Directed by:
Jake GoldbergerScreenplay:
Jake GoldbergerCinematography:
Mark SchwartzbardComposer:
Eric V. HachikianCast:
Cuba Gooding Jr., Dennis Haysbert, LisaGay Hamilton, Paula Jai Parker, Alfonso Freeman, Richard T. Jones, Jordan Calloway, Monyque Thompson Scott (more)Plots(1)
Life of a King is the true story of one mans inspiring mission to better the future of inner-city youth in Washington, D.C. After being incarcerated for 18 years, Eugene Brown (Academy Award-winner Cuba Gooding, Jr.) established the Big Chair Chess Club to help pull kids off the streets. Using the simple chess-inspired motto think before you move, Brown helped give troubled students something that he never had: a future. (Eagle Entertainment)
(more)Cast
![Cuba Gooding Jr.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/996/163996806_92a595.jpg)
Cuba Gooding Jr.
USA
Best movies:
American Gangster (2007)
As Good as It Gets (1997)
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (2009) (TV movie)
![Dennis Haysbert](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/600/168600604_gne22r.jpg)
Dennis Haysbert
USA
Best movies:
Heat (1995)
Wreck-It Ralph (2012)
Jarhead (2005)
![LisaGay Hamilton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279453_470bb8.jpg)
LisaGay Hamilton
USA
Best movies:
12 Monkeys (1995)
Mother and Child (2009)
Jackie Brown (1997)
![Paula Jai Parker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279480_8a3778.jpg)
Paula Jai Parker
USA
Best movies:
Phone Booth (2002)
Hustle & Flow (2005)
Life of a King (2013)
![Alfonso Freeman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/066/037/66037399_8fa0f0.jpg)
Alfonso Freeman
USA
Best movies:
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Se7en (1995)
The Bucket List (2007)
![Richard T. Jones](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/428/164428350_2d1b29.jpg)
Richard T. Jones
Japan
Best movies:
Phone Booth (2002)
What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)
Collateral (2004)
![Jordan Calloway](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/110/163110549_62b022.png)
Jordan Calloway
USA
Best movies:
Life of a King (2013)
Countdown (2019)
Drumline 2: A New Beat (2014) (TV movie)
Monyque Thompson Scott
Best movies:
Life of a King (2013)
Fled (1996)
Phantom Halo (2014)
Blake Cooper Griffin
Best movies:
Milk (2008)
Life of a King (2013)
Standing Up (2013)
Alani Ilongwe
Best movies:
Arthur the King (2024)
Life of a King (2013)
Woodlawn (2015)
J.D. Walsh
USA
Best movies:
Life of a King (2013)
Love Liza (2002)
Bad Boys II (2003)
![Joe Howard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/559/162559426_0fc8f7.jpg)
Joe Howard
USA
Best movies:
The World's Fastest Indian (2005)
House of Sand and Fog (2003)
Grumpy Old Men (1993)
Pepi Sonuga
Nigeria
Best movies:
Life of a King (2013)
Under the Silver Lake (2018)
Leprechaun Returns (2018) (TV movie)
Ryan Cargill
Best movies:
Life of a King (2013)
The Assistant (2016)
Miss India America (2015)
Malcolm M. Mays
USA
Best movies:
Southpaw (2015)
Life of a King (2013)
Love Is All You Need? (2016)
Dolly Gray
Best movies:
Life of a King (2013)
Cucuy: The Boogeyman (2018)
House Party (2023)
Jaida-Iman Benjamin
USA
Best movies:
Life of a King (2013)
Jared Lorenzo
Best movies:
Life of a King (2013)
Blood & Gold (2023)
Paul Tully
Best movies:
Life of a King (2013)
Tiger Cruise (2004) (TV movie)
April Gooding
Best movies:
Life of a King (2013)
InAPPropriate Comedy (2013)