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Cast ~ CrewCast ~

Jodie Foster
-Ellie Arroway

Matthew McConaughey
-Palmer Joss

James Woods
-Michael Kitz

John Hurt
-S. R. Hadden

Tom Skerritt
-David Drumlin

William Fichtner
-Kent

David Morse
-Ted Arroway

Angela Bassett
-Rachel Constantine

Geoffrey Blake
-Fisher

Max Martini
-Willie

Rob Lowe
-Richard Rank

Jake Busey
-Joseph

Tucker Smallwood
-Mission Director

Jena Malone
-Young Ellie
Sami Chester
-Vernon
Timothy McNeil
-Davio
Laura Elena Surillo
-Cantina Woman

Henry Strozier
-Minister

Larry King
-Larry King

Thomas Garner
-Ian Broderick
Conroy Chino
-KOB-TV Reporter
Dan Gifford
-Jeremy Roth

Vance Valencia
-Senator Valencia

Donna Kelley
-Donna Kelley
Leon Harris
-Leon Harris

Claire Shipman
-Claire Shipman
Behrooz Afrakhan
-Middle Eastern Anchor

Saemi Nakamura
-Japanese Anchor

Maria Celeste Arraras
-Latina Anchor

Tabitha Soren
-Tabitha Soren

Geraldo Rivera
-Geraldo Rivera

Ian Whitcomb
-British Anchor

Jay Leno
-Jay Leno
Natalie Allen
-Natalie Allen
Robert D. Novak
-Robert D. Novak

Geraldine A. Ferraro
-Geraldine A. Ferraro

Ann Druyan
-Ann Druyan
Kathleen Kennedy
-Kathleen Kennedy

Michael Albala
-Decryption Hacker
Ned Netterville
-Decryption Expert

Leo Lee
-Major Domo

William Jordan
-Chairman of Joint Chiefs

David St. James
-Joint Chief
Jill Dougherty
-Jill Dougherty

Haynes Brooke
-Drumlin Aide
John Holliman
-John Holliman
Bobbie Battista
-Bobbie Battista

Dee Dee Myers
-Dee Dee Myers

Bryant Gumbel
-Bryant Gumbel
Linden Soles
-Linden Soles

Steven Ford
-Major Russell
Alexander Zemeckis
-Major Russell's Son
Janie Peterson
-Major Russell's Daughter

Philippe Bergeron
-French Committee Member

Jennifer Balgobin
-Dr. Patel
Anthony Hamilton
-British Committee Member
Rebecca T. Beucler
-NASA Public Relations

Marc Macaulay
-NASA Technician
Pamela Wilsey
-Voice of NASA (voice)

Jeffery Thomas Johnson
-Mechanical

Yuji Okumoto
-Electrical
Gerry Griffin
-Dynamics
Brian Alston
-Communications

Rob Elk
-Pad Leader
Mark Thomason
-Security
José Rey
-Controller #8
Todd Patrick Breaugh
-New VLA Technician

Alex Veadov
-Russian Cosmonaut
Alice Kushida
-Scientist

Robin Gammell
-Project Official
Richardson Morse
-Mission Doctor
Seiji Okamura
-Japanese Ensign

Bernard Shaw
-Bernard Shaw
Mak Takano
-Japanese Tech #1
Hiroshi Tom Tanaka
-Japanese Tech #2

Catherine Dao
-Life Support
Kristoffer Ryan Winters
-Dynamics #2

Valorie Armstrong
-Woman Senator
Jim Hild
-Reporter #5

William L. Thomas
-Reporter #6
Diego Montoya
-School Boy
Jonathan Adler
-White House Official (uncredited)
Robert Aguilar Jr.
-NASA Controller #2 (uncredited)
Mark Bailey
-Four-Star General (uncredited)
Matt Bennett
-Senate Observer (uncredited)
Tony Boldi
-Robert Hand (uncredited)

Christopher Boyer
-Scientist (uncredited)
Christine Brady
-White House Official (uncredited)
Ray Buffer
-Press Reporter (uncredited)
Mark Byrne
-Protester (uncredited)
Candice T. Cain
-Supporter (uncredited)
Michael Chaban
-Hadden Suit (uncredited)

Aixa Clemente
-President's Secretary (uncredited)

Bill Clinton
-Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Derrick Damions
-Ailing Believer (uncredited)

