Godfather of Harlem cast and character guide: Who plays whom in the drama series?

The MGM show, Godfather of Harlem, is a perfect blend of a sharp social commentary, the criminal underworld, and a historic, gritty drama. It has created an almost perfect narrative fusing historical figures and events in the criminal underbelly setting through the Johnson family.

This has been possible owing to the stellar performances from the cast of Godfather of Harlem, which is an excellent list of compelling actors. Here's a guide to the cast and the characters in the drama series.

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Godfather of Harlem: Cast and Character Guide

Much of the cast from Season 3 of the drama that revolves around morality, loyalty, and identity, have reprised their roles, but there have been some new additions to the cast in Season 4 of the show.

Forest Whitaker as Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson

The 'Godfather of Harlem', Bumpy Johnson, is a notorious crime organization head, and he rules his territory unequivocally. In the fourth season, he is seen deciding to establish an all-black operated club, St. Claire's, but the challenges in his path are endless, however, he's passionate enough about this to face all these challenges.

Forest Whitaker was seen in projects such as Havoc, The Last King of Scotland, Andor, The Butler, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Taken 3, and Panic Room.

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Ilfenesh Hadera as Mayme Johnson

Bumpy Johnson might be famous as a crime boss, but he is also a husband and a parent. Mayme Johnson is Bumpy's wife, and she is portrayed as a loving mother and wife who is making many donations for Harlem's improvement. She's also seen making compromises and calculations as a black individual trying to get into white-dominated institutions in the Godfather of Harlem Season 4.

Ilfenesh Hadera has previously been seen in notable projects such as Baywatch, Highest 2 Lowest, Werewolves, Deception, The Bricklayer, She's Gotta Have It, Show Me a Hero, and Billions.

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Rome Flynn as Frank Lucas

Frank Lucas is an ambitious Black gangster in Godfather of Harlem Season 4 who is loyal to nobody except himself. He doesn't take a second before betraying Bumpy, and won't take another before changing sides and betraying his enemy. He will create as much conflict as he can, from behind the scenes, and watch who is left standing at the end of the day when the dust settles.

Rome Flynn is present in projects like With Love, Raising Dion, How to Get Away with Murder, A Christmas Duet, Side Quest, Fantasy Football, Family Reunion, Chicago Fire, and The Bold and the Beautiful.

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Antoinette Crowe-Legacy as Elise Johnson

Elise Johnson is Bumpy's daughter, previously a heroin addict; she's now clean and has her own revolutionary ideas of challenging racial oppressions. She's even willing to betray her father in her idea of the bigger cause, which is comparatively much more violent than her mother's.

Antoinette Crowe-Legacy delivers a phenomenal performance as this complicated character and has been seen in projects such as By Whatever Means Necessary, Passing, Kindred, Geechee, Inpatient, Expectations, and Slave Play. Not a Movie. A Play.

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In other returning characters for Godfather of Harlem, we have Lucy Fry as Stella Gigante, Erik LaRay Harvey as Del Chance, Michael Raymond James as Joe Colombo, Vincent D’Onofrio as Vincent "Chin" Gigante, Whoopi Goldberg as Miss WiIla, and Elvis Nolasco as Nat Pettigrew.

Along with Rome Flynn, Godfather of Harlem has some more new additions to its cast, including Erik Palladino as Giuseppe “Pino” Greco, Michael Benjamin Washington as James Baldwin, Elijah Wright as Jerome Greene, and Devin Kessler as Afeni Shakur.