Cast
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 (Acting)
Diane Venora (Acting)
Michael Zelniker (Acting)
Samuel E. Wright (Acting)
Keith David (Acting)
Michael McGuire (Acting)
James Handy (Acting)
Damon Whitaker (Acting)
Morgan Nagler (Acting)
Arlen Dean Snyder (Acting)
Sam Robards (Acting)
George Orrison (Acting)
Bill Cobbs (Acting)
Hamilton Camp (Acting)
Joey Green (Acting)
John Witherspoon (Acting)
Tony Todd (Acting)
Jo De Winter (Acting)
Al Pugliese (Acting)
Billy J. Mitchell (Acting)
Lou Cutell (Acting)
Jason Bernard (Acting)
Richard McKenzie (Acting)
Tony Cox (Acting)
Diane Salinger (Acting)
Ann Weldon (Acting)
19 June 1987
18 November 1973
8 March 2014
22 April 2016
1 January 2009
1 January 2005
26 November 1953
30 November 1988
2 January 2004
21 December 1987
10 February 1978
15 December 1982
22 January 2016
9 January 1966
14 December 1984
29 July 1988
5 October 1984
16 October 1991
20 May 2016
28 October 2016
1 June 1988