Elaina Erika Davis
-Philanthropy Bureaucrat (uncredited)
Joey Dente
-Factory Worker (uncredited)
Michael Egan
-IMC Police Officer (uncredited)
Jeff Elmore
-Monk (uncredited)
Pamela Fischer
-Pedestrian (uncredited)

Carl Gilliard
-Controller (uncredited)
William B. Kaplan
-TV Interviewer (uncredited)

Boris Lee Krutonog
-Astronaut (uncredited)

Ming Lo
-Pod Systems Control (uncredited)

Sunshine Logroño
-Puerto Rican Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Denise Loveday
-Press Secretary (uncredited)

Neal Matarazzo
-Kitz's Aide (uncredited)
Bill Miller
-Reporter (uncredited)
Molly Mueller
-Family Exchange (uncredited)

Paul L. Nolan
-Ellie's Attorney (uncredited)

Marisa Petroro
-Oval Office Secretary (uncredited)
Errica Poindexter
-Police Officer (uncredited)

J.A. Preston
-Senator (uncredited)
Frank Principe
-Ailing Believer (uncredited)
Billy Quinn
-Security Guard (uncredited)

Thomas Reid
-Senate Hearing (uncredited)
Leo Rogstad
-Ailing Believer (uncredited)
Russell Sanderlin Sr.
-Photographer (uncredited)

Frank Silva
-Army Officer (uncredited)
John A. Taylor
-Senate Hearing Attendee (uncredited)

Todd Thompson
-News Reporter (uncredited)

Cenk Uygur
-Reporter (uncredited)

Holly Cross Vagley
-Religious Zealot (uncredited)
Eric Alan Wendell
-Protester (uncredited)

Delaney Williams
-Believer #1 (uncredited)
Gregory L. Williams
-Extra (uncredited)
Prod. ~ Crew

Arthur Schmidt
Editing (Editor)

Robert Zemeckis
Directing (Director)

Steve Starkey
Production (Producer)

Victoria Burrows
Production (Casting)

Alan Silvestri
Sound (Original Music Composer)

Michael Goldenberg
Writing (Screenplay)

Robert Zemeckis
Production (Producer)

Carl Sagan
Writing (Novel)

Don Burgess
Camera (Director of Photography)

James V. Hart
Writing (Screenplay)

Joanna Johnston
Costume & Make-Up (Costume Design)
Dennie Thorpe
Sound (Foley Artist)
Tony Rivetti Sr.
Camera (First Assistant Camera)
Hallie D'Amore
Costume & Make-Up (Key Makeup Artist)
Alison C. Rosa
Directing (Second Second Assistant Director)
Peggy Names
Crew (Cableman)
Tony Sereno
Sound (Foley Mixer)
David Dresher
Sound (Assistant Sound Editor)
Michael A. FauntLeRoy Sr.
Camera (First Assistant Camera)
Susan Popovic
Sound (Assistant Sound Editor)
Mark Wineman
Visual Effects (24 Frame Playback)
Vivian McAteer
Costume & Make-Up (Hairstylist)

Gary Rizzo
Sound (Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer)
Douglas W. Smith
Lighting (Electrician)
Stephen Kearney
Sound (Assistant Sound Editor)
Bruce Lacey
Sound (Foley Editor)
Janice Alexander
Costume & Make-Up (Hairstylist)
Andrew Cowitt
Sound (Assistant Sound Editor)
Mary Helen Leasman
Sound (Foley Editor)
Ira Toles
Visual Effects (24 Frame Playback)
Karen Harding
Sound (Assistant Sound Editor)
Mary Works
Sound (Assistant Sound Editor)
Barbara Lacy
Costume & Make-Up (Makeup Artist)
Sara Bolder
Sound (Foley Editor)
Ned Martin
Camera (First Assistant Camera)
Chad Rivetti
Camera (Second Assistant Camera)
David Stump
Visual Effects (VFX Director of Photography)
John Rauh
Visual Effects (Digital Compositor)
Sara Gardner-Gail
Art (Set Dresser)
Ron Brinkmann
Crew (CG Supervisor)
Jean François Fontaine
Visual Effects (Digital Compositor)
Joel Aron
Visual Effects (CG Artist)

