12 Years a Slave: Chiwetel Ejiofor stars as Solomon Northup, the New York State citizen who was kidnapped and made to work on a plantation in New Orleans in the 1800s.
Steve McQueen (Hunger) directs from a script he co-wrote with John Ridley, based in part by Northup’s memoir. Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, Benedict Cumberbatch, Sarah Paulson, and Paul Giamatti co-star.
Cast
- Chiwetel Ejiofor as Solomon Northup
- Michael Fassbender as Edwin Epps
- Lupita Nyong’o as Patsey
- Sarah Paulson as Mary Epps
- Benedict Cumberbatch as William Ford
- Brad Pitt as Samuel Bass
- Paul Dano as John Tibeats
- Adepero Oduye as Eliza
- Paul Giamatti as Theophilus Freeman
- Garret Dillahunt as Armsby
- Scoot McNairy as Brown
- Taran Killam as Hamilton
- Chris Chalk as Clemens Ray
- Michael K. Williams as Robert
- Kelsey Scott as Anne Northup
- Alfre Woodard as Mistress Harriet Shaw
- Quvenzhané Wallis as Margaret Northup
- Devyn A. Tyler as Adult Margaret Northup
- Cameron Zeigler as Alonzo Northup
- Rob Steinberg as Parker
- Jay Huguley as Sheriff Villiere
- Christopher Berry as James Burch
- Bryan Batt as Judge Turner
- Bill Camp as Radburn
- Dwight Henry as Uncle Abram
- Ruth Negga as Celeste
Directed by: Steve McQueen, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner
Screenplay by: John Ridley
Click here for the script to 12 Years a Slave
