The Upshaws Season 1 Opening on Netflix at May 12, 2021
Comedy / TV-Series (2021)
A working-class family in Indiana struggles to make it work and make it right without the blueprint to do it. Executive Produced by Mike Epps & Wanda Sykes.
Bennie Upshaw (Epps) is a charming, well-intentioned mechanic and lifelong mess just trying his best to step up and care for his family — wife Regina (Fields), their two young daughters (Spraggins and Christine) and firstborn son (Simon), and the teenage son (Lyons) he fathered with another woman (Dennis) — and tolerate his sardonic sister-in-law (Sykes), all without a blueprint for success.
Directors: Sheldon Epps, Ken Whittingham, Robbie Countryman, Kelly Park
Writers: Mark Alton Brown, Jonathan Emerson, Anil K. Foreman, Regina Y. Hicks, Annie Levine, Mitchell Marchand, Allie Romano, Dino Shorte
Stars: Wanda Sykes, Mike Epps, Journey Christine, Michel Estime, Jermelle Simon, Kim Fields, Diamond Lyons, Daria Johns
►Cast
| Journey Christine | ► | Maya Upshaw |
| Michel Estime | ► | Tony |
| Jermelle Simon | ► | Bernard Jr. |
| Kim Fields | ► | Regina |
| Diamond Lyons | ► | Kelvin |
| Mike Epps | ► | Bennie |
| Daria Johns | ► | Savannah |
| Wanda Sykes | ► | Lucretia |
| Khali Spraggins | ► | Aaliyah |
| Dayna Dooley | ► | Sheila |
| Page Kennedy | ► | Duck |
| Adam Lazarre-White | ► | Captain Cam |
| Dewayne Perkins | ► | Hector |
| Casey J. Adler | ► | Ernest Smalls |
| Cristela Alonzo | ► | Anna Garcia |
| Michelle N. Carter | ► | Bobbie |
| Chip Chinery | ► | Malcolm |
| Christal Marie Deloney | ► | Bartender |
| Gabrielle Dennis | ► | |
| Mike Dolphy | ► | Donovan Jones |
| Aina Dumlao | ► | Ms. Lee |
| LaShun Ellis | ► | Teacher |
| Frank Gallegos | ► | Craig |
| Nikea Gamby-Turner | ► | Nan |
| M.J. George | ► | Martin Owens |
| Andrew Hansen | ► | Customer 1 |
| Leonard Earl Howze | ► | Davis |
| Lovensky Jean-Baptiste | ► | Jake |
| Anais Lee | ► | Steph |
| Jeremy Mitchell | ► | Nathan |
| Jessica Morris | ► | Amy Holmes |
| Omar Ray | ► | Chuck |
| Jamiah Brown | ► | |
| Sage Drew | ► | Maya’s Classroom |
| Colin Koth | ► | Waiter |
| Brandon Mitchell | ► | Randy Giles |
| Hayley Marie Norman | ► | Kyla |
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