---
title: 'Concussion (2015)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Peter Landesman'
released: '2015-11-10'
runtime_minutes: 123
certification: 'PG-13'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Australia'
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/concussion-2015'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3322364/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Concussion (2015)

2015 · PG-13 · 123 min · Drama, History · Australia, United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

Concussion is a 2015 American biographical sports drama film written and directed by Peter Landesman, based on the exposé "Game Brain" by Jeanne Marie Laskas, published in 2009 by GQ magazine. Set during the 2000s, the film stars Will Smith as Bennet Omalu, a forensic pathologist who fights against the National Football League trying to suppress his research on chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease suffered by professional football players.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Peter Landesman](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-landesman)
- **Screenplay:** [Peter Landesman](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-landesman)
- **Original Music Composer:** [James Newton Howard](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-newton-howard)
- **Producer:** [Ridley Scott](https://cinepixo.com/people/ridley-scott)
- **Director of Photography:** [Salvatore Totino](https://cinepixo.com/people/salvatore-totino)
- **Editor:** [William Goldenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-goldenberg)

## Cast

- [Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje](https://cinepixo.com/people/adewale-akinnuoye-agbaje)
- [Mike O'Malley](https://cinepixo.com/people/mike-o-malley)
- [Gugu Mbatha-Raw](https://cinepixo.com/people/gugu-mbatha-raw)
- [Arliss Howard](https://cinepixo.com/people/arliss-howard)
- [Sara Lindsey](https://cinepixo.com/people/sara-lindsey)
- [Eddie Marsan](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddie-marsan)
- [Luke Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/luke-wilson)
- [Will Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/will-smith) as Bennet Omalu
- [David Morse](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-morse) as Mike Webster
- [Richard T. Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-t-jones)
- [Albert Brooks](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-brooks) as Cyril Wecht
- [Paul Reiser](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-reiser)
- [Alec Baldwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/alec-baldwin) as Julian Bailes
- [Hill Harper](https://cinepixo.com/people/hill-harper)
- [L. Scott Caldwell](https://cinepixo.com/people/l-scott-caldwell)

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Official site: http://www.concussion-movie.com/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/concussion-2015
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