Movie
Dolemite Is My Name
Overview
The story of Rudy Ray Moore, who created the iconic big screen pimp character Dolemite in the 1970s.
Details
- Release date
- 2019-10-04
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Davis Entertainment
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Eddie Murphy as Rudy Ray Moore
- Wesley Snipes as D’Urville Martin
- Da'Vine Joy Randolph as Lady Reed
- Keegan-Michael Key as Jerry Jones
- Mike Epps as Jimmy Lynch
- Craig Robinson as Ben Taylor
- Tituss Burgess as Theodore Toney
- Kodi Smit-McPhee as Nick von Sternberg
- Snoop Dogg as Roj
- Ron Cephas Jones as Rico
- Barry Shabaka Henley as Demond
- T.I. as Walter Crane
Crew
- Craig Brewer - Director
- Scott Alexander - Writer
- Larry Karaszewski - Writer
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