| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 Anastas N. Michos | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography |
Andrew Lack | Crew | Production | Producer |
 Beyoncé | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
 Blaise Corrigan | Crew | Crew | Stunt Coordinator |
 Darnell Martin | Crew | Directing | Director, Writer |
David Briggs | Crew | Sound | ADR Editor, Dialogue Editor |
 Derrick Simmons | Crew | Crew | Stunts |
Drew Jiritano | Crew | Crew | Special Effects Coordinator |
Eric Liebowitz | Crew | Camera | Still Photographer |
 Jalil Jay Lynch | Crew | Crew | Stunt Double |
Jeff Pullman | Crew | Sound | Sound Mixer |
John Carbonara | Crew | Sound | Music Editor |
Johnetta Boone | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design |
Jonathan Starch | Crew | Directing | First Assistant Director |
Lewis Goldstein | Crew | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Linda Burton | Crew | Art | Production Design |
 Marc Levin | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
Marjorie Durand | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Makeup Department Head |
Peter C. Frank | Crew | Editing | Editor |
Petra Hoebel | Crew | Production | Unit Production Manager, Co-Producer |
Ronnie Kupferwasser | Crew | Production | Location Manager |
Sofia Sondervan | Crew | Production | Producer |
 Stephen A. Pope | Crew | Crew | Stunt Coordinator |
 Terence Blanchard | Crew | Sound | Original Music Composer |
 Bobby Beckles | Crew | Crew | Stunts |
Cate Montana | Crew | Sound | ADR Editor, Dialogue Editor |
 Chris Navarro | Crew | Sound | ADR Mixer |
 Jeremy Sample | Crew | Crew | Stunts |
Mark Filip | Crew | Sound | Sound Effects Editor |
Melissa Kalbfus | Crew | Directing | Script Supervisor |
Rusty Dunn | Crew | Sound | Sound Effects Editor |
Scott Cameron | Crew | Production | Co-Producer |
 Hugues Faustin | Crew | Crew | Stunts |
 Samantha MacIvor | Crew | Crew | Stunts |
Rachel Chancey | Crew | Sound | Foley Supervisor |
Teferra McKenzie | Crew | Sound | Boom Operator |
Beth Rosenblatt | Crew | Sound | Music Supervisor |
Keith Siglinger | Crew | Crew | Stunts |
Bob Colletti | Crew | Crew | Stunts |
Nicolas Locke | Crew | Art | Art Direction |
Nathan Lindsey | Crew | Sound | ADR Recordist |
Leni Calas | Crew | Art | Property Master |
Robert Lopuski | Crew | Visual Effects | Visual Effects Supervisor |
Jeffrey Rebelo | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Hair Department Head |
Steve Jordan | Crew | Sound | Original Music Composer |
 Naomi Peters | Crew | Crew | Stunts |
 Adrien Brody | Cast | Actor | Leonard Chess |
Beyoncé | Cast | Actress | Etta James |
 Cedric the Entertainer | Cast | Actor | Willie Dixon |
 Christopher Durham | Cast | Actor | Policeman (with Chuck Berry) |
Derrick Simmons | Cast | Actor | Dice Player (uncredited) |
Douglas Crosby | Cast | Actor | Policeman (Little Walter beating) |
 Eamonn Walker | Cast | Actor | Howlin' Wolf |
 Emmanuelle Chriqui | Cast | Actress | Revetta Chess |
 Eric Bogosian | Cast | Actor | Alan Freed |
 Gabrielle Union | Cast | Actress | Geneva Wade |
 Gano Grills | Cast | Actor | Slick Pimp |
