as Teddy Greene (season 1), an aspiring musician and Stella's boyfriend Lucy Fry as Stella Gigante, Vincent's rebellious daughter.Ilfenesh Hadera as Mayme Johnson, Bumpy's wife.Nigél Thatch (seasons 1–2) and Jason Alan Carvell (season 3) as Malcolm X, a Muslim minister in the Nation of Islam and civil rights activist.Forest Whitaker as Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson, a Harlem-based mob boss and the titular 'Godfather of Harlem'.During the battle, he forms an alliance with Muslim minister Malcolm X – catching Malcolm's political rise in the crosshairs of social upheaval and a mob war that threatens to tear the city apart.' Cast and characters Main With the streets controlled by the Italian mob, Bumpy must take on the Genovese crime family to regain control. Godfather of Harlem tells the 'true story of infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson, who in the early 1960s returned from ten years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled in shambles. On January 13, 2022, the series was renewed for a third season which premiered on the renamed MGM+ on January 15, 2023.Ī docu-series based on the series titled By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem premiered on November 8, 2020.

On February 12, 2020, the series was renewed for a second season which premiered on April 18, 2021. Whitaker is also executive producer alongside Nina Yang Bongiovi, James Acheson, John Ridley and Markuann Smith.

The series is written by Chris Brancato and Paul Eckstein, and stars Forest Whitaker as 1960s New York City gangster Bumpy Johnson. Godfather of Harlem is an American crime drama television series which premiered on September 29, 2019, on Epix.

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