| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 Anastas N. Michos | Crew | Camera | Camera Operator |
Barbara A. Kastner | Crew | Art | Set Dresser |
Bruce W. Talamon | Crew | Camera | Still Photographer |
Chris Jenkins | Crew | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Christophe Lanzenberg | Crew | Camera | First Assistant Camera |
Craig DiBona | Crew | Camera | Camera Operator |
 Craig Haagensen | Crew | Camera | First Assistant Camera |
Curt Sobel | Crew | Sound | Music Editor |
Dan Curry | Crew | Art | Title Designer |
Don Lenzer | Crew | Camera | Camera Operator |
Dwight Williams | Crew | Directing | First Assistant Director |
Ed Marritz | Crew | Camera | Camera Operator |
 Eddie Murphy | Crew | Writing | Writer, Executive Producer |
Eric Strand | Crew | Editing | Assistant Editor |
 Ernest R. Dickerson | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography |
Frank Graziadei | Crew | Sound | Sound Mixer |
Gary Alexander | Crew | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
James Mazzola | Crew | Art | Property Master |
Jane Nerlinger Evans | Crew | Production | Production Office Coordinator |
Jay Kamen | Crew | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor |
 Jeff Mazzola | Crew | Art | Assistant Property Master |
Jeffrey Chernov | Crew | Production | Co-Producer, Production Manager |
Jim Fredericks | Crew | Art | Set Decoration |
Joan Finlay | Crew | Art | Set Dresser |
Joe Ritter | Crew | Camera | First Assistant Camera |
John Cambria | Crew | Camera | Second Assistant Camera |
Joseph F. Coffey | Crew | Camera | Camera Operator |
Judi Goodman | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Hairstylist |
Julia Evershade | Crew | Sound | Sound Editor |
Karen Penhale | Crew | Production | Production Office Coordinator |
 Keenen Ivory Wayans | Crew | Production | Producer, Co-Writer |
 Kerry Lyn McKissick | Crew | Directing | Script Supervisor |
Larry Banks | Crew | Lighting | Chief Lighting Technician |
Lisa Day | Crew | Editing | Editor |
Marilyn Peoples | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Makeup Artist |
 Pat Golden | Crew | Production | Casting |
Richard Tienken | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
Robert D. Wachs | Crew | Production | Producer |
 Robert Fiore | Crew | Camera | Camera Operator |
 Robert Townsend | Crew | Directing | Director |
 Sandy McLeod | Crew | Directing | Script Supervisor |
Steve Pederson | Crew | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
 Wynn Thomas | Crew | Art | Production Design |
Louis Sabat | Crew | Sound | Boom Operator |
Angelo Di Giacomo | Crew | Camera | First Assistant Camera |
Richard J. Cartwright | Crew | Camera | Still Photographer |
Jim Buckman | Crew | Crew | Transportation Captain |
Susan Towner | Crew | Production | Assistant Accountant |
Dick Ritchie | Crew | Editing | Color Timer |
Michea Caye | Crew | Directing | Second Assistant Director |
Andrea Ross | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Wardrobe Supervisor |
Uncle Ray Murphy | Crew | Crew | Security Coordinator |
Stan Keitt | Crew | Camera | Second Assistant Camera |
Richard Ritchie | Crew | Editing | Color Timer |
Marc Hirschfeld | Crew | Camera | First Assistant Camera |
Liz Dubelman | Crew | Camera | Second Assistant Camera |
Jon Christodoulou | Crew | Sound | Sound, Sound Assistant |
Darlene Jackson | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Wardrobe Designer |
Debbie Sarjeant | Crew | Camera | First Assistant Camera |
Marilyn Gill | Crew | Production | Production Assistant |
Victor Huey | Crew | Camera | First Company Grip |
Paul Gaffney | Crew | Camera | Second Assistant Camera |
Jody Berke | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Wardrobe Assistant |
Douglas J. Kenny | Crew | Production | Location Manager |
Algernon Ramirez | Crew | Camera | First Assistant Camera |
 Barbara Harris | Cast | Actress | Thanksgiving Guest |
 Basil Wallace | Cast | Actor | Eddie's Father |
 Billie Allen | Cast | Actress | Eddie's Aunt |
Birdie M. Hale | Cast | Actress | Aunt Rose |
Clebert Ford | Cast | Actor | Uncle Lester |
 Davenia McFadden | Cast | Actress | Eddie's Aunt |
 Deon Richmond | Cast | Actor | Little Eddie |
Eddie Murphy | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Ellis Williams | Cast | Actor | Eddie's Uncle |
 Eyde Byrde | Cast | Actress | Mrs. Butts |
 Gwen McGee | Cast | Actress | Eddie's Mother |
James Brown III | Cast | Actor | Thanksgiving Guest |
 John Lafayette | Cast | Actor | Thanksgiving Guest |
 Kim Wayans | Cast | Actress | Interviewed Fan (uncredited) |
 Leonard Jackson | Cast | Actor | Uncle Gus |
Lex Monson | Cast | Card Player #4 | |
 Samuel L. Jackson | Cast | Actor | Eddie's Uncle |
 Tatyana Ali | Cast | Actress | Singing Child |
 Tiger Haynes | Cast | Actor | Card Player #3 |
 Damien Dante Wayans | Cast | Actor | Child Running in House |
Geri Gibson | Cast | Card Player #2 | |
Jody Jones | Cast | Eddie's Cousin | |
Michelle Davison | Cast | Actress | Thanksgiving Guest |
J. D. Hall | Cast | Thanksgiving Guest | |
 Carol Woods | Cast | Actress | Eddie's Aunt |
Warren Morris | Cast | Poetry Reader | |
| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
