Bird

"There are no second acts in American lives."

161 mins
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

Samuel E. Wright

Dizzy Gillespie

Keith David

Buster Franklin

Damon Whitaker

Young Bird

Sam Robards

Moscowitz

Glenn Wright

Alcoholic Patient

George Orrison

Patient with Checkers

Bill Cobbs

Dr. Caulfield

Hamilton Camp

Mayor of 52nd Street

Chris Bosley

First Doorman

George T. Bruce

Second Doorman

Jo De Winter

Mildred Berg

Richard Zavaglia

Ralph the Narc

Al Pugliese

Owner - Three Deuces

Karl Vincent

Stratton

Lou Cutell

Bride's Father

Roger Etienne

Parisian Emcee

Jason Bernard

Benny Tate

Gretchen Oehler

Southern Nurse

Richard McKenzie

Southern Doctor

Tony Cox

Pee Wee Marquette

Diane Salinger

Baroness Nica

Penelope Windust

Bellevue Nurse

Ann Weldon

Violet Wells

Edward C. Carfagno

Production Design

Joel Oliansky

Screenplay

Lennie Niehaus

Original Music Composer

David Valdes

Executive Producer

Joel Cox

Editor

Vern Poore

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Rick Alexander

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Robert G. Henderson

Supervising Sound Editor

Les Fresholtz

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Teri E. Dorman

Sound Editor

Marshall Winn

Sound Editor

David Horton Sr.

Sound Editor

Joseph A. Ippolito

Sound Editor

Jack N. Green

Director of Photography

Walter Newman

Sound Editor

Marcia Reed

Still Photographer

Lloyd Nelson

Script Supervisor

Willie D. Burton

Sound Mixer

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