Movie · 1988
Bird
Released 1 June 1988 More from 1988 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
Saxophone player Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker comes to New York in 1940 and is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing. He becomes a drug addict but his loving wife Chan tries to help him.
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How old were they?
Lou Cutell
as Bride's Father
Michael McGuire
as Brewster
Jason Bernard
as Benny Tate
John Witherspoon
as Sid
Billy J. Mitchell
as Prince
Samuel E. Wright
as Dizzy Gillespie
Tony Todd
as Frog
Keith David
as Buster Franklin
Tony Cox
as Pee Wee Marquette
Forest Whitaker
as Charlie 'Bird' Parker
Michael Zelniker
as Red Rodney
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The numbers
31years between the oldest and youngest billed
57Lou Cutell — oldest on the call sheet
26Forest Whitaker — youngest billed
41average age of the credited cast