The Human Stain

Synopsis

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.

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Cast

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  Anthony Hopkins
  Coleman Silk

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  Nicole Kidman
  Faunia Farley

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  Ed Harris
  Lester Farley

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  Gary Sinise
  Nathan Zuckerman

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  Wentworth Miller
  Young Coleman Silk

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  Jacinda Barrett
  Steena Paulsson

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  Harry Lennix
  Mr. Silk

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  Clark Gregg
  Nelson Primus

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  Anna Deavere Smith
  Mrs. Silk

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  Lizan Mitchell
  Ernestine

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  Kerry Washington
  Ellie

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  Phyllis Newman
  Iris Silk

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  Margo Martindale
  Psychologist

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  Ron Canada
  Herb Keble

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  Mili Avital
  Young Iris

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  Danny Blanco Hall
  Walter

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  Marie Michel
  Young Ernestine

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  Anne Dudek
  Lisa Silk