"Actor Don Cheadle narrates the story of America's first shock-jock, Washington D.C. radio personality Ralph "Petey" Greene."
Don Cheadle
as Narrator (voice)
Ralph Waldo "Petey" Greene, Jr.
as self - television and radio talk-show host (archival footage)
Robert Hooks
as self - actor and producer
Chuck Brown
as self - musician and former cell mate of Petey Greene
Marion Barry
as self - former mayor of Washington, DC
Howard Stern
as self
Ralph Greene Sr.
as self - Petey Greene's father (archival photo)
Maggie Floyd
as self - Petey Greene's mother (archival footage)
Dewey Hughes
as self - former radio station owner and Petey Greene's manager
Roach Brown
as self - playwright, fellow inmate at Lorton Penitentiary
Frank Smith, Jr.
as self - civil rights activist and politician in Washington, D.C.
Clarence Greene
as self - Petey Greene's brother
Ernie Barnes
as self - Artiste
Virginia Ali
as self - Owner, Ben's Chili Bowl
Dr. Charlene Drew Jarvis
as self - President, Southeastern University
Sandra Butler
as self - retired tv executive
Martin Luther King Jr.
as self - archival footage
Sugar Ray Leonard
as self - boxing legend
James Brown
as self - sportscaster
Alfred Liggins, III
as self - CEO, Radio One; Chairman, TV One
Petra Greene
as self - daughter of Petey Greene (archival footage)
Ralph Waldo Greene, III
as self - Petey Greene's son (archive footage)
Sister Claudette Muhammad
as self - Chief of Protocol, Nation of Islam
Madeline Petty
as self - Deputy Director, DC Dept of Housing
Donna Brazile
as self - Mobilization Chairman, March on Washington
Dana Jones
as self - CEO, United Planning Organization
Midge Costanza
as self - Special Assistant to President Carter
Loren Mendell
Writer
Director
Bob DeMars
Producer
Terence Greene