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