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Concussion is a 2015 American biographical sports drama In 2002, retired Hall of Fame Pittsburgh Steelers center Mike Webster is found dead in his pickup truck, after years of self-mutilation and homelessness. Before his death, fellow former football player Justin Strzelczyk confides in Webster that he is suffering from memory loss, is saying odd things to his children, and nearly threw his wife against the wall. Webster deliriously responds by reciting from his Hall of Fame induction speech, that the most important thing "all we have to do, is finish the game". Bennet Omalu, a forensic pathologist with the Allegheny County, Pennsylvania coroner's office, handles Webster's autopsy. Wondering how an otherwise healthy man could have degenerated so quickly, he closely examines microscope slides of Webster's brain, seeing evidence of severe neurotrauma. He concludes that Webster died as a result of the long-term effects of repeated blows to the head, a disorder he terms chronic traumatic Will Smith as Bennet Omalu Alec Baldwin as Julian Bailes Albert Brooks as Cyril Wecht Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Prema Mutiso David Morse as Mike Webster Ben McDonnell as Young Mike Webster Arliss Howard as Joseph Maroon Mike O'Malley as Daniel Sullivan Eddie Marsan as Steven T. DeKosky Hill Harper as Christopher Jones Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Dave Duerson Stephen Moyer as Ron Hamilton Richard T. Jones as Andre Waters Paul Reiser as Elliot Pellman Luke Wilson as Roger Goodell Dan Ziskie as Paul Tagliabue Sara Lindsey as Gracie Matthew Willig as Justin Strzelczyk Bitsie Tulloch as Keana Strzelczyk Eme Ikwuakor as Amobi Okoye (uncredited) Phillip Chorba as The Technician