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