 | Ben Stiller als Walter Mitty |
 | Kristen Wiig als Cheryl Melhoff |
 | Sean Penn als Sean O'Connell |
 | Shirley MacLaine als Edna Mitty |
 | Adam Scott als Ted Hendricks |
 | Kathryn Hahn als Odessa Mitty |
 | Patton Oswalt als Todd Maher |
 | Adrian Martinez als Hernando |
 | Ólafur Darri Ólafsson als Helicopter Pilot |
 | Gunnar Helgason als Hotel Keeper |
 | Terence Bernie Hines als Gary Mannheim |
 | Alex Anfanger als Ted's Toner Box Associate |
 | Gary Wilmes als Walter's Dad |
 | Jon Daly als Tim Naughton |
 | Gurdeep Singh als Cab Driver |
 | Paul Fitzgerald als Don Proctor |
 | Grace Rex als Cheryl's Co-Worker |
| Amanda Naughton als Female Editor |
| Nolan Carley als Western Union Employee |
 | Joey Slotnick als Retirement Home Administrator |
| Marcus Antturi als Rich Melhoff |
 | Amy Stiller als Rich's Friend's Mom |
| Rosamund Gundmundsdottir als Ticket Agent |
 | Stuart Cornfeld als Greeland Air Passenger |
| Maariu Olsen als Rental Car Agent |
 | Makka Kleist als Bartender |
 | Þórhallur Sigurðsson als Trawler Captain |
| Ari Matthíasson als Trawler 1st Mate |
| Hendrikus Schraven als Trawler 2nd Mate |
| Finni Johannsson als Trawler 3rd Mate |
| Eysteinn Gardarsson als Zodiac Shark Resucer |
| José Alcántara als Chilean Sailor |
| Rodrigo Espinosa als Chilean Sailor |
| Seba Alón als Chilean Sailor |
| Miguel Baez-Olavarria als Chilean Sailor |
| Daniel Orellana als Chilean Sailor |
| Antonio Molina als Chilean Sailor |
 | Martin Lagos als Chilean Sailor |
| Andres Quezada als Chilean Sailor |
| Valur Snaer Hilmarsson als Skateboard Kid #1 |
| Eythor Atli Hilmarsson als Skateboard Kid #2 |
| Birgir Jarl Runarsson als Skateboard Kid #3 |
 | Kai Lennox als Phil Melhoff |
 | Conan O'Brien als Conan O'Brien |
 | Andy Richter als Andy Richter |
| Anthony Desio als Mover |
| Losang Thonden als Older Rajqawee |
| Rinjee Sherpa als Younger Rajqawee |
| Haroon Nawabi als Afghan Warlord |
| Stefan B. Onundarson als Afghan |
| Mohammed Arif Baser als Afghan |
| Mohammed Pancherri als Afghan |
| Ehsan Nawroz als Afghan |
| Steve Assil als Afghan |
| Ang Babu Sherpa als Soccer Playing Sherpa |
| Ang Gelu Sherpa als Soccer Playing Sherpa |
| Dawa Sherpa als Soccer Playing Sherpa |
| Ngima T. Sherpa als Soccer Playing Sherpa |
| Nuri Chhiri Sherpa als Soccer Playing Sherpa |
 | Lhakpa Sonam Sherpa als Soccer Playing Sherpa |
| Phurba Tashi Sherpa als Soccer Playing Sherpa |
 | Walter Mudu als TSA Skeleton #1 |
 | Liz Mikel als TSA Skeleton #2 |
 | Brian Scott McFadden als TSA Officer #1 |
 | Dion Graham als TSA Officer #2 |
 | Richard DeDomenico als Piano Wholesaler |
 | Matt Levin als Board Meeting Guy |
 | Craig 'Radioman' Castaldo als News Stand Guy |
 | George Aloi als Life Magazine Employee (uncredited) |
| Paul Bosche als Office Worker (uncredited) |
 | Jerome Brooks Jr. als Business Man (uncredited) |
| Brady Bryson als Boy in Park (uncredited) |
 | Greg Cipes als Time Life Employee (uncredited) |
 | Marmee Regine Cosico als NYC Pedestrian (uncredited) |
| Jay Ferraro als Time Life Employee (uncredited) |
| Gary Ferster als Time Life Employee (uncredited) |
 | Samantha Gelnaw als Pedestrian (uncredited) |
| Efraiem Hanna als Airline Ticket Agent (uncredited) |
 | Rosemary Howard als 1940s Winter Pedestrian (uncredited) |
| Ilan Krigsfeld als Blue Collar Worker (uncredited) |
 | Alex Kruz als Time Life Employee (uncredited) |
 | Anna Kuchma als Business Pedestrian (uncredited) |
| Dennis Lauricella als NYPD Officer (uncredited) |
 | Raymond Mamrak als Office Worker (uncredited) |
 | Jennifer Leigh Mann als Time Life Editor (uncredited) |
 | Ryan McBride als Movie Poster Boy (uncredited) |
| Ryan Nicolls als Pedestrian (uncredited) |
| Hal Panchansky als Time Life Employee (uncredited) |
| Roy Pollack als Time-Life Employee (uncredited) |
| Wes Pope als Time Life Employee (uncredited) |
 | Lil Rhee als New Yorker (uncredited) |
| Bennie Road als Construction Worker (uncredited) |
 | Shade Rupe als Pedestrian (uncredited) |
| Stephen Sapienza als Businessman (uncredited) |
| Chloe Elaine Scharf als Businessman's Daughter (uncredited) |
| Joshua Schubart als Mover (uncredited) |
 | Tara Strong als Airport Passenger (uncredited) |
| Rob Tode als Cheryl's Neighbor (uncredited) |
| Marco Torriani als Tourist (uncredited) |
| Barbara Vincent als Businesswoman (uncredited) |
 | Hynden Walch als Time Life Employee (uncredited) |
 | Kelsey Wang als Time Life Employee (uncredited) |
| Christopher Watts als Time Life Building Pedestrian (uncredited) |
| William Henderson White als Time Life Employee (uncredited) |
 | Nicole Neuman als Rachel (uncredited) |
| Dennis Rees als International Traveler (uncredited) |
| George Drakoulias | Music Supervisor |
| Ben Stiller | Director |
| Greg Hayden | Editor |
| Theodore Shapiro | Original Music Composer |
| Jeff Mann | Production Design |
| Samuel Goldwyn Jr. | Producer |
| Stuart Dryburgh