The Human Stain
How far would you go to escape the past?
6.0(513) 2003-10-29 106 minDramaRomance
Coleman Silk is a worldly and admired professor who loses his job after unwittingly making a racial slur. To clear his name, Silk writes a book about the events with his friend and colleague Nathan Zuckerman, who in the process discovers a dark secret Silk has hidden his whole life. All the while, Silk engages in an affair with Faunia Farley, a younger woman whose tormented past threatens to unravel the layers of deception Silk has constructed.
DirectorRobert Benton
ProducerGary Lucchesi
ScreenplayNicholas Meyer
Original Music ComposerRachel Portman
ProducerTom Rosenberg
ProducerScott Steindorff
Cast & characters
Anthony Hopkins
as Coleman Silk
Nicole Kidman
as Faunia Farley
Ed Harris
as Lester Farley
Gary Sinise
as Nathan Zuckerman
Wentworth Miller
as Young Coleman Silk
Jacinda Barrett
as Steena Paulsson
Harry Lennix
as Mr. Silk
Clark Gregg
as Nelson Primus
Anna Deavere Smith
as Mrs. Silk
Lizan Mitchell
as Ernestine
Kerry Washington
as Ellie
Phyllis Newman
as Iris Silk
Margo Martindale
as Psychologist
Ron Canada
as Herb Keble
Mili Avital
as Young Iris
Danny Blanco Hall
as Walter
Marie Michel
as Young Ernestine
Anne Dudek
as Lisa Silk
Mimi Kuzyk
as Professor Delphine Roux
John Finn
as Louie Borero
Jeff Perry
as Tennis Player
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Rick Snyder
as Tennis Player
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Danny Stone
as Tennis Player
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Vito DeFilippo
as Mark Silk