Jerome Chen
Crew (CG Supervisor)
Dawn Llewellyn
Crew (Visual Effects Editor)
Geoffrey Harvey
Visual Effects (3D Animator)
Joanie Karnowski
Visual Effects (Rotoscoping Artist)
Mary Nelson
Visual Effects (Roto Supervisor)
John P. Cazin
Crew (Pyrotechnician)
Gregor Lakner
Visual Effects (CG Artist)
Aaron Smith
Visual Effects (Rotoscoping Artist)
Spencer Knapp
Visual Effects (3D Animator)
Stephen Kennedy
Visual Effects (Compositing Supervisor)
M. Scott McKee
Visual Effects (Compositing Supervisor)
Jeff Doran
Visual Effects (Digital Compositor)
Dylan Robinson
Visual Effects (3D Animator)
Gimo Chanphianamvong
Visual Effects (Rotoscoping Artist)

Ken Ralston
Visual Effects (Senior Visual Effects Supervisor)

Robert Weaver
Visual Effects (CG Artist)
Lisa Kahatriya
Visual Effects (Rotoscoping Artist)

Gary Archer
Costume & Make-Up (Prosthetics)
John Wright
Crew (Craft Service)
Michael Diersing
Art (Construction Coordinator)
Carolyn Elias
Costume & Make-Up (Hairstylist)

Deborah La Mia Denaver
Costume & Make-Up (Makeup Artist)
Frances Mathias
Costume & Make-Up (Hairstylist)
Paul Pav
Production (Location Manager)
Kenneth Jones
Visual Effects (Visual Effects Supervisor)
Taryn Weaver
Costume & Make-Up (Set Costumer)
Michael Taylor
Art (Set Decoration)
Audrey L. Anzures
Costume & Make-Up (Hairstylist)
Scott E. Handt
Art (Construction Foreman)
Jerrold F. Brooks
Art (Construction Foreman)
C. Marie Davis
Visual Effects (Visual Effects Producer)
Marzette Bonar
Crew (Special Effects)
Hap Weaver
Art (Greensman)

Gary Rizzo
Sound (Sound Re-Recording Mixer)
Michael Douglas Middleton
Camera (Still Photographer)
Jean-Luc Russier
Costume & Make-Up (Makeup Artist)
Sally Thornton
Art (Assistant Art Director)
Frank McEldowney
Art (Greensman)
Kristen Pratt
Art (Set Designer)

Randy Thom
Sound (Sound Designer)
Lauren Alexandra Ritchie
Visual Effects (Visual Effects Supervisor)
Joe Matza
Visual Effects (Visual Effects Supervisor)
Evelyne Barbier
Art (Set Designer)
Dennis Sands
Sound (Sound Re-Recording Mixer)

Randy Thom
Sound (Sound Re-Recording Mixer)
Julia Rivas Frey
Visual Effects (Visual Effects Producer)
David Presley
Crew (Video Assist Operator)
Pamela Wise
Costume & Make-Up (Costume Supervisor)
Roxanna Floyd
Costume & Make-Up (Makeup Artist)
Beth Bernstein
Art (Art Department Coordinator)
Doug J. Meerdink
Art (Assistant Art Director)
Easton Michael Smith
Art (Set Designer)
Phil Benson
Sound (Supervising Sound Editor)
Ariel Velasco-Shaw
Visual Effects (Visual Effects Supervisor)
Heather J. Morrison
Crew (Visual Effects Editor)
Josh Bleibtreu
Camera (Camera Operator)

François Duhamel
Camera (Still Photographer)
Joel Marrow
Crew (Transportation Coordinator)
Jane E. Russell
Crew (Unit Publicist)
David Manhan
Art (Leadman)
Eric Cook
Crew (Special Effects Coordinator)
Mark O'Kane
Camera (Steadicam Operator)
Luz Eneida Nuñez
Production (Location Manager)

Tim Monich
Crew (Dialect Coach)
Margaret E. Elliott
Costume & Make-Up (Makeup Artist)
Teresa Eckton
Sound (Sound Effects Editor)
Debbie Denise
Visual Effects (Visual Effects Producer)
Jay Redd
Crew (Sequence Supervisor)
Betty Brikowski
Costume & Make-Up (Costume Supervisor)
Patricia Bercsi
Costume & Make-Up (Set Costumer)
Carin-Anne Strohmaier
Editing (First Assistant Editor)
Ed Verreaux
Art (Production Design)
Josh Lusby
Art (Set Designer)

