Bird

"There are no second acts in American lives."

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.

Forest Whitaker

Charlie 'Bird' Parker

Diane Venora

Chan Parker

Keith David

Buster Franklin

Damon Whitaker

Young Bird

Michael Zelniker

Red Rodney

Samuel E. Wright

Dizzy Gillespie

Michael McGuire

Brewster

James Handy

Esteves

Morgan Nagler

Kim

Arlen Dean Snyder

Dr. Heath

Sam Robards

Moscowitz

Penelope Windust

Bellevue Nurse

Glenn Wright

Alcoholic Patient

Hamilton Camp

Mayor of 52nd Street

George Orrison

Patient with Checkers

Chris Bosley

First Doorman

Bill Cobbs

Dr. Caulfield

George T. Bruce

Second Doorman