12 Years a Slave (2013)

***12 Years a Slave*** is a 2013 biographical drama film directed by Steve McQueen from a screenplay by John Ridley, based on the 1853 slave memoir *Twelve Years a Slave* by African-American man named Solomon Northup, who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C. by two conmen in 1841 and sold into slavery. He was put to work on plantations in the state of Louisiana for 12 years before being released. The first scholarly edition of Wilsons version of Northup's story was co-edited in 1968 by Sue Eakin and Joseph Logsdon.

## Shooting

* Filming was from June 25th, 2012 - August 13th, 2012.

## Cast

* Chiwetel Ejiofor - Solomon Northup
* Dwight Henry - Uncle Abram
* Dickie Gravois - Overseer
* Bryan Batt - Judge Turner
* Ashley Dyke - Anna
* Kelsey Scott - Anne Northup
* Quvenzhané Wallis - Margaret Northup
* Cameron Zeigler - Alonzo Northup
* Tony Bentley - Mr. Moon
* Scoot McNairy - Merrill Brown
* Taran Killam - Abram Hamilton
* Christopher Berry - James H. Birch
* Bill Camp - Ebenezer Radburn
* Mister Mackey Jr. - Randall
* Chris Chalk - Clemens Ray
* Craig Tate - John
* Adepero Oduye - Eliza
* Storm Reid - Emily
* Tom Proctor - Biddee
* Marc Macaulay - Captain
* Vivian Fleming-Alvarez - Mulatto Woman
* Michael Kenneth Williams - Robert
* Douglas M. Griffin - Sailor
* John McConnell - Jonus Ray
* Marcus Lyle Brown - Jasper
* Richard Holden - Fitzgerald
* Rob Steinberg - Mr. Parker
* Paul Giamatti - Theophilus Freeman
* Anwan Glover - Cape
* Benedict Cumberbatch - William Ford
* James C. Victor - Buyer (as J.C. Victor)
* Liza J. Bennett - Mistress Ford
* Nicole Collins - Rachel
* JD Evermore - Chapin
* Paul Dano - John Tibeats
* Michael Fassbender - Edwin Epps
* Sarah Paulson - Mary Epps
* Lupita Nyong'o - Patsey
* Andy Dylan - Treach
* Deneen Tyler - Phebe (as Deneen D. Tyler)
* Mustafa Harris - Sam
* Gregory Bright - Edward
* Austin Purnell - Bob
* Thomas Francis Murphy - Patroller
* Andre De'Sean Shanks - Victim 1 (as Andre Shanks)
* Kelvin Harrison Jr. - Victim 2 (as Kelvin Harrison)
* Scott Michael Jefferson - Master Shaw (as Scott M. Jefferson)
* Alfre Woodard - Mistress Harriet Shaw
* Isaiah Jackson - Zachary
* Garret Dillahunt - Armsby
* Topsy Chapman - Slave Spiritual Singer 1
* Devin Maurice Evans - Slave Spiritual Singer 2
* Brad Pitt - Samuel Bass
* Jay Huguley - Sheriff
* Devyn A. Tyler - Margaret Northup (adult)
* Willo Jean-Baptiste - Margaret's Husband

**Rest of cast listed alphabetically:**

* Dudley Fuqua - Slave on Epps farm
* Jason Ament - Cooke (uncredited)
* J Andrieu Bilbo - Northern Slave (uncredited)
* Sean Paul Braud - Lynchman (uncredited)
* Blake Burt - Upper Class Pedestrian (uncredited)
* Carroll Burt - Lower Class Pedestrian (uncredited)
* Kadrolsha Ona Carole - Washington D.C. Pedestrian (uncredited)
* Joseph Randy Causin - Steamboat Crew (uncredited)
* Edward J. Clare - Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
* JJ Coker - Mr. Bartholomew (uncredited)
* Haylie Creppel - Child in the Park (uncredited)
* Robert D'Arensbourg - Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
* Emily D. Haley - Tea Seller (uncredited)
* Mark Anthony Hardin - Street Slave (uncredited)
* Jackie Jenkins Jr. - Dave (uncredited)
* Allyson Leigh Jordan - Ballroom Dancer (uncredited)
* John C. Klein - Lumber Mill Customer (uncredited)
* Cynthia LeBlanc - Washington D.C. Pedestrian (uncredited)
* Elton LeBlanc - Hotel Dining Patron (uncredited)
* Allen Gibson Mann - Slave Buyer (uncredited)
* Kevonte Mcdonald - Slave (uncredited)
* Arnold Montey - Upper Class Pedestrian (uncredited)
* Ritchie Montgomery - Roadman (uncredited)
* Myesha-Tiara - Edwin Epps's Slave (uncredited)
* Jason Owen - Safty (uncredited)
* Shawn Parsons - Road Man (uncredited)
* Haley Bri Powell - Slave Girl (uncredited)
* Wayne Pére - Winslow (uncredited)
* Terrell Ransom Jr. - Slave Boy (uncredited)
* Erin Rementer - Ballroom Dancer (uncredited)
* Andre Robinson - Slave Boy (uncredited)
* Katherine Jeanie Russell - Upper Class Pedestrian (uncredited)
* Philip A Scott - Slave (uncredited)
* Jarett Shorts - Hornboy (uncredited)
* Chaz Smith - Cigar Smoker (uncredited)
* Tyler Soerries - Boy Playing in Park (uncredited)
* Tre Tureaud - Saratoga Park Pedestrians (uncredited)
* Landon L. Turner - Ford Slave (uncredited)
* Justin Christopher Vaughn - Ezra (uncredited)
* Bob Walker - Abolitionist Landowner (uncredited)
* Caroline Grace Williamson - Ford Daughter (uncredited)
* Timothy Wyant - Ford Lumber Buyer (uncredited)
* Rosé Belara Young - Lethe (uncredited)