Steve Boeddeker
Sound (Sound Effects Editor)
Marian Wilde
Sound (Sound Effects Editor)
Robert LaBonge
Camera (Camera Operator)
Rand R. Vargas
Lighting (Rigging Grip)
Kenn Smiley
Costume & Make-Up (Set Costumer)
Lawrence A. Hubbs
Art (Art Direction)

Tom Johnson
Sound (Sound Re-Recording Mixer)
David Jones
Crew (Sequence Supervisor)
Michael Noles
Crew (Video Assist Operator)
Steven J. Winslow
Camera (Camera Technician)
Peggy Pridemore
Production (Location Manager)
James F. Claytor Sr.
Art (Set Designer)
Dean Wolcott
Art (Set Designer)
Douglas Murray
Sound (Sound Effects Editor)

Matt Aitken
Crew (CG Supervisor)
Michael McGovern
Crew (Visual Effects Editor)

Nick Phillips
Camera (Camera Operator)
Bruce Crone
Art (Art Direction)
Mariko Braswell
Art (Set Designer)

Stephen Rosenbaum
Visual Effects (Visual Effects Supervisor)
Luca Kouimelis
Directing (Script Supervisor)
Mark S. Miller
Visual Effects (Visual Effects Producer)
Kosta Saric
Crew (Visual Effects Editor)
Kee-Suk 'Ken' Hahn
Crew (Sequence Supervisor)
Sam Richards
Crew (Sequence Supervisor)
Laurence Treweek
Crew (Sequence Supervisor)
Gregory Lundsgaard
Camera (Steadicam Operator)
R. Orlando Duenas
Editing (First Assistant Editor)
Kenneth Karman
Sound (Music Editor)
Allen E. Taylor
Production (Production Accountant)
Brad Ricker
Art (Assistant Art Director)

Bud Davis
Crew (Stunt Coordinator)
Steve Ellsworth
Costume & Make-Up (Set Costumer)
Jeremiah O'Driscoll
Editing (First Assistant Editor)
Joan Bradshaw
Production (Executive Producer)
Steven J. Boyd
Production (Associate Producer)

Rick Porras
Production (Associate Producer)

Carl Sagan
Production (Co-Producer)
Lynda Obst
Production (Executive Producer)
Allen Hall
Visual Effects (Special Effects Supervisor)

Carl Sagan
Writing (Story)
Kirk A. Holland
Crew (Transportation Captain)
Jessica Fasman
Costume & Make-Up (Assistant Costume Designer)
Randy Cantor
Crew (Transportation Captain)
Ines Mongil-Echandi
Production (Production Office Coordinator)
Edward J. Ertel
Crew (Projection)

Rob Engle
Crew (Software Engineer)

Jay Caputo
Crew (Stunts)
Steve Smith
Camera (Key Grip)
Keith VanderLaan
Costume & Make-Up (Prosthetic Makeup Artist)
Kevin LaRosa
Crew (Aerial Coordinator)
Michael Egan
Crew (Stand In)
Kathleen Beall
Art (Location Scout)
Kathryn Blondell
Costume & Make-Up (Key Hair Stylist)
Jeff Johnson
Crew (Set Medic)
David Diaz
Crew (Transportation Co-Captain)
Michael Condro
Camera (First Assistant Camera)
Allen E. Taylor
Crew (Production Controller)
Wayne Eaton
Crew (Propmaker)
John B. Josselyn
Art (Art Department Assistant)
Bill Feightner
Crew (Technical Supervisor)
George Denes Suhayda
Art (Conceptual Design)
James Conroy
Camera (Grip)
Thomas C. Mentzer
Crew (Carpenter)
Dan Brizendine
Crew (Driver)
Randolph Saucedo
Sound (Sound Recordist)
Robert E. Denne
Art (Standby Painter)
Victor Jimenez
Crew (Digital Effects Supervisor)
Michelle Vogler
Crew (Set Production Assistant)
Joan Bradshaw
Production (Unit Production Manager)
Darcy Fray
Production (Production Coordinator)
William B. Kaplan
Sound (Production Sound Mixer)
Martin A. Kline
Crew (Visual Effects Art Director)
Dave Mikutsky
Lighting (Electrician)
Dawn Guinta
Production (Production Supervisor)
Mark Marcum
Visual Effects (24 Frame Playback)
Tim Alexander
Visual Effects (Digital Compositors)
Harry Keramidas
Editing (Additional Editing)

William Ross
Sound (Orchestrator)
Kent Brown
Sound (Assistant Sound Editor)
Jeff Deyoe
Visual Effects (Mechanical Designer)
Nannette Rosa Collazo
Production (Unit Manager)
David Morton
Lighting (Gaffer)
Earl Sampson
Sound (Boom Operator)
Bob Putynkowski
Editing (Color Timer)
Theresa Corrao
Visual Effects (Visual Effects Coordinator)
Scot Boland
Production (Casting Associate)
Timothy Wilcox
Visual Effects (3D Artist)

Ann Druyan
Writing (Story)

Ann Druyan
Production (Co-Producer)

Michael Silvers
Sound (Dialogue Editor)
Robin L. Miller
Art (Property Master)
Ewa Sztompke
Sound (Dialogue Editor)
Barbara McBane
Sound (Dialogue Editor)

Steve Starkey
Directing (Second Unit Director)
Lindakay Brown
Sound (ADR Editor)

Bruce Moriarty
Directing (First Assistant Director)
Sue Fox
Sound (Supervising ADR Editor)
Darryl Henley
Art (Storyboard Artist)
Hope Slepak
Costume & Make-Up (Costumer)
Mary Works
Sound (Assistant Dialogue Editor)
Catherine Harper
Sound (Foley Artist)
Nigel Boyd
Costume & Make-Up (Key Costumer)
Darin Rivetti
Directing (Second Second Assistant Director)
Clifton T. Cooper
Art (Assistant Property Master)
Carl Catanese
Art (Set Buyer)
Gerardo Rosette
Costume & Make-Up (Tailor)
Christopher Casey
Art (Swing)
Charleen Richards-Steeves
Sound (ADR Mixer)
Tony Eckert
Sound (Foley Mixer)
Richard Kriegler
Art (Conceptual Illustrator)
Nina Saxon
Art (Title Designer)

Cellin Gluck
Directing (Second Assistant Director)
Cheryl Nardi
Sound (First Assistant Sound Editor)
Robin Richesson
Costume & Make-Up (Costume Illustrator)
Steve Burg
Art (Concept Artist)
Doreen Austria
Art (Graphic Designer)
William Cueto
Lighting (Assistant Chief Lighting Technician)
Charlie Bonilla
Crew (Special Effects Assistant)
Renton-Paul Medcalf
Camera (Best Boy Grip)
Mimi Medel
Visual Effects (Visual Effects Production Manager)
Clyde Miller
Camera (Assistant Camera)
Maura Alvarez
Visual Effects (Rotoscoping Artist)
Charlie Clavadetscher
Visual Effects (Matchmove Supervisor)
Nick Booth
Production (Production Assistant)
Mark Jan Wlodarkiewicz
Crew (Temp Sound Editor)
Kevin Bowe
Production (Assistant Accountant)
Robert Cable
Production (Second Assistant Accountant)

Peter Jackson
Visual Effects (Additional Visual Effects)

Michael L. Fink
Visual Effects (Senior Visual Effects Supervisor)
Primrose Fukuchi
Production (Location Assistant)
Frank D. Parrish
Camera (Second Assistant Camera)
John Nicolard
Editing (Digital Color Timer)
Bart Giovanetti
Visual Effects (Compositing Supervisor)
Kelly Granite
Visual Effects (Visual Effects Compositor)
Jeff 'Moose' Howery
Camera (Dolly Grip)
Nikki Dalmau
Production (Casting Coordinator)
J.W. Kompare
Crew (Visual Effects Editor)
Jana Lynn Gold
Editing (Assistant Editor)
Craig A. Mumma
Crew (Digital Effects Producer)
Judd Nissen
Production (Travel Coordinator)
Kristin Dehnert
Production (Assistant Location Manager)
Roland Blancaflor
Crew (Special Effects Technician)
Steven C. McGee
Lighting (Chief Lighting Technician)
Judith Bouley
Production (Additional Casting)
Mo Henry
Editing (Negative Cutter)
Carley A. Berkman
Production (Production Secretary)
Lucille OuYang
Directing (Second Assistant Director)
Jill Stokesberry
Crew (Stunts)

Kim Robert Koscki
Crew (Stunts)
Dan Plum
Crew (Stunts)
Lynn Salvatori
Crew (Stunts)

Scott Levy
Sound (Sound Recordist)