Coming to America
Comedy
Romance
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.
1988-06-29
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Cast
Director
John Landis
Eddie Murphy as Prince Akeem / Clarence / Randy Watson / Saul
Arsenio Hall as Semmi / Extremely Ugly Girl / Morris / Reverend Brown
Shari Headley as Lisa McDowell
John Amos as Cleo McDowell
James Earl Jones as King Jaffe Joffer
Madge Sinclair as Queen Aoleon
Eriq La Salle as Darryl Jenks
Allison Dean as Patrice McDowell
Frankie Faison as Landlord
Louie Anderson as Maurice
Paul Bates as Oha
Samuel L. Jackson as Hold-Up Man
Vanessa Bell Calloway as Imani Izzi
Calvin Lockhart as Colonel Izzi
Vondie Curtis-Hall as Basketball Game Vendor
Cuba Gooding Jr. as Boy Getting Haircut
Garcelle Beauvais as Rose Bearer #3
Ruben Santiago-Hudson as Street Hustler
Clyde Jones as Soul Glo Man
Jim Abrahams as Face on Cutting Room Floor
Victoria Dillard as Bather / Dancer
Midori as Bather
Sheila Johnson as Lady-in-Waiting
Jake Steinfeld as Cab Driver
Patricia Matthews as Devil Woman
Mary Bond Davis as Big Stank Woman
Karen Owens as Ex-Siamese Twin / Dancer
Sharon Owens as Ex-Siamese Twin / Dancer
Montrose Hagins as Grandma Jenks
Ralph Bellamy as Randolph Duke / Homeless Man #1 (uncredited)
Don Ameche as Mortimer Duke / Homeless Man #2 (uncredited)
Elaine Kagan as Telegraph Lady (uncredited)
Michael Tadross as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Steve White as Subway Guy (uncredited)
Helen Hanft as Subway Lady (uncredited)
Tanya Lynne Lee as Dancer (uncredited)
Tobe Hooper as Party Guest (uncredited)