Ellie Arroway
Jodie Foster
Palmer Joss
Matthew McConaughey
Richard Rank
Rob Lowe
Controller (uncredited)
Carl Gilliard
TV Interviewer (uncredited)
William B. Kaplan
Astronaut (uncredited)
Boris Lee Krutonog
Pod Systems Control (uncredited)
Ming Lo
Puerto Rican Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Sunshine Logroño
Press Secretary (uncredited)
Denise Loveday
Kitz's Aide (uncredited)
Neal Matarazzo
Student Reporter at NASA (uncredited)
Cassidy McMillan
Reporter (uncredited)
Bill Miller
Family Exchange (uncredited)
Molly Mueller
Joseph
Jake Busey
Ellie's Attorney (uncredited)
Paul L. Nolan
Oval Office Secretary (uncredited)
Marisa Petroro
Police Officer (uncredited)
Errica Poindexter
Senator (uncredited)
J.A. Preston
Ailing Believer (uncredited)
Frank Principe
Security Guard (uncredited)
Billy Quinn
Senate Hearing (uncredited)
Thomas Reid
Leo Rogstad
Photographer (uncredited)
Russell Sanderlin Sr.
Army Officer (uncredited)
Frank Silva
Mission Director
Tucker Smallwood
Senate Hearing Attendee (uncredited)
John A. Taylor
News Reporter (uncredited)
Todd Thompson
Cenk Uygur
Religious Zealot (uncredited)
Holly Cross Vagley
Protester (uncredited)
Eric Alan Wendell
Believer #1 (uncredited)
Delaney Williams
Extra (uncredited)
Gregory L. Williams
Young Ellie
Jena Malone
Vernon
Sami Chester
Davio
Timothy McNeil
Cantina Woman
Laura Elena Surillo
Minister
Henry Strozier
Larry King
Ian Broderick
Thomas Garner
Michael Kitz
James Woods
KOB-TV Reporter
Conroy Chino
Jeremy Roth
Dan Gifford
Senator Valencia
Vance Valencia
Donna Kelley
Leon Harris
Claire Shipman
Middle Eastern Anchor
Behrooz Afrakhan
Japanese Anchor
Saemi Nakamura
Latina Anchor
Maria Celeste Arraras
Tabitha Soren
S. R. Hadden
John Hurt
Geraldo Rivera
British Anchor
Ian Whitcomb
Jay Leno
Natalie Allen
Robert D. Novak
Geraldine A. Ferraro
Ann Druyan
Kathleen Kennedy
Decryption Hacker
Michael Albala
Decryption Expert
Ned Netterville
David Drumlin
Tom Skerritt
Major Domo
Leo Lee
Chairman of Joint Chiefs
William Jordan
Joint Chief
David St. James
Jill Dougherty
Drumlin Aide
Haynes Brooke
John Holliman
Bobbie Battista
Dee Dee Myers
Bryant Gumbel
Linden Soles
Kent
William Fichtner
Major Russell
Steven Ford
Major Russell's Son
Alexander Zemeckis
Major Russell's Daughter
Janie Peterson
French Committee Member
Philippe Bergeron
Dr. Patel
Jennifer Balgobin
British Committee Member
Anthony Hamilton
NASA Public Relations
Rebecca T. Beucler
NASA Technician
Marc Macaulay
Voice of NASA (voice)
Pamela Wilsey
Mechanical
Jeffery Thomas Johnson
Ted Arroway
David Morse
Electrical
Yuji Okumoto
Dynamics
Gerry Griffin
Communications
Brian Alston
Pad Leader
Rob Elk
Security
Mark Thomason
Controller #8
José Rey
New VLA Technician
Todd Patrick Breaugh
Russian Cosmonaut
Alex Veadov
Scientist
Alice Kushida
Project Official
Robin Gammell
Rachel Constantine
Angela Bassett
Mission Doctor
Richardson Morse
Japanese Ensign
Seiji Okamura
Bernard Shaw
Japanese Tech #1
Mak Takano
Japanese Tech #2
Hiroshi Tom Tanaka
Life Support
Catherine Dao
Dynamics #2
Kristoffer Ryan Winters
Woman Senator
Valorie Armstrong
Reporter #5
Jim Hild
Reporter #6
William L. Thomas
Fisher
Geoffrey Blake
School Boy
Diego Montoya
White House Official (uncredited)
Jonathan Adler
NASA Controller #2 (uncredited)
Robert Aguilar Jr.
