Based on the story of Jesse Owens, the athlete whose quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler's vision of Aryan supremacy.
Stephan James
as Jesse Owens
Jason Sudeikis
as Larry Snyder
Eli Goree
as Dave Albritton
Shanice Banton
as Ruth Solomon
Carice van Houten
as Leni Riefenstahl
Jeremy Irons
as Avery Brundage
William Hurt
as Jeremiah Mahoney
David Kross
as Carl "Luz" Long
Jonathan Higgins
as Dean Cromwell
Tony Curran
as Lawson Robertson
Amanda Crew
as Peggy
Barnaby Metschurat
as Joseph Goebbels