who played bobby byrd in get on up
Nelsan Ellis
title: Get on Up (film) text: You Won't See in "Get on Up"". The film grossed $13,585,915 during its opening weekend, finishing in third place at the domestic box office behind fellow new release "Guardians of the Galaxy" ($94,320,883) and "Lucy" ($18,252,590). As of September 22, 2014, "Get on Up" has grossed $30,569,935, against a $30 million budget. Get on Up (film) Get on Up is a 2014 American biographical drama film about the life of singer James Brown directed by Tate Taylor and written by Jez and John-Henry Butterworth. The film stars an ensemble cast featuring Chadwick Boseman as Brown, Nelsan Ellis as Bobby Byrd, title: Get on Up (film) text: Brown. Boseman did all of his own dancing and some singing. The soundtrack is live recordings of James Brown. On September 17, Universal announced an open casting call for actors, musicians, and extras for different roles in the biopic, which was held on September 21. On September 30, Taylor cast Viola Davis to play Susie Brown and Octavia Spencer to play Aunt Honey. On October 21, Nelsan Ellis joined the cast of film to portray Bobby Byrd, Brown's long-time friend. Lennie James joined the cast on October 23, to play the role of Brown's father Joseph "Joe" James. Jill Scott title: Get on Up (film) text: Get on Up (film) Get on Up is a 2014 American biographical drama film about the life of singer James Brown directed by Tate Taylor and written by Jez and John-Henry Butterworth. The film stars an ensemble cast featuring Chadwick Boseman as Brown, Nelsan Ellis as Bobby Byrd, Dan Aykroyd as Ben Bart, Viola Davis as Susie Brown, Craig Robinson as Maceo Parker and Octavia Spencer as Aunt Honey. The film was released on August 1, 2014. "Get on Up" is told using a nonlinear narrative as if through James Brown's stream of consciousness, including asynchronous events and frequent breaks title: Get on Up (film) text: Bobby for the first time since Teddy's funeral to give him tickets to his show. James walks onto the stage through a darkened hall. He sees visions of people from his life chanting his name. His performance of "Try Me (I Need You)" moves Bobby and his wife Vicki to tears, and the audience cheers. Imagine Entertainment listed a James Brown biopic in development in 2000, with a script titled "Star Time" written by Steven Baigelman. Mick Jagger joined on as a producer, and Jez and John-Henry Butterworth were brought on to rewrite the script, titled "Superbad". Spike Lee was title: Bobby Bennett (The Famous Flames) text: Roll Hall of Fame website issued an article paying tribute to him. He is survived by his wife of many years, Sandi, and their children. Actor/choreographer Aakomon Jones played Famous Flame Bobby Bennett in the James Brown biofilm "Get on Up", which opened in U.S.theatres on January 8, 2014. He also served as choreographer for the film. Bobby Bennett (The Famous Flames) Robert J. Bennett (June 27, 1938 – January 18, 2013), better known as Bobby Bennett, was an American singer, noted for being a member of the vocal group The Famous Flames from 1958 to 1968. During his time