Richard Roundtree

as Ben

as Ralph

as Self

as Tulls

as Grandpa

as Jebidiah McKellan

as Grandpa

as Self

as John Shaft, Sr.

as Skip Davis

as Charles Floyd

as Don Bennett

as Samuel Letts

as Alonzo Sparks

as Paul Patterson, Sr.

as Wallace Boden, Sr.

as Henshaw

as Claude

as Theodore Wolf

as Lou Bailey

as J.T.

as Stan

as Floyd Benton

as Gary Markash

as Ben Burns

as Ben Burns

as Miles Porter

as Raymond McCray

as El Doctor

as Charles Deveaux

as Assistant V.P. Trueman

as Lee Marvin / Cleetus Woods

as Colonel Watts

as Cyrus Carter

as Col. D.B. Walter

as Donald Burke

as Tahsi

as Mr. Shaw

as Rick Apping

as Felicia's Dad

as Self - Narrator (voice)

as Self

as Boom-Boom

as John Shaft (archive footage) (uncredited)

as Jack Blackburn

as M.O.

as Howard Shuster

as Brill

as Lyle Barton

as Hardy Lester

as "Uncle" John Shaft

as Booker T. Washington

as Captain Durfee

as Phil Thomas

as Uncle Joe

as Kwame

as Gil Oberman

as Det. James Henegar

as Slick

as Henry Carlisle

as Cleve

as Commissioner Lynch

as Talbot

as Harold

as Jacob

as Dr. Saunders

as Murray

as Dunc

as Gray

as Harry Reams

as Frank Webb

as Rod

as Les

as Jacob Briscoe

as Pauli

as Agent Peterson

as 'Barracuda' Jim Barnes

as Prescott

as General (uncredited)

as Chester Cooper

as Self

as Samuel Stark

as Captain Ralph Phipps

as Russell Emerson

as Robinson Ashe Jr.

as Dr. Mumford

as Dr. Charles

as Dr. Carlson

as July

as Lloyd

as Lt. Johnson

as Captain Crane

as Gamble

as Lt. Doniger

as Captain Barnes

as Dundee

as Commissioner Pike

as Jason Ruigh

as Cleon Manning

as Clinton Reese

as Ben Halley

as Isaiah 'Ice' McAdams

as Chip

as Judge Ira Menday

as Stafford

as Cmdr. Frederick Bryce

as R.T. Hines

as Serpenius

as Dehl Swift

as Frosty

as Kevin Cooper

as Agent Bill Bryant

as Mean Willy

as Sergeant John Austin

as Gordon

as Ralph

as Powell

as Capt. Stevens

as Sgt. Augustus Henderson

as Peter Jordan

as Fessler

as Gideon Marunga

as Nat Judson

as Coco Morrell

as Dave Wilbur

as Sgt. Aikens

as Sam Bennett

as Archie

as Friday

as Miles Quade

as Self

as John Shaft

as Self

as John Shaft

as The Black Man

as Self / Shaft (archive footage)

as Shelly Forsythe

as Self

as John Shaft

as Dick Shannon

as John Shaft

as Self

as Interracial Couple

as Self

as Self