Ginnie Randall | Cast | Actress | Muddy's Grandmother |
 Isiah Whitlock Jr. | Cast | Actor | Mississippi DJ |
 Jay O. Sanders | Cast | Actor | Mr. Feder |
 Jeffrey Wright | Cast | Actor | Muddy Waters |
Jonathan Earl Peck | Cast | Man Who Rolled 7 | |
 Kevin Jackson | Cast | Actor | Mysterious Black Man |
 Kevin Mambo | Cast | Actor | Jimmy Rogers |
 Mike Hodge | Cast | Actor | Bartender |
 Norman Reedus | Cast | Actor | Chess Engineer |
 Q-Tip | Cast | Actor | Hip Hop Artist |
 Tammy Blanchard | Cast | Actress | Isabelle Allen |
 Vincent D'Onofrio | Cast | Actor | Mississippi DJ (uncredited) |
 William Hill | Cast | Actor | Policeman (with the Stones) |
 Yasiin Bey | Cast | Actor | Chuck Berry |
 Albert Jones | Cast | Actor | Hubert Sumlin |
 Chyna Layne | Cast | Actress | Pot's Girlfriend Juanita |
 Columbus Short | Cast | Actor | Little Walter |
 Erik Frandsen | Cast | Actor | Engineer - Present Day |
 Evan Hart | Cast | Actor | Young Lover (uncredited) |
 Jill Flint | Cast | Actress | Shelly Feder |
 Malikha Mallette | Cast | Actress | Little Walter's Girlfriend (uncredited) |
 Rege Lewis | Cast | Actor | Bystander (uncredited) |
 Shiloh Fernandez | Cast | Actor | Phil Chess |
Stephen Seidel | Cast | Actor | Officer Brown (uncredited) |
 Suzette Gunn | Cast | Actress | Minnie Ripperton |
 Tony Bentley | Cast | Actor | Lomax |
 Valence Thomas | Cast | Actor | James Cotton |
 Aaron Munoz | Cast | Actor | Manager |
 Angelina Aucello | Cast | Actress | Teenybopper (uncredited) |
 Dexter Darden | Cast | Actor | Geneva's Teenage Son |
Eshaya Draper | Cast | Charles Waters | |
 John Farrer | Cast | Actor | Etta's Violinist (uncredited) |
Lawrence P. Beron | Cast | Actor | Overseer (uncredited) |
Marc Bonan | Cast | Keith Richards | |
 Osas Ighodaro | Cast | Actress | Maid |
Rebecca Pappa | Cast | Actress | Another Blonde |
 Samuel Smith | Cast | Actor | Guitarist |
Sean Shyboy Davis | Cast | Toothless Hillbilly Little Walter | |
Tim Bellow | Cast | Actor | Man in the Caddy |
Jordan Haynes | Cast | Pot Strong | |
 Tyler Humphrey | Cast | Actor | Muddy - Age 6 |
Cerrone May | Cast | Actor | Muddy's Band Member (uncredited) |
 Veronika Dash | Cast | Blonde Girl | |
 Seth Donavan | Cast | Actor | Chuck Berry Concertgoer (uncredited) |
 Rayan Lawrence | Cast | Actor | Harmonica Player |
 Andrew Kaempfer | Cast | Actor | Chicago Cop (uncredited) |
 Wade Mylius | Cast | Actor | Bouncer |
 Jake Robards | Cast | Actor | Producer - Present Day |
Kandé Amadou | Cast | Little Walter's Girlfriend (uncredited) | |
 Josh Alscher | Cast | Actor | Mick Jagger |
Adaku Ononogbo | Cast | Muddy Waters' Girlfriend (uncredited) | |
Catherine Pierce | Cast | Shocked Bystander (uncredited) | |
Tony Lawson | Cast | Vendor (uncredited) | |
Vianca Johnson | Cast | Field Worker (uncredited) | |
Ashlee Ray | Cast | Muddy's Floozy #1 | |
Kade Alexie | Cast | Guitar Player (uncredited) | |
Ryan Curtis | Cast | Picnic Boyfriend (uncredited) | |
Carmen Ziina Vasquez | Cast | Muddy's Floozy #2 | |
Tiffany M. Johnson | Cast | Girlfriend (uncredited) | |
Doug W. Goldman | Cast | Etta's Trumpet Player (uncredited) | |
| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
