End of the Road
Netflix ’s brand unexampled original moving-picture show isEnd of the Road , a anchor action thriller starring Queen Latifah , Ludacris , and Beau Bridges . The movie deal with a road trip gone wrong as a family unit is pursued by an sinister killer .
Latifah , who has transitioned from music to acting for a significant geological period of clip is also join by newcomers like Mychala Lee and Shaun Dixon as well as seasoned veteran soldier like Frances Lee McCain who has acted in several furor hits from the 80s and ninety . All in all , it is a well - flesh out and rather unexpected cast of characters of talented performers .
Queen Latifah - Bessie (2015)
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An acclaimed knocker and vocaliser , Latifah has not just done dramatic and comedic use in her film career but also had pregnant part in musical comedy likeChicagoandHairspray . The steer actress ofEnd of the Roadhas also had the exclusive right of playing famous blue sky singer and pop acculturation icon Bessie Smith in the Emmy - winningBessie .
The picture cover Smith ’s rise in popularity in the 1920s and the thirties along with her personal relationship with her first hubby and her rumored buff Ma Rainey , an equally iconic singer of whom Bessie was a protégé . One of thebest performances in recent musical biopics , Latifah bagged nominations at the Emmys and the Golden Globes .
Beau Bridges - Masters Of Sex (2013-2016)
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Jeff Bridges ' older sidekick Beau has been a staple in several movies and shows since way back in the 1940s ! InEnd of the Road , Bridges make for the movie ’s heavy baddie Mr. Cross .
More recently , he has won plaudits for his guest role inMasters of Sex . Starring Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan as a real - life twosome of groundbreaking scientists , Masters of Sexuses dry humor and period play to showcase the early days of understanding sex from a clinical position . bridgework plays the recur type Barton Scully , a medical school provost who is also a longtime friend of Sheen ’s Dr. William Masters . For his performance , bridge earned himself two consecutive Emmy nominations for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series .
Ludacris - Hustle & Flow (2005)
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Queen Latifah is n’t the only singer - turned - thespian as rapper Ludacris also joins the roll , dally Reggie , the comrade of Latifah ’s protagonist Brenda .
credit as Chris Bridges in this movie , Ludacris ’s cinematic calling top out ever since he played the recur character Tej intheFast and Furiousmovies . But even before that , he had a support role in the hip joint - record hop dramaHustle & Flow . Starring Terrence Howard as an aspire doorknocker who is trying his best to roll away from a living of crime , the movie also features Ludacris dally a fancied rapper predict Skinny Black .
Frances Lee McCain - Footloose (1984)
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' 80s classics likeGremlins , Back To The Future , Stand By Me , andFootlooseare just some of the many mainstream titles that Frances Lee McCain has appear in .
The actress , who plays Mr. Cross ' as villainous wife Mrs. Cross inEnd of the Road , is democratic for bet Kevin Bacon ’s female parent Ethel in the iconic melodic dramaFootloose . reach craze - like position for Bacon ’s lead performance andthe uses of pop songs , Footloosedeals with a Chicago native move to a small town . When the townsfolk ’s local minister inflicts a ban on dance , the protagonist coat of arms himself with his cassette histrion and trip the light fantastic his path to some iconic Kenny Loggins and Deniece Williams pass over .
Jesse Luken - Justified (2010-2015)
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Ruck , a grapheme with suspicious intention in the military action thriller , is bet by Jesse Luken who was hear in the early 2010s for the recurring role of Jimmy Tolan inJustified .
The natural action drama series starsTimothy Olyphant in one of his most iconic rolesas a U.S. Marshal who is transferred back to his poor , criminal offence - ridden hometown in Kentucky . As he proceed against all sort of vicious factor , the protagonist must fare to term with his legal office and privileged demons . Luken ’s type Jimmy is an extortionist hired by the notorious Crowder family to establish their criminal empire in the orbit .
Mychala Lee - Truth Be Told (2019-)
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Brenda ’s elder baby is diddle by Mychala Lee in final stage of the Road . A entrant to the scene , one of her major screen credits so farincludes the Apple TV+ original seriesTruth Be Told .
The serial publication star Academy Award - winner Octavia Spencer as a on-key offense podcaster who is called on to enquire an on-going murder typeface , blurring the argument between her theories and the genuine criminal offence . She is join by as democratic co - stars such as Aaron Paul and Kate Hudson . Lee ’s type Trini was introduced in the soph season , but her bow has potential to be flesh out more in the upcoming third season .
Shaun Dixon - A Black Lady Sketch Show (2019-)
The youngest of Queen Latifah ’s children inEnd of the Roadis another smart brass , Shaun Dixon .
While Dixon ’s filmography is limited as of now , the nestling actor has had his name attached to some critically - hail production such as a bit use in one of the sketches inA Black Lady Sketch Show . Created by Robin Thede with the showrunner star alongside some leading comediennes such as Ashley Nicole Black , Quinta Brunson , Issa Rae and many more , the show uses satire , mimicry , and experimental humor to transmit various things run from toxic masculinity to marriages to prison protection and so on .
Tabatha Shaun - The Guest (2014)
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Tabatha Shaun , the actress who plays Shelby inEnd of the Roadis also do it for her appearance in Adam Wingard ’s applaud thrillerThe Guest .
A subversive take on home plate invasion thriller movies , The Guestfeatures Dan Stevens as a man who travel to a kinsperson claiming to have serve in Afghanistan with their boy . When a serial of slaying follow , the mystic client seems to have a connective . Shaun seem as Kristen , a woman saved by Steven ’s ominous antihero . The two go on to have an sick - doom kinship that does n’t end well for one of them .
Micah McNeil - Daybreak (2019)
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accredit as " Driver Dude " inEnd of the Road , this is n’t Micah McNeill ’s first Netflix credit entry . He had a humorously memorable go back role inthe short - live Netflix post - apocalyptic comedy seriesDaybreak .
found on the graphic novel of the same name , the show is set in a dystopian world that is innocent of adults . Now , it is up to the teenagers and their several gangs to make signified of what is left . McNeill play Jerry , a drawing card of the " Golf Club " , one of the several camarilla in the serial , who cash in one’s chips against the protagonist and subsequently the " Nerds . "
Keith Jardine - Godless (2017)
A UFC alum and a stuntman , Keith Jardine has had " baffling hombre roles " in several motion picture and appearance . His graphic symbol Nash inEnd of the Roadis no elision .
His first Netflix role was in the period Western miniseriesGodlessin which he wager Dwyer Howe , a knife - wielding confederate of Frank Griffin ’s , the outlaw resister played by Jeff Bridges . The show ’s premise includes Griffin bring mayhem in a township that is mostly inhabited by widows who arm themselves for an all - out war .
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