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
Foley Artist
Dennie Thorpe
First Assistant Camera
Tony Rivetti Sr.
Key Makeup Artist
Hallie D'Amore
Second Second Assistant Director
Alison C. Rosa
Cableman
Peggy Names
Foley Mixer
Tony Sereno
Assistant Sound Editor
David Dresher
Michael A. FauntLeRoy Sr.
Susan Popovic
24 Frame Playback
Mark Wineman
Hairstylist
Vivian McAteer
Electrician
Douglas W. Smith
Stephen Kearney
Foley Editor
Bruce Lacey
Janice Alexander
Andrew Cowitt
Mary Helen Leasman
Ira Toles
Karen Harding
Mary Works
Barbara Lacy
Sara Bolder
Ned Martin
Second Assistant Camera
Chad Rivetti
VFX Director of Photography
David Stump
Digital Compositor
John Rauh
Set Dresser
Sara Gardner-Gail
Ron Brinkmann
Jean François Fontaine
CG Artist
Joel Aron
Jerome Chen
Visual Effects Editor
Dawn Llewellyn
3D Animator
Geoffrey Harvey
Rotoscoping Artist
Joanie Karnowski
Roto Supervisor
Mary Nelson
Pyrotechnician
John P. Cazin
Gregor Lakner
Aaron Smith
Spencer Knapp
Compositing Supervisor
Stephen Kennedy
M. Scott McKee
Jeff Doran
Dylan Robinson
Gimo Chanphianamvong
Robert Weaver
Lisa Kahatriya
Craft Service
John Wright
Construction Coordinator
Michael Diersing
Carolyn Elias
Frances Mathias
Location Manager
Paul Pav
Visual Effects Supervisor
Kenneth Jones
Set Costumer
Taryn Weaver
Set Decoration
Michael Taylor
Audrey L. Anzures
Construction Foreman
Scott E. Handt
Jerrold F. Brooks
Visual Effects Producer
C. Marie Davis
Special Effects
Marzette Bonar
Greensman
Hap Weaver
Michael Douglas Middleton
Jean-Luc Russier
Assistant Art Director
Sally Thornton
Frank McEldowney
Set Designer
Kristen Pratt
Lauren Alexandra Ritchie
Joe Matza
Evelyne Barbier
Dennis S. Sands
Julia Frey
Video Assist Operator
David Presley
Costume Supervisor
Pamela Wise
Roxanna Floyd
Art Department Coordinator
Beth Bernstein
Doug J. Meerdink
Easton Michael Smith
Supervising Sound Editor
Phil Benson
Ariel Velasco-Shaw
Heather J. Morrison
Josh Bleibtreu
Transportation Coordinator
Joel Marrow
Unit Publicist
Jane E. Russell
Leadman
David Manhan
Special Effects Coordinator
Eric Cook
Steadicam Operator
Mark O'Kane
Luz Eneida Nuñez
Margaret E. Elliott
Teresa Eckton
Debbie Denise
Sequence Supervisor
Jay Redd
Betty Brikowski
Patricia Bercsi
First Assistant Editor
Carin-Anne Strohmaier
Production Design
Ed Verreaux
Josh Lusby
Marian Wilde
Robert LaBonge
Rigging Grip
Rand R. Vargas
Kenn Smiley
Art Direction
Lawrence A. Hubbs
David Jones
Michael Noles
Camera Technician
Steven J. Winslow
Peggy Pridemore
James F. Claytor Sr.
Dean Wolcott
Douglas Murray
Michael McGovern
Bruce Crone
Mariko Braswell
Stephen Rosenbaum
Script Supervisor
Luca Kouimelis
Mark S. Miller
Kosta Saric
Kee-Suk 'Ken' Hahn
Sam Richards
Laurence Treweek
Gregory Lundsgaard
R. Orlando Duenas
Music Editor
Kenneth Karman
Production Accountant
Allen E. Taylor
Brad Ricker
Stunt Coordinator
Bud Davis
Steve Ellsworth
Jeremiah O'Driscoll
Executive Producer
Joan Bradshaw
Steven J. Boyd
Lynda Obst
Special Effects Supervisor
Allen Hall
Transportation Captain
Kirk A. Holland
Assistant Costume Designer
Jessica Fasman
Randy Cantor
Production Office Coordinator
Ines Mongil-Echandi
Projection
Edward J. Ertel
Key Grip
Steve Smith
Prosthetic Makeup Artist
Keith VanderLaan
Aerial Coordinator
Kevin LaRosa
Stand In
Location Scout
Kathleen Beall
Key Hair Stylist
Kathryn Blondell
Set Medic
Jeff Johnson
Transportation Co-Captain
David Diaz
Michael Condro
Production Controller
Propmaker
Wayne Eaton
Art Department Assistant
John B. Josselyn
Technical Supervisor
Bill Feightner
Conceptual Design
George Denes Suhayda
Grip
James Conroy
Carpenter
Thomas C. Mentzer
Driver
Dan Brizendine
Sound Recordist
Randolph Saucedo
Standby Painter
Robert E. Denne
Digital Effects Supervisor
Victor Jimenez
Set Production Assistant
Michelle Vogler
Unit Production Manager
Production Coordinator
Darcy Fray
Production Sound Mixer
Visual Effects Art Director
Martin A. Kline
Dave Mikutsky
Production Supervisor
Dawn Guinta
Mark Marcum
Digital Compositors
Tim Alexander
Additional Editing
Harry Keramidas
Orchestrator
William Ross
Kent Brown
Mechanical Designer
Jeff Deyoe
Unit Manager
Nannette Rosa Collazo
Gaffer
David Morton
Boom Operator
Earl Sampson
Color Timer
Bob Putynkowski
Visual Effects Coordinator
Theresa Corrao
Casting Associate
Scot Boland
3D Artist
Timothy Wilcox
Property Master
Robin L. Miller
Ewa Sztompke
Barbara McBane
ADR Editor
Lindakay Brown
Supervising ADR Editor
Sue Fox
Storyboard Artist
Darryl Henley
Costumer
Hope Slepak
Assistant Dialogue Editor
Catherine Harper
Key Costumer
Nigel Boyd
Darin Rivetti
Assistant Property Master
Clifton T. Cooper
Set Buyer
Carl Catanese
Tailor
Gerardo Rosette
Swing
Christopher Casey
ADR Mixer
Charleen Richards-Steeves
Tony Eckert
Conceptual Illustrator
Richard Kriegler
Title Designer
Nina Saxon
First Assistant Sound Editor
Cheryl Nardi
Costume Illustrator
Robin Richesson
Concept Artist
Steve Burg
Graphic Designer
Doreen Austria
Assistant Chief Lighting Technician
William Cueto
Special Effects Assistant
Charlie Bonilla
Best Boy Grip
Renton-Paul Medcalf
Visual Effects Production Manager
Mimi Medel
Assistant Camera
Clyde Miller
Maura Alvarez
Matchmove Supervisor
Charlie Clavadetscher
Production Assistant
Nick Booth
Temp Sound Editor
Mark Jan Wlodarkiewicz
Assistant Accountant
Kevin Bowe
Second Assistant Accountant
Robert Cable
Michael L. Fink
Location Assistant
Primrose Fukuchi
Frank D. Parrish
Digital Color Timer
John Nicolard
Bart Giovanetti
Visual Effects Compositor
Kelly Granite
Dolly Grip
Jeff 'Moose' Howery
Casting Coordinator
Nikki Dalmau
J.W. Kompare
Assistant Editor
Jana Lynn Gold
Digital Effects Producer
Craig A. Mumma
Travel Coordinator
Judd Nissen
Assistant Location Manager
Kristin Dehnert
Special Effects Technician
Roland Blancaflor
Chief Lighting Technician
Steven C. McGee
Additional Casting
Judith Bouley
Negative Cutter
Mo Henry
Production Secretary
Carley A. Berkman
Lucille OuYang
Jill Stokesberry
Dan Plum
Lynn Salvatori