The Pelican Brief 1993
The Pelican Brief (1993) has 2 Black credited characters out of 68.
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The Van Lathan Ratio · 3%
3% of the credited cast.
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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 | Julia Roberts | Darby Shaw | |
| 2 | Denzel Washington | Gray Grantham | ●Counted as Black |
| 3 | Sam Shepard | Thomas Callahan | |
| 4 | John Heard | Gavin Vereek | |
| 5 | Tony Goldwyn | Fletcher Coal | |
| 6 | James B. Sikking | Denton Voyles | |
| 7 | William Atherton | Bob Gminski | |
| 8 | Robert Culp | The President | |
| 9 | Stanley Tucci | Khamel | |
| 10 | Hume Cronyn | Justice Rosenberg | |
| 11 | John Lithgow | Smith Keen | |
| 12 | Anthony Heald | Marty Velmano | |
| 13 | Nicholas Woodeson | Stump | |
| 14 | Stanley Anderson | Edwin Sneller | |
| 15 | John Finn | Matthew Barr | |
| 16 | Cynthia Nixon | Alice Stark | |
| 17 | Jake Weber | Curtis Morgan | |
| 18 | Casey Biggs | Eric East | |
| 19 | Christopher Murray | Rupert | |
| 20 | Sonny Jim Gaines | Sarge | |
| 21 | Kevin Geer | K.O. Lewis | |
| 22 | Joe Chrest | Song and Dance Man from Bar | |
| 23 | Richard Bauer | Managing Editor | |
| 24 | Michelle O'Neill | Sara Ann Morgan | |
| 25 | Peter Carlin | Edward Linney | |
| 26 | Ralph Cosham | Justice Jensen | |
| 27 | Terrence Currier | Rosenberg's Nurse | |
| 28 | Edwin Newman | Edwin Newman | |
| 29 | Helen Carey | Federal Clerk | |
| 30 | Howard Shalwitz | Washington Herald Journalist | |
| 31 | Kyle Prue | News Desk Reporter | |
| 32 | Jewell Robinson | Senior Washington Herald Editor | |
| 33 | Kim Peter Kovac | Senior Washington Herald Editor | |
| 34 | Norman Aronovic | Senior Washington Herald Editor | |
| 35 | Carl Palmer | Cop in Cowboy Boots | |
| 36 | Carol Sutton | New Orleans Policewoman | ●Counted as Black |
| 37 | Scott M. Jefferson | Lieutenant Olsen | |
| 38 | Danny Kamin | Hooten | |
| 39 | Mark McLaughlin | CIA Agent in Hotel Room | |
| 40 | Robert Pavlovich | CIA Agent in Hotel Room | |
| 41 | Magee Hickey | Magee Hickey | |
| 42 | Constance Yelverton | Clerk at Sheraton Hotel | |
| 43 | Kim Kettle | Gavin Verheek's Wife | |
| 44 | Ellie K. Wang | Reporter at National Cathedral | |
| 45 | Franchelle Stewart Dorn | University Registrar | |
| 46 | Karen Bralove | University Placement Clerk | |
| 47 | Teagle F. Bougere | Male University Student | |
| 48 | Carey Varner | Female University Student | |
| 49 | Sandra Quarterman | Laura Kass | |
| 50 | Cynthia Hood | Parklane Receptionist | |
| 51 | Alan Wade | Parklane Administrator | |
| 52 | Harold Surratt | Parklane Security Officer | |
| 53 | Paul Morella | White & Blazevich Attorney | |
| 54 | Ed Johnson | White & Blazevich Security Guard | |
| 55 | Jurian Hughes | White & Blazevich Receptionist | |
| 56 | Dick Stilwell | White & Blazevich Security | |
| 57 | Tom Quinn | Sara Ann Morgan's Father | |
| 58 | Beverly Brigham | Safe Deposit Teller | |
| 59 | Eliza Coleman | Female Pursuer with Gun | |
| 60 | Doug Coleman | Male Pursuer with Gun | |
| 61 | Michael Port | Tulane Law Student | |
| 62 | Shanna Connell | Tulane Law Student | |
| 63 | Gene Babb | Reporter | |
| 64 | Kyle Duvall | Reporter | |
| 65 | Karl Warren | Reporter | |
| 66 | Carrie Boren | Reporter | |
| 67 | James Earl Reed | Reporter | |
| 68 | Saundra Quarterman | Laura Kass |