![Bird](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original//yKe2dmPzLbeEYz4q8EYZ4qHqsVE.jpg)
![Bird](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//rTCp6M98RQAxRl0x0guU9GlH7HS.jpg)
Bird
2 hours 41 minutes1988-06-01
6.8
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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.
Cast
![Forest Whitaker](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//1GbfuDitXDBmNmXEKk2rGEXiEXE.jpg)
Forest Whitaker
Charlie 'Bird' Parker
![Diane Venora](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//8GLq0qdpLzNKjPRxBf3NQMEqafx.jpg)
Diane Venora
Chan Parker
![Michael Zelniker](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//7iYCoX0uxAS3ROguA3pXoqiiaNA.jpg)
Michael Zelniker
Red Rodney
![Samuel E. Wright](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//jfJzbWIAba7Z6sslvL4aley0gPh.jpg)
Samuel E. Wright
Dizzy Gillespie
![Keith David](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//jJLJuR7FNHYL1fB5igjj7IXzOel.jpg)
Keith David
Buster Franklin
![Michael McGuire](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//mfdEaDX11gi6CnMrQqPeEbYtW2Z.jpg)
Michael McGuire
Brewster
![James Handy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//j2vG5tc8OcpcKG8eufBEMn2oiqZ.jpg)
James Handy
Esteves
![Damon Whitaker](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//qHT717nGhcwAa3PoMzX6jm8BYme.jpg)
Damon Whitaker
Young Bird
![Morgan Nagler](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//htVHx1WLMrIFIb1vKNIPs7IG76Q.jpg)
Morgan Nagler
Kim
![Arlen Dean Snyder](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//bXj6G6vrQH9l70raHhqjWHYIvGN.jpg)
Arlen Dean Snyder
Dr. Heath
![Sam Robards](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//AqYRpRgNqQopOU5YGfSFVSuIyl9.jpg)
Sam Robards
Moscowitz
![Glenn Wright](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Glenn Wright
Alcoholic Patient
![George Orrison](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//k2fpN3nz6X1VwLgrDqY4A6KunsM.jpg)
George Orrison
Patient with Checkers
![Bill Cobbs](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//cP2ETKFdk93z4e1oXZVG0utI3IM.jpg)
Bill Cobbs
Dr. Caulfield
![Hamilton Camp](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//1ftUhoIOkYzzPW9lmkMYrskxgXT.jpg)
Hamilton Camp
Mayor of 52nd Street
![Chris Bosley](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Chris Bosley
First Doorman
![George T. Bruce](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
George T. Bruce
Second Doorman
![Joey Green](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Joey Green
Gene
![John Witherspoon](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//5clP720NIBWMKT0pwVCzIPjVkxG.jpg)
John Witherspoon
Sid
![Tony Todd](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//6mzKpHdwfFY6sUpTS7cMPCoLzB3.jpg)
Tony Todd
Frog
![Jo De Winter](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//yIjrlLDFGzjhJBtyU2Nxo2yl6eS.jpg)
Jo De Winter
Mildred Berg
![Richard Zavaglia](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Richard Zavaglia
Ralph the Narc
![Anna Thomson](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//nPfRKSUjXvzmL010P4HARYNNf6f.jpg)
Anna Thomson
Audrey
![Al Pugliese](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//o6leE215JLGUuThu8S8K77t8eHj.jpg)
Al Pugliese
Owner - Three Deuces
![Hubert Kelly](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Hubert Kelly
Wilson
![Billy J. Mitchell](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//1AoXhTz9DvGNrrdqEV9oeHsl2HU.jpg)
Billy J. Mitchell
Prince
![Karl Vincent](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Karl Vincent
Stratton
![Lou Cutell](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//ulwBRPKeaiNAccffIJqCAJcLR32.jpg)
Lou Cutell
Bride's Father
![Roger Etienne](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Roger Etienne
Parisian Emcee
![Jason Bernard](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//jcJR0xbQgVGJeOWdPrHI3pgKNHI.jpg)
Jason Bernard
Benny Tate
![Gretchen Oehler](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Gretchen Oehler
Southern Nurse
![Richard McKenzie](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//lMG5LSgwxQAsu9536ZjA6Tem4bq.jpg)
Richard McKenzie
Southern Doctor
![Tony Cox](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//sbZS0gxvRsAIgHxIEL8STINpn7u.jpg)
Tony Cox
Pee Wee Marquette
![Diane Salinger](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//7lJocSxXknwdcA76dlrHwtE1eQC.jpg)
Diane Salinger
Baroness Nica
![Penelope Windust](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Penelope Windust
Bellevue Nurse
![Ann Weldon](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)