Fight Night the million-dollar Heist cast and character guide photos Kevin Hart's True Crime limited series Fight Night the million dooll Heist premiered on peacock Thursday complete with a star studded cast the 8 episode limited series follows the true story of Muhammad Ali's 1970 return to boxing and an Afterparty that led to the one of the largest heists in Atlanta History determined to make Atlanta the black Mecca of the United States Gordon Chicken Man Williams Hart finds himself stuck between established gangsters and calculated robbers the series is based on an iHeart Radio True Crime podcast Fight Night created and hosted by Jeff keing will Packer media produced the podcast and also executive produced the series along with Heartbeat Productions Samuel L Jackson Don cheel and teraji P Hensen join Hart in bringing this true story to life on screen read on for the full cast list and a description of the real world characters they depict Hart takes a step away from comedy starring as the Atlanta Hustler chicken man in the crime series when a crew of big money Players floods into Atlanta for the Muhammad Ali fight chicken takes advantage of that attention to bring wealth and notoriety to his City his goal is to create a black Mecca in Atlanta and he sees gangster Frank moton and his crew as the ticket in hard executive produced Fight Night with his production company heartbeat the comedian is best known for his acting roles in Jumanji night school and Ride Along Don cheel as JD Hudson the Academy Award nominee plays JD Hudson one of the first black cops appointed to the police force in Atlanta detective Hudson served as Ali's bodyguard for the 1970 fight against Jerry Cory and was later appointed as the lead detective on the armed robbery case cheel is best known for his role as James rhods in the Marvel Cinematic Universe including the Iron Man franchise and Avengers Infinity War he has also appeared in Hotel Rwanda and crash Samuel L Jackson as Frank Moten the D Jango Factor plays New York gangster Frank Moten moton is one of the most powerful black gangsters in the country and comes to town for the Ali fight after attending an Afterparty with an invite from chicken he finds himself in an unusually tricky situation Jackson the highest grossing actor of all time with his titles raking in 5.8 billion domestically is best known for his roles in Pulp Fiction Jurassic Park and as Nick Fury in the Marvel Cinematic Universe