Get On Up

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Get On Up

film by Taylor [2014]

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Dan Aykroyd
Later roles
…in the James Brown biopic Get on Up (2014), starring Chadwick Boseman. He rejoined Sandler and James in Pixels (2015).
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…in the James Brown biopic Get on Up (2014), starring Chadwick Boseman. He rejoined Sandler and James in Pixels (2015).
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Chadwick Boseman
…music legend James Brown in Get On Up (2014). Boseman’s evocation of Brown was widely hailed as riveting and unforgettable.
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…music legend James Brown in Get On Up (2014). Boseman’s evocation of Brown was widely hailed as riveting and unforgettable.
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Viola Davis
The Help and How to Get Away with Murder
…James Brown in the biopic Get On Up and took a supporting role as a college professor in the romantic drama The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby. She then starred as a law professor in the television drama series How to Get Away with Murder (2014–20), and in 2015 she won…
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…James Brown in the biopic Get On Up and took a supporting role as a college professor in the romantic drama The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby. She then starred as a law professor in the television drama series How to Get Away with Murder (2014–20), and in 2015 she won…
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Octavia Spencer
…in the James Brown biopic Get on Up (2014) and the family dramas Black or White (2014) and The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015), a recurring guest role (2013–15) on the TV sitcom Mom, and the voice of Mrs. Otterton in the popular animated feature Zootopia (2016).
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…in the James Brown biopic Get on Up (2014) and the family dramas Black or White (2014) and The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015), a recurring guest role (2013–15) on the TV sitcom Mom, and the voice of Mrs. Otterton in the popular animated feature Zootopia (2016).
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