Directed by:
Michael TollinScreenplay:
Mike RichCinematography:
Don BurgessComposer:
James HornerCast:
Cuba Gooding Jr., Ed Harris, Alfre Woodard, S. Epatha Merkerson, Brent Sexton, Chris Mulkey, Sarah Drew, Riley Smith, Patrick Breen, Debra Winger (more)Plots(1)
Football coach Harold Jones (Harris) befriends Radio (Gooding), a mentally-challenged man who becomes a student at T.L. Hanna High School in Anderson, South Carolina. Their friendship extends over several decades, where Radio transforms from a shy, tormented man into an inspiration to his community. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Cuba Gooding Jr.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/996/163996806_92a595.jpg)
Cuba Gooding Jr.
USA
Best movies:
American Gangster (2007)
As Good as It Gets (1997)
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (2009) (TV movie)
![Ed Harris](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/886/164886198_74013e.jpg)
Ed Harris
USA
Best movies:
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
The Truman Show (1998)
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
![Alfre Woodard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/522/166522522_322985.jpg)
Alfre Woodard
USA
Best movies:
K-PAX (2001)
Star Trek VIII: First Contact (1996)
Primal Fear (1996)
![S. Epatha Merkerson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/430/159430158_65b8b0.jpg)
S. Epatha Merkerson
USA
Best movies:
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Mother and Child (2009)
Jacob's Ladder (1990)
![Brent Sexton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/326/159326079_d137c5.jpg)
Brent Sexton
USA
Best movies:
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Radio (2003)
In the Valley of Elah (2007)
![Chris Mulkey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/263/164263439_879dcd.jpg)
Chris Mulkey
USA
Best movies:
Rain Man (1988)
Whiplash (2014)
First Blood (1982)
![Sarah Drew](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/189/163189695_76b2cf.png)
Sarah Drew
USA
Best movies:
Daria the Movie: Is It Fall Yet? (2000) (TV movie)
Is It College Yet? (2002) (TV movie)
Front of the Class (2008) (TV movie)
![Riley Smith](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272249_3134d0.jpg)
Riley Smith
USA
Best movies:
Radio (2003)
Waiting for Forever (2010)
Christmas in Conway (2013) (TV movie)
Patrick Breen
USA
Best movies:
Men in Black (1997)
Galaxy Quest (1999)
Nobody's Perfect (1989)
![Debra Winger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267920_83d775.jpg)
Debra Winger
USA
Best movies:
Terms of Endearment (1983)
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Shadowlands (1993)
Michael Harding
Best movies:
Secretariat (2010)
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002)
Loggerheads (2005)
Leslea Fisher
USA
Best movies:
The Notebook (2004)
Radio (2003)
Dear John (2010)
Mark Robert Ellis
Best movies:
Any Given Sunday (1999)
The Longest Yard (2005)
The Replacements (2000)
Jim Keisler
Best movies:
The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
Radio (2003)
Death Sentence (2007)
![Rebecca Koon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/063/167063608_df8e47.png)
Rebecca Koon
Ireland
Best movies:
The Notebook (2004)
A Time to Kill (1996)
The Gift (2000)
![Bill Roberson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/941/161941997_c61603.jpg)
Bill Roberson
Best movies:
Forrest Gump (1994)
The Last Brickmaker in America (2001) (TV movie)
Radio (2003)