Directed by:
Ridley ScottScreenplay:
Steven ZaillianCinematography:
Harris SavidesComposer:
Marc StreitenfeldCast:
Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Josh Brolin, Lymari Nadal, Ted Levine, Roger Guenveur Smith, John Hawkes, RZA, Yul Vazquez, Malcolm Goodwin (more)VOD (3)
Plots(1)
Armed with ruthless, street-wise tactics and a strict sense of honor, crime boss Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington) rules Harlem's chaotic drug underworld. When outcast cop Richie Roberts (Russell Crowe) sets out to bring down Lucas's multi-million dollar empire, it plunges both men into a legendary confrontation. (Universal Pictures US)
Cast
![Fab 5 Freddy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/277/277760_7c552e.jpg)
Fab 5 Freddy
USA
Best movies:
American Gangster (2007)
New York Beat Movie (1981)
Juice (1992)
Lloyd Booker
Best movies:
Warrior (2011)
American Gangster (2007)
Ladder 49 (2004)
Dj Nino Carta
Best movies:
American Gangster (2007)
The Place Beyond the Pines (2012)
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete (2013)
John Cenatiempo
USA
Best movies:
The Last Boy Scout (1991)
American Gangster (2007)
The Departed (2006)
![Ernest Dancy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/494/494667_502d46.jpg)
Ernest Dancy
USA
Best movies:
American Gangster (2007)
Zombieland (2009)
Prime (2005)
Gabriel Hansen
Best movies:
Shutter Island (2010)
American Gangster (2007)
One Day as a Lion (2023)
![Hristo Hristov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/908/157908764_734d1c.jpg)
Hristo Hristov
Bulgaria
Best movies:
American Gangster (2007)
Disconnect (2012)
The Visitor (2007)
![Robert Nicotra](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/484/158484535_8f7c5d.jpg)
Robert Nicotra
Best movies:
American Gangster (2007)
Frequency (2000)
![Richard Nixon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/793/161793107_27accb.jpg)
Richard Nixon (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
American Gangster (2007) - a.f.
The Doors (1991) - a.f.
All the President's Men (1976) - a.f.
Nick Poltoranin
Soviet Union
Best movies:
American Gangster (2007)
Hitch (2005)
The Interpreter (2005)
![Evelyn Vaccaro](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/124/120/124120262_2894ca.jpg)
Evelyn Vaccaro
Best movies:
American Gangster (2007)
The Brave One (2007)
Enchanted (2007)
Adrain Washington
Best movies:
American Gangster (2007)
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll (2009)
On the Edge (2001)
![Clarence Williams III](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273087_878a41.jpg)
Clarence Williams III
USA
Best movies:
American Gangster (2007)
The Legend of 1900 (1998)
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (1996) (TV movie)
Frances Mignano
Best movies:
American Gangster (2007)
The Ministers (2009)
Old 37 (2015)
Monique Dupree
USA
Best movies:
American Gangster (2007)
The Replacements (2000)
Lean on Me (1989)
![Sam Freed](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/313/161313123_1a6c60.jpg)
Sam Freed
USA
Best movies:
American Gangster (2007)
Jack the Bear (1993)
Thinner (1996)
![Tom O'Rourke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/323/161323026_9fb2fb.jpg)
Tom O'Rourke
USA
Best movies:
American Gangster (2007)
United 93 (2006)
Patty Hearst (1988)
Mark DiConzo
Best movies:
American Gangster (2007)
Larry Mitchell
USA
Best movies:
American Gangster (2007)
The Departed (2006)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
Kevin Geer
USA
Best movies:
American Gangster (2007)
Marilyn: The Untold Story (1980) (TV movie)
Shelter (2014)