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Learn about the cast and plot of Django Unchained, a 2012 American revisionist Western film by Quentin Tarantino. The film stars Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, and others, and follows a slave who trains under a bounty hunter to rescue his wife.
Dec 25, 2012 · Django Unchained: Directed by Quentin Tarantino. With Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington. With the help of a German bounty-hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation owner in Mississippi.
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- Comedy, Drama, Western
- Quentin Tarantino
- 2012-12-25
Find out the full list of actors and crew members who worked on the 2012 western film Django Unchained, directed by Quentin Tarantino. See the names, roles, and photos of Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, and more.
- Jamie Foxx as Django Freeman
- Christoph Waltz as Dr. King Schultz
- Leonardo DiCaprio as Calvin J. Candie
- Kerry Washington as Broomhilda Von Shaft
- Samuel L. Jackson as Stephen
- Walton Goggins as Billy Crash
- Django Unchained Supporting Cast & Characters
The titular ex-slave in Django Unchained gives himself the name Django Freeman after being emancipated from the shackles of slavery. His name is taken from one of the most iconic franchises in the Spaghetti Western genre. The character is played by Jamie Foxx, one of Hollywood’s most prolific multi-hyphenate talents, having achieved success as a mu...
Django’s mentor and closest friend, German dentist-turned-bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz, is played by Christoph Waltz. The actor won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his turn as Dr. Schultz in Django Unchained. He had previously won the award for playing the villainous Hans Landa in Quentin Tarantino’s World War II epic Inglourious ...
The deeply unsettling yet delightfully camp villain of Django Unchained, notorious slaver Calvin J. Candie, is played by Leonardo DiCaprio. It’s rare that DiCaprio plays villains; he usually plays the protagonist, like Titanic’s Jack Dawson or Inception’s dream-infiltrating Dom Cobb. However, he has often played morally gray antiheroes, like con ar...
Django’s estranged wife of German heritage, Broomhilda von Shaft, is played by Kerry Washington. The character turns the story into a sort of fairy tale as Django gallantly journeys across a dangerous land to free the princess from her tower. Washington is best known for playing crisis manager Olivia Pope in the hit TV series Scandal. She also play...
Calvin Candie’s sinister house slave, Stephen, the secondary villain of Django Unchained, is played by Samuel L. Jackson. Stephen is the one who figures out that Django and Broomhilda have a history together and that Dr. Schultz’s purchase of Broomhilda an ulterior motive. Jackson had previously worked with Quentin Tarantino on Pulp Fiction and Jac...
Billy Crash, the head overseer at the Candyland plantation, is played by Walton Goggins. Billy has a particular personal vendetta against Django and relishes the opportunity to torture him after he’s captured. Tarantino gave Goggins a larger and less horrifying role as Chris Mannix in his next movie, The Hateful Eight. Goggins is best known for his...
James Remar as Ace Speck and Butch Pooch - James Remar plays two roles in Django Unchained. He appears as Django’s former owner, Ace Speck, and then he's also Candie’s bodyguard, Butch Pooch. Remar is best known for playing Ajax in The Warriors and Harry Morgan, the titular killer’s father, in Dexter. M.C. Gainey as Big John Brittle - Big John Brit...
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Dec 25, 2012 · Released in 2012 and directed & written by Quentin Tarantino, "Django Unchained" stars Christoph Waltz as an ex-dentist who befriends an ex-slave, Django (Jamie Foxx) in West Texas a couple of years before the Civil War; they team-up as bounty hunters once they realize how good they jell.
