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Fences is a 2016 American period drama film directed and co-produced by Denzel Washington from a screenplay by August Wilson, based on his 1985 play. It stars Washington, Viola Davis , Stephen McKinley Henderson , Jovan Adepo , Russell Hornsby , Mykelti Williamson , and Saniyya Sidney .
Danielle Pinnock (born May 11, 1988) [1] is an American actress, writer, and comedian. Pinnock won an Astra Television Award and an NAACP Image Award for her performance as a main cast member on the CBS comedy Ghosts (2021– ), where she plays the 1920s Prohibition era jazz singer Alberta.
Fences is a 1985 play by the American playwright August Wilson. Set in the 1950s, it is the sixth in Wilson's ten-part " Pittsburgh Cycle ". Like all of the "Pittsburgh" plays, Fences explores the evolving African-American experience and examines race relations , among other themes.
Courtney Bernard Vance [1] (born March 12, 1960 [2]) is an American actor.He started his career on stage before moving to film and television. Vance has received various accolades, including a Tony Award and two Primetime Emmy Awards, as well as nominations for a Grammy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award.
Fences is a 2016 American period drama film directed and co-produced by Denzel Washington from a screenplay by August Wilson, based on his 1985 play. It stars Washington, Viola Davis , Stephen McKinley Henderson , Jovan Adepo , Russell Hornsby , Mykelti Williamson , and Saniyya Sidney .
Estelle Louise Fletcher (July 22, 1934 – September 23, 2022) was an American actress. She is best known for her portrayal of the antagonist Nurse Ratched in the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), which earned her numerous accolades, including the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress.
Tamara Tunie (born March 14, 1959) [1] [2] is an American film, stage, and television actress, director, and producer. She is best known for her roles as attorney Jessica Griffin on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns (1987–1995, 1999–2007, 2009) and as medical examiner Melinda Warner in the NBC police drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2000–2021).
In 2016 he starred in Fences alongside Viola Davis and Denzel Washington. [13] In Fences, he stars as Cory Maxson, the son of the main characters played by Davis and Washington. [14] Adepo was "the only member of the Fences cast who did not star in the play's 2010 Broadway revival before it made the jump to feature film." [15]