This summer, Prince Akeem discovers America.
An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess... and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York. In disguise as an impoverished immigrant, the pampered prince quickly finds himself a new job, new friends, new digs, new enemies and lots of trouble.
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Deceased
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Showing 30 of 30 loaded cast members.
as Prince Akeem / Clarence / Randy Watson / Saul
AliveBorn: April 3, 1961
Age: 65
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
as Semmi / Extremely Ugly Girl / Morris / Reverend Brown
AliveBorn: February 12, 1955
Age: 71
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
as Lisa McDowell
AliveBorn: July 15, 1964
Age: 62
Queens, New York, USA
as Cleo McDowell
DeceasedBorn: December 27, 1939
Died: August 21, 2024
Age at death: 84
as King Jaffe Joffer
DeceasedBorn: January 17, 1931
Died: September 9, 2024
Age at death: 93
as Queen Aoleon
DeceasedBorn: April 28, 1938
Died: December 20, 1995
Age at death: 57
as Darryl Jenks
AliveBorn: July 23, 1962
Age: 64
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
as Patrice McDowell
AliveBirth date not on record.
Wichita, Kansas, USA
as Landlord
AliveBorn: June 10, 1949
Age: 77
Newport News, Virginia, USA
as Maurice
DeceasedBorn: March 24, 1953
Died: January 21, 2022
Age at death: 68
as Oha
AliveBorn: December 24, 1958
Age: 67
New York, United States
as Hold-Up Man
AliveBorn: December 21, 1948
Age: 77
Washington, D.C., USA
as Imani Izzi
AliveBorn: March 20, 1957
Age: 69
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
as Colonel Izzi
DeceasedBorn: October 18, 1934
Died: March 29, 2007
Age at death: 72
as Basketball Game Vendor
AliveBorn: September 30, 1956
Age: 69
Detroit, Michigan, USA
as Boy Getting Haircut
AliveBorn: January 2, 1968
Age: 58
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
as Rose Bearer #1
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Rose Bearer #2
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Rose Bearer #3
AliveBorn: November 26, 1966
Age: 59
St. Marc, Haiti
as Street Hustler
AliveBorn: November 24, 1956
Age: 69
Lackawanna, New York, USA
as Elderly Passenger
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Soul Glo Man
AliveBirth date not on record.
Louisiana, USA
as Face on Cutting Room Floor
DeceasedBorn: May 10, 1944
Died: November 26, 2024
Age at death: 80
as Bather / Dancer
AliveBorn: September 20, 1969
Age: 56
New York City, New York, USA
as Bather
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Bather
AliveBorn: July 19, 1968
Age: 58
Durham, North Carolina, USA
as Lady-in-Waiting
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Cab Driver
AliveBorn: February 21, 1958
Age: 68
Brooklyn, New York, USA
as Sweets
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Stu
DeceasedBorn: November 27, 1938
Died: October 15, 2013
Age at death: 74
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