Four-Star General (uncredited)
Mark Bailey
Senate Observer (uncredited)
Matt Bennett
Robert Hand (uncredited)
Tony Boldi
Scientist (uncredited)
Christopher Boyer
Christine Brady
Press Reporter (uncredited)
Ray Buffer
Mark Byrne
Willie
Max Martini
Supporter (uncredited)
Candice T. Cain
Hadden Suit (uncredited)
Michael Chaban
President's Secretary (uncredited)
Aixa Clemente
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bill Clinton
Derrick Damions
Philanthropy Bureaucrat (uncredited)
Elaina Erika Davis
Factory Worker (uncredited)
Joey Dente
IMC Police Officer (uncredited)
Michael Egan
Monk (uncredited)
Jeff Elmore
Pedestrian (uncredited)
Pamela Fischer
Software Engineer
Rob Engle
Camera Operator
Nick Phillips
Screenplay
Michael Goldenberg
Costume Design
Joanna Johnston
Second Assistant Director
Cellin Gluck
Novel
Carl Sagan
Co-Producer
Story
Sound Designer
Randy Thom
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Stunts
Jay Caputo
Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Gary Rizzo
Director
Robert Zemeckis
Producer
First Assistant Director
Bruce Moriarty
Tom Johnson
Casting
Victoria Burrows
Kim Robert Koscki
Makeup Artist
Deborah La Mia Denaver
Original Music Composer
Alan Silvestri
Sound Effects Editor
Steve Boeddeker
Dialogue Editor
Michael Silvers
Director of Photography
Don Burgess
Editor
Arthur Schmidt
Additional Visual Effects
Peter Jackson
Dialect Coach
Tim Monich
Steve Starkey
Second Unit Director
Prosthetics
Gary Archer
Associate Producer
Rick Porras
CG Supervisor
Matt Aitken
Still Photographer
François Duhamel
James V. Hart
Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
Ken Ralston
Hairstylist
Janice Alexander
Vivian McAteer
Key Makeup Artist
Hallie D'Amore
Barbara Lacy
Second Second Assistant Director
Alison C. Rosa
Assistant Sound Editor
Andrew Cowitt
David Dresher
Karen Harding
Stephen Kearney
Susan Popovic
Mary Works
Cableman
Peggy Names
Foley Artist
Dennie Thorpe
Foley Editor
Sara Bolder
Bruce Lacey
Mary Helen Leasman
Foley Mixer
Tony Sereno
24 Frame Playback
Ira Toles
Mark Wineman
Electrician
Douglas W. Smith
First Assistant Camera
Ned Martin
Tony Rivetti Sr.
Michael A. FauntLeRoy Sr.
Second Assistant Camera
Chad Rivetti
Set Dresser
Sara Gardner-Gail
Pyrotechnician
John P. Cazin
3D Animator
Spencer Knapp
Dylan Robinson
Geoffrey Harvey
Compositing Supervisor
Stephen Kennedy
M. Scott McKee
CG Artist
Joel Aron
Gregor Lakner
Robert Weaver
Ron Brinkmann
Jerome Chen
Digital Compositor
John Rauh
Jeff Doran
Jean François Fontaine
VFX Director of Photography
David Stump
Rotoscoping Artist
Gimo Chanphianamvong
Joanie Karnowski
Aaron Smith
Lisa Kahatriya
Roto Supervisor
Mary Nelson
Visual Effects Editor
Dawn Llewellyn
Craft Service
John Wright
Production Design
Ed Verreaux
Art Direction
Bruce Crone
Lawrence A. Hubbs
Set Decoration
Michael Taylor
Frances Mathias
Audrey L. Anzures
Carolyn Elias
Roxanna Floyd
Margaret E. Elliott
Jean-Luc Russier
Art Department Coordinator
Beth Bernstein
Assistant Art Director
Doug J. Meerdink
Sally Thornton
Brad Ricker
Construction Coordinator
Michael Diersing
Construction Foreman
Scott E. Handt
Jerrold F. Brooks
Special Effects
Marzette Bonar
Greensman
Frank McEldowney
Hap Weaver
Leadman
David Manhan
Set Designer
Evelyne Barbier
Mariko Braswell
James F. Claytor Sr.
Josh Lusby
Kristen Pratt
Easton Michael Smith
Dean Wolcott
Supervising Sound Editor
Phil Benson
Teresa Eckton
Douglas Murray
Marian Wilde
Dennis S. Sands
Special Effects Coordinator
Eric Cook
Visual Effects Producer
C. Marie Davis
Debbie Denise
Julia Frey
Sequence Supervisor
Kee-Suk 'Ken' Hahn
David Jones
Mark S. Miller
Jay Redd
Sam Richards
Visual Effects Supervisor
Ariel Velasco-Shaw
Laurence Treweek
Kosta Saric
Stephen Rosenbaum
Lauren Alexandra Ritchie
Heather J. Morrison
Michael McGovern
Joe Matza
Kenneth Jones
Stunt Coordinator
Bud Davis
Josh Bleibtreu
Robert LaBonge
Steadicam Operator
Mark O'Kane
Gregory Lundsgaard
Michael Douglas Middleton
Video Assist Operator
Michael Noles
David Presley
Camera Technician
Steven J. Winslow
Rigging Grip
Rand R. Vargas
Costume Supervisor
Betty Brikowski
Pamela Wise
Set Costumer
Patricia Bercsi
Steve Ellsworth
Kenn Smiley
Taryn Weaver
First Assistant Editor
R. Orlando Duenas
Jeremiah O'Driscoll
Carin-Anne Strohmaier
Music Editor
Kenneth Karman
Transportation Coordinator
Joel Marrow
Script Supervisor
Luca Kouimelis
Location Manager
Luz Eneida Nuñez
Paul Pav
Peggy Pridemore
Unit Publicist
Jane E. Russell
Production Accountant
Allen E. Taylor
Steven J. Boyd
Executive Producer
Joan Bradshaw
Lynda Obst
Special Effects Supervisor
Allen Hall
Transportation Captain
Kirk A. Holland
Art Department Assistant
John B. Josselyn
Conceptual Design
George Denes Suhayda
Location Scout
Kathleen Beall
Standby Painter
Robert E. Denne
Michael Condro
Key Grip
Steve Smith
Grip
James Conroy
Aerial Coordinator
Kevin LaRosa
Assistant Costume Designer
Jessica Fasman
Key Hair Stylist
Kathryn Blondell
Prosthetic Makeup Artist
Keith VanderLaan
Carpenter
Thomas C. Mentzer
Digital Effects Supervisor
Victor Jimenez
Driver
Dan Brizendine
Production Controller
Production Office Coordinator
Ines Mongil-Echandi
Projection
Edward J. Ertel
Propmaker
Wayne Eaton
Set Medic
Jeff Johnson
Set Production Assistant
Michelle Vogler
Sound Recordist
Randolph Saucedo
Stand In
Technical Supervisor
Bill Feightner
Randy Cantor
Transportation Co-Captain
David Diaz
Unit Production Manager
Color Timer
Bob Putynkowski
Dave Mikutsky
Gaffer
David Morton
Casting Associate
Scot Boland
Production Coordinator
Darcy Fray
Production Supervisor
Dawn Guinta
Boom Operator
Earl Sampson
Kent Brown
Orchestrator
William Ross
Production Sound Mixer
Mark Marcum
3D Artist
Timothy Wilcox
Digital Compositors
Tim Alexander
Visual Effects Coordinator
Theresa Corrao
Visual Effects Art Director
Martin A. Kline
Additional Editing
Harry Keramidas
Mechanical Designer
Jeff Deyoe
Unit Manager
Nannette Rosa Collazo
Barbara McBane
Property Master
Robin L. Miller
Ewa Sztompke
Supervising ADR Editor
Sue Fox
ADR Editor
Lindakay Brown
Storyboard Artist
Darryl Henley
Costume Illustrator
Robin Richesson
Costumer
Hope Slepak
Key Costumer
Nigel Boyd
Tailor
Gerardo Rosette
Darin Rivetti
Assistant Property Master
Clifton T. Cooper
Concept Artist
Steve Burg
Conceptual Illustrator
Richard Kriegler
Graphic Designer
Doreen Austria
Set Buyer
Carl Catanese
Swing
Christopher Casey
Title Designer
Nina Saxon
ADR Mixer
Charleen Richards-Steeves
Assistant Dialogue Editor
First Assistant Sound Editor
Cheryl Nardi
Catherine Harper
Tony Eckert
Special Effects Assistant
Charlie Bonilla
Special Effects Technician
Roland Blancaflor
Michael L. Fink
Visual Effects Compositor
Kelly Granite
J.W. Kompare
Visual Effects Production Manager
Mimi Medel
Assistant Camera
Clyde Miller
Best Boy Grip
Renton-Paul Medcalf
Dolly Grip
Jeff 'Moose' Howery
Frank D. Parrish
Additional Casting
Judith Bouley
Casting Coordinator
Nikki Dalmau
Assistant Editor
Jana Lynn Gold
Digital Color Timer
John Nicolard
Negative Cutter
Mo Henry
Assistant Location Manager
Kristin Dehnert
Location Assistant
Primrose Fukuchi
Assistant Accountant
Kevin Bowe
Assistant Chief Lighting Technician
William Cueto
Chief Lighting Technician
Steven C. McGee
Bart Giovanetti
Digital Effects Producer
Craig A. Mumma
Matchmove Supervisor
Charlie Clavadetscher
Production Assistant
Nick Booth
Production Secretary
Carley A. Berkman
Maura Alvarez
Second Assistant Accountant
Robert Cable
Temp Sound Editor
Mark Jan Wlodarkiewicz
Travel Coordinator
Judd Nissen
Dan Plum
Lynn Salvatori
Jill Stokesberry
Lucille OuYang