John Q
Drama
Thriller
Crime
Give a father no options and you leave him no choice.
John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it. Therefore, he decides to take a hospital full of patients hostage until the hospital puts his son's name on the donor's list.
2002-02-15
en
Cast
Director
Nick Cassavetes
Denzel Washington as John Quincy Archibald
James Woods as Dr. Raymond Turner
Kimberly Elise as Denise Archibald
Robert Duvall as Lt. Frank Grimes
Shawn Hatosy as Mitch Quigley
Eddie Griffin as Lester Matthews
Kevin Connolly as Steve Maguire
Ethan Suplee as Guard Max Conlin
Ray Liotta as Chief Gus Monroe
Anne Heche as Rebecca Payne
Laura Harring as Gina Palumbo
Heather Wahlquist as Julie Bird
Daniel E. Smith as Mike Archibald
David Thornton as Jimmy Palumbo
Paul Johansson as Tuck Lampley
Obba Babatundé as Sgt. Moody
Troy Byer as Miriam Smith
Troy Winbush as Steve Smith
Martha Chaves as Rosa Gonzales
Larissa Laskin as Dr. Ellen Klein
Vanessa Branch as Registered Nurse
Stephanie Moore as Admitting Nurse
Yanna McIntosh as State Employee
Noam Jenkins as Medicaid Official
Allegra Fulton as Sick Girl's Mother
Shera Danese as Wife of Heart Transplant Patient
Scott Bloom as Desk Guard
Dina Spybey-Waters as Debby Utley
Carlos Diaz as Paramedic #1
Simon Sinn as Fong
Keram Malicki-Sánchez as Freddy B.
Philip Williams as Wally Pitoniak
Nigel Shawn Williams as News Anchor
Frank Cassavetes as Sniper
Angelo Tsarouchas as Barricade Cop
Vijay Mehta as Medical Transplant #2
Andrew Schaff as U.N.O.S. Official
Jay Leno as Jay Leno
Gloria Allred as Gloria Allred
Larry King as Larry King
Arianna Huffington as Arianna Huffington
Ted Demme as Ted Demme
Nas as Nas
Bill Maher as Bill Maher
Claire Rankin as Public Defender
Philip Craig as Judge K. Ploucha
Gerry Quigley as Jury Foreman
Jane Luk as O.R. Nurse (uncredited)