Drama / Music /

Score: 68.3%( 331 votes )

Overview: Saxophone player Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker comes to New York in 1940 and is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing. He becomes a drug addict but his loving wife Chan tries to help him.

Cast:

Forest Whitaker
Charlie 'Bird' Parker

Diane Venora
Chan Parker

Michael Zelniker
Red Rodney

Samuel E. Wright
Dizzy Gillespie

Keith David
Buster Franklin

Michael McGuire
Brewster

James Handy
Esteves

Damon Whitaker
Young Bird

Morgan Nagler
Kim

Arlen Dean Snyder
Dr. Heath

Sam Robards
Moscowitz

Glenn Wright
Alcoholic Patient

George Orrison
Patient with Checkers

Bill Cobbs
Dr. Caulfield

Hamilton Camp
Mayor of 52nd Street

Chris Bosley
First Doorman

George T. Bruce
Second Doorman

Joey Green
Gene

John Witherspoon
Sid

Tony Todd
Frog

Jo De Winter
Mildred Berg

Richard Zavaglia
Ralph the Narc

Anna Thomson
Audrey

Al Pugliese
Owner - Three Deuces

Hubert Kelly
Wilson

Billy J. Mitchell
Prince

Karl Vincent
Stratton

Lou Cutell
Bride's Father

Roger Etienne
Parisian Emcee

Jason Bernard
Benny Tate

Gretchen Oehler
Southern Nurse

Richard McKenzie
Southern Doctor

Tony Cox
Pee Wee Marquette

Diane Salinger
Baroness Nica

Penelope Windust
Bellevue Nurse

Ann Weldon
Violet Wells