[Music] Kevin Hart leads a starry cast of characters in peacock's new crime drama miniseries Fight Night the million dooll Heist as its title suggests the series is based on an exceptionally ambitious Heist previously documented in iHeart Radio similarly titled True Crime podcast helmed and hosted by Jeff keing both recount the true-to-life events of a shocking armed robbery that occurred the night of Muhammad Ali's first professional boxing match after being banned from the sport for years as a result of refusing to be drafted into the US Army during the Vietnam war the stakes were high not only for the renowned boxers comeback but for a crowd who gathered to celebrate Ali's historic fight at an ill-fated Afterparty targeted by thieves Fight Night series Creator Shay Agana brings together an assemblage of bigname actors and TV newcomers to depict all parties involved in the catastrophe in what looking to be one of the most exciting TV shows on peacock September slate fight night's first three episodes are available now to stream and subsequent episodes will be released every Thursday for viewers to witness how the rest of the story unfolds Kevin Hart as Gordon Chicken Man Williams date of birth July 6th 1979 active since 2001 actor born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania Hart began his career winning stand-up comedy competitions his first breakthrough into acting occurred in a a recurring role alongside Seth Rogan and Jason seagull in Jud appau sitcom comedy Undeclared Hart's comedic reputation grew exponentially in the 2000s thanks to the release of his stand-up comedy specials I.E I'm a grown little man and laugh at My Pain and roles in comedy films such as Soul plain and little fuers now an exceptionally distinguished comedian and actor Hart can be seen leading big budget movies like jangi and hosting his own talk show Heart toart character Kevin Hart plays fight night's main character Gordon Chicken Man Williams a hustler with Big Dreams for himself and the City of Atlanta equipped with the aspiration of being the harbinger of bringing wealth and notoriety to his City Chicken Man partners with big money gangsters to organize a massive house party the night of Ali's comeback fight however a group of calculated robbers targets chicken man's party leaving him to face a tarnished reputation and the ire of the members of the Black Mafia he collaborated with to bring the celebration to fruition to Raji P Hensen as Vivien Thomas date of birth September 11th 1970 active since 1997 actor Golden Globe winning an Tony Emmy and Academy multi- nominated actress taji P Hensen Hales from Washington DC after studying acting at Howard University Hensen made her film debut in the 1998 crime Thriller StreetWise her breakthrough role came a few years later when she appeared as AET in John Singleton's baby boy 2001 leading to a string of prominent 2,000 era roles in films including hustle and Flo for brothers and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button for which she earned her first Academy Award nomination since then Hensen has starred in huge projects such as the hit TV show Empire and The Color Purple remake character Taraji P Hensen stars as chicken man's right-hand woman and mistress Vivien Thomas together Vivien and chicken man run the hustling scene in Atlanta before devising their plan to host the best party the city's ever seen which they dub black Vegas Vivian's role in their agenda is to prepare her house for such an ambitious Gathering though her efforts quickly take a turn for the unfortunate when the venue becomes the sight of a crime involving over 100 guests and hundreds of thousands of dollars Don cheel as JD Hudson date of birth November 29th 1964 active since 1984 actor Kansas City Missouri native Don cheel began his career in the 80s with small roles in TV shows and movies such as Fame and Hamburger Hill before garnering attention for his Breakout performance opposite Denzel Washington in Devil in a Blue Dress 1995 for that cheel was named best supporting actor by the Los Angeles Film critics his first major Accolade toward an incredible career distinguished by many awards and nominations including a Golden Globe win for his part in House of Lies above all cheel is best known for his long-standing role as the mcu's James rhods