Summary
- The BET series "The Family Business" is based on Carl Weber's crime drama book series and focuses on the Duncan family, who owns an exotic car dealership in New York.
- The show has aired four seasons and 34 episodes, now available to stream on Netflix.
- The Duncan family remains at the show's center, with Ernie Hudson playing the patriarch L.C. Duncan and Valerie Pettiford portraying his wife, Charlotte. The cast also includes Darrin Dewitt Henson, Javicia Leslie, Sean Ringgold, Tami Roman, and more.
The Family Business tells the story of the Duncans, a notorious family who owns and runs Duncan Motors, an exotic car dealership in New York. The BET television series, available to stream on Netflix as of October 2023, is based on Carl Weber's crime drama book series of the same name. Weber created and developed the show, which premiered as an eight-episode limited series in November 2018. However, following the success of the first season, BET renewed The Family Business for a second season on the streaming service BET+. Since then, the series has aired four seasons and 34 episodes, all of which are now streaming on Netflix.
The cast of The Family Business has changed over the course of the show's four seasons, but the Duncan family remains at the center of the story. The title of the series refers to their characters, after all. From L.C. Duncan to Paris Duncan, the BET television show shines a spotlight on every member of the family (and a few other characters that serve as their adversaries or allies).
Ernie Hudson As L.C. Duncan
The patriarch of the Duncan family
Ernie Hudson plays the patriarch of the Duncan family, L.C. Duncan, in The Family Business. L.C. is introduced as the CEO of the car dealership in the first season, and he is constantly cleaning up his children's messes to protect their family's image. He is a respected businessman with many connections, but L.C. soon decides that he wants to retire and hand off Duncan Motors to his heirs. Hudson is most known for playing Winston Zeddemore in the Ghostbusters film series and Warden Leo Glynn in Oz, but the actor has also starred in Leviathan, Airheads, The Basketball Diaries, Congo, Miss Congeniality, and The Ron Clark Story.
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Valerie Pettiford As Charlotte Duncan
L.C.'s wife and the matriarch of the Duncan family
Charlotte Duncan is the matriarch of the Duncan family in The Family Business, and she is portrayed by Valerie Pettiford. Charlotte is L.C.'s wife and relentlessly supports her husband and children throughout the BET series. When viewers first meet her, Charlotte is chastising her daughter, Paris, for getting arrested, but it's clear that it comes from a place of love. Fans might recognize Pettiford from her roles in television shows such as One Life to Live, Half & Half, Tyler Perry's House of Payne, The Blacklist, and A Discovery of Witches.
Darrin Dewitt Henson As Orlando Duncan
The new CEO of Duncan Motors
Darrin Dewitt Henson stars as Orlando Duncan in The Family Business. Orlando succeeds his father as CEO of Duncan Motors, given that he inherited L.C.'s charming qualities as a businessman. He is a bit of a playboy and workaholic, but just like the rest of the Duncans, he is fiercely protective of his family. Outside the BET television series, Henson can be seen in Soul Food, Lincoln Heights, Stomp the Yard, and The Express: The Ernie Davis Story. Henson is also a dancer and choreographer.
Javicia Leslie As Paris Duncan
The youngest daughter of the Duncan family
Paris Duncan is the first Duncan family member that viewers meet in the pilot of The Family Business. Paris, played by Javicia Leslie, is the youngest of L.C. and Charlotte's daughters, and, as a party girl with spoiled tendencies, she often finds herself in trouble. Leslie is most known for portraying Ryan Wilder in Batwoman. The actress took over the leading role after Ruby Rose exited the series, and her character took on the mantle of Batwoman in season 2. Leslie has also appeared in God Friended Me, Always a Bridesmaid, Something From Tiffany's, and The Flash.