Mr. Holland's Opus 1995
Mr. Holland's Opus (1995) has 1 Black credited character out of 61.
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The Van Lathan Ratio · 2%
One. Technically not zero.
On The Rewatchables
- Dec 29, 2020 Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan
Credited cast
Every credited role on TMDB, in billing order. Uncredited roles are left out. marks actors who publicly identify as Black. How actors are tagged.
| # | Actor | Character | Black |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Dreyfuss | Glenn Holland | |
| 2 | Glenne Headly | Iris Holland | |
| 3 | Jay Thomas | Bill Meister | |
| 4 | Olympia Dukakis | Principal Jacobs | |
| 5 | William H. Macy | Vice Principal Gene Wolters | |
| 6 | Alicia Witt | Gertrude Lang | |
| 7 | Terrence Howard | Louis Russ | ●Counted as Black |
| 8 | Damon Whitaker | Bobby Tidd | |
| 9 | Jean Louisa Kelly | Rowena Morgan | |
| 10 | Alexandra Boyd | Sarah Olmstead | |
| 11 | Nicholas John Renner | Cole at 6 Years Old | |
| 12 | Joseph Anderson | Cole at 15 Years Old | |
| 13 | Anthony Natale | Cole at 28 Years Old | |
| 14 | Joanna Gleason | Gertrude Lang as an adult | |
| 15 | Beth Maitland | Deaf School Principal | |
| 16 | Patrick Fong | Study Hall Student | |
| 17 | Benjamin J. Dixon | Mr. Mims | |
| 18 | Kathryn Arnett | Ms. Swedlin | |
| 19 | Freeman O. Corbin | Mr. Sullivan | |
| 20 | Moira Feeney | Ms. Godfrey | |
| 21 | Joshua Minnick | Mr. Shapiro | |
| 22 | Ashley Hamrick | Miss Reeves | |
| 23 | Janine Shouse | Miss Schumaker | |
| 24 | Spencer Riviera | Mr. Hosta | |
| 25 | Dan Vhay | Mr. Malone | |
| 26 | Sean Bevington | Mr. McMartin | |
| 27 | John Henry Redwood | Mr. Russ | |
| 28 | Ted Roisum | Dr. Sorenson | |
| 29 | Mark Daniels | Ralph | |
| 30 | Kaili Carlton | Ms. Wayne | |
| 31 | Adam Fitzhugh | Mr. McKenzie | |
| 32 | Eric Michael Cole | Boy 2 | |
| 33 | Joe Campbell | Boy 3 | |
| 34 | Tomiko Peirano | Girl 2 | |
| 35 | Kasey Nelson | Girl 3 | |
| 36 | Zoe McLellan | Girl 4 | |
| 37 | Kelly M. Casey | Deaf School Teacher | |
| 38 | Michael Mendelson | Chaplain | |
| 39 | Alex Dudgeon | Auditioner 1 | |
| 40 | Rachel Wooley | Auditioner 2 | |
| 41 | Jordan Carlton | Auditioner 3 | |
| 42 | Aurora Miller | Auditioner 4 | |
| 43 | Paul Bernard | Auditioner 5 | |
| 44 | Mary Kay O'Mealy | Auditioner 6 | |
| 45 | Dieffyd Gilman-Frederick | Auditioner 7 | |
| 46 | Tara Eng | Auditioner 8 | |
| 47 | Jay Frank | Auditioner 9 | |
| 48 | Conan Doherty | Toby Klein | |
| 49 | Stacey Siegel | Diner Waitress | |
| 50 | Nicolas Sirianni | Football Player 1 | |
| 51 | Jacob Adams | Football Player 2 | |
| 52 | Chris Marth | Football Player 3 | |
| 53 | Brent Archie | Football Player 4 | |
| 54 | Kevin Calaba | Football Player 5 | |
| 55 | Keith Swift | Football Player 6 | |
| 56 | John Boyer | Billy Faraday | |
| 57 | Linda Williams Janke | Secretary | |
| 58 | David Clegg | Superintendent | |
| 59 | Don Burns | City Official | |
| 60 | Dennis Biasi | Adult Stadler | |
| 61 | Alexander Emmert | 1st Chair Cellist |