page_title: Red Tails
section_title: Cast
hierarchical_section_title: Red Tails / Cast
caption_attribution_description: English: The 332nd’s aircraft had distinctive markings that gave them the name “Red Tails.” (U.S. Air Force photo)
context_page_description: Red Tails is a 2012 American war film directed by Anthony Hemingway in his feature film directorial debut, and starring Terrence Howard and Cuba Gooding Jr. The film is about the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of African-American United States Army Air Forces servicemen during World War II. The characters in the film are fictional, although based on real individuals. The film was produced by Lucasfilm and released by 20th Century Fox, and would be the last film Lucasfilm releases before being purchased by The Walt Disney Company nine months later. This was Cuba Gooding Jr.'s first theatrically released film in five years since his starring role in 2007's Daddy Day Camp.
  John Ridley wrote the screenplay. Additional material was shot the following year with executive producer George Lucas as director and Aaron McGruder as writer of the reshoots. It was filmed in March and July 2009. Red Tails was a personal project for Lucas, one that he had originally conceived in 1988. It is the first Lucasfilm production since the 1994 film Radioland Murders that is not associated with the Indiana Jones or Star Wars franchises.
context_section_description: Terrence Howard as Col. A.J. Bullard
  Cuba Gooding Jr. as Major Emanuel Stance
  Nate Parker as Capt. Martin "Easy" Julian
  David Oyelowo as 1st Lt. Joe "Lightning" Little
  Tristan Wilds as 2nd Lt. Ray "Ray Gun" or "Junior" Gannon
  Ne-Yo as 2nd Lt. Andrew "Smokey" Salem
  Elijah Kelley as 2nd Lt. Samuel "Joker" George
  Marcus T. Paulk as 2nd Lt. David "The Deacon" Watkins
  Leslie Odom Jr. as Walter "Winky" Hall
  Michael B. Jordan as Flight Officer Maurice "Bumps" Wilson
  Method Man as Cpl. "Sticks"
  Bryan Cranston as Col. William Mortamus
  Kevin Phillips as 2nd Lt. Leon "Neon" Edwards
  Andre Royo as 1st Sgt. "Coffee" Coleman
  Lee Tergesen as Col. Jack Tomilson
  Gerald McRaney as Lieutenant General Luntz
  Daniela Ruah as Sofia
  Paul Fox as Lt. Miller
  Matthew Marsh as Brigadier General Hauser
  Lars van Riesen as "Pretty Boy" (the German antagonist pilot)
  Ryan Early as Captain Bryce
  Henry Garrett as Hart
  Robert Kazinsky as Chester Barnes
  Rick Otto as Flynt
  Josh Dallas as Ryan Fling
  Jermaine Johnson as "Sneeky"
  Edwina Finley as "CeCe"
  Stacie Davis as Mae
  Aml Ameen as "Bag O'Bones"
  Rupert Penry-Jones as Brig. Gen. Campbell
caption: The Tuskegee Airmen's aircraft had distinctive markings that led to the name, "Red Tails."[N 3]
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