porter

  • Michael Ralph

    Crowd Member

  • Elise Neal

    Hooker

  • Sharon Ferguson

    Hooker / Roseland Dancer

  • Martin Donovan

    FBI Agent

  • Joe Pentangelo

    Mounted Police

  • Nicholas Turturro

    Boston Cop

  • Tim Kelleher

    Cop at Harlem Station

  • Michael Cullen

    Desk Sergeant

  • James MacDonald

    Lieutenant

  • Jery Hewitt

    Black Legion Member

  • Manny Siverio

    KKK Member

  • Eric Payne

    Malcolm's FOI

  • Dion Graham

    Elijah Muhammad's FOI

  • Terence Blanchard

    Billie Holiday Quartet - Trumpet

  • Keith Thomas

    Roseland Dancer

  • Laurieann Gibson

    Skeleton Crew Dancer

  • Vincent D'Onofrio

    Bill Newman (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • George Marshall Ruge

    Secret Service Man (archive footage)

  • Bobby Seale

    Speaker #1

  • Al Sharpton

    Speaker #2

  • Christopher Plummer

    Chaplain Gill

  • Karen Allen

    Miss Dunne

  • Peter Boyle

    Captain Green

  • Nelson Mandela

    Soweto Teacher

  • Ossie Davis

    Eulogy Performer (voice)

  • Andrew Young

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Ashanti

    Student in Harlem Classroom (uncredited)