<Li> Paul Bates as Oha, a royal servant . </Li> <Li> Eriq La Salle as Darryl Jenks, Lisa's boyfriend whom she eventually breaks up with . </Li> <P> The cast also includes: Frankie Faison as Mr. Townsend, Akeem and Semmi's landlord in Queens; Vanessa Bell as Imani Izzi, Akeem's arranged wife, and Calvin Lockhart as Colonel Izzi, her father; Louie Anderson as Maurice, a McDowell's employee; Allison Dean as Patrice McDowell, Cleo's youngest daughter and Lisa's sister; Samuel L. Jackson as a robber; Vondie Curtis - Hall as the Basketball game vendor; Garcelle Beauvais as a rose bearer; Victoria Dillard as one of Akeem's Zamundan attendants, and Clint Smith as Sweets . Ruben Santiago - Hudson and Cuba Gooding Jr. made their film debuts as a street hustler and a barber shop customer respectively (for the latter, he was credited as Boy Getting Haircut). Don Ameche and Ralph Bellamy reprise their roles as, respectively, Mortimer and Randolph Duke from Landis' 1983 Murphy - starring comedy film Trading Places . A segment of the Trading Places score can be heard during their scene . The Dukes' limo driver from that film also cameos as the driver of Akeem and Semmi's limo . </P> <P> Coming to America features Murphy and Hall in several different roles, which, following the success of this film, became a Murphy staple . Hall plays Reverend Brown, who introduces Randy Watson (Murphy). Murphy and Hall play elderly barbers Clarence and Morris respectively, who engage in debate with Saul, the old Jewish man (Murphy). Hall also plays a woman (credited as Extremely Ugly Girl) who flirts with Akeem and Semmi . </P>

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