Name	Known for
Colin Salmon Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Resident Evil (2002)
Lou Adler Self Self See fewer	Up in Smoke (1978)
Muhammad Ali Self (archive footage) (as Cassius Clay) Self (archive footage) (as Cassius Clay) See fewer	The Greatest (1977)
Solomon Burke Self Self See fewer	Unbreakable (2000)
L.C. Cooke Self Self See fewer	One Night in Miami... (2020)
Sam Cooke Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Innerspace (1987)
Luigi Creatore Self Self See fewer	Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
The Dixie Hummingbirds Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage) See fewer	40 Days and 40 Nights (2002)
Gerald Early Self Self See fewer	King of Cool (2021)
Aretha Franklin Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Blues Brothers (1980)
Bertha Franklin Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Isaac 'Dickie' Freeman Self Self See fewer	All the Real Girls (2003)
Peter Guralnick Self Self See fewer	Untitled Sam Phillips Project
Robert Hamlett Self Self See fewer	O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
R.H. Harris Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Ray (I) (2004)
Ben E. King Self Self See fewer	Stand by Me (1986)
Magnificent Montague Self Self See fewer	Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music (2005)
Earl Palmer Self Self See fewer	Pretty Woman (1990)
Robert Pruter Self Self See fewer	Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music (2005)
James Roberson Self (as Professor James Roberson) Self (as Professor James Roberson) See fewer	NFL on FOX (1994)
The Rolling Stones Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage) See fewer	The Boat That Rocked (2009)
The Staple Singers Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage) See fewer	6 Underground (2019)
Mavis Staples Self Self See fewer	My Blueberry Nights (2007)
Roebuck 'Pops' Staples Self (archive footage) (as The Staple Singers) Self (archive footage) (as The Staple Singers) See fewer	The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)
Candi Staton Self Self See fewer	Layer Cake (2004)
Johnnie Taylor Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Bedazzled (2000)
Wilson Waters Jr. Self (as Wilson Waters Jnr) Self (as Wilson Waters Jnr) See fewer	O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Daniel Wolff Self Self See fewer	Rachel Getting Married (2008)
Bobby Womack Self Self See fewer	Dredd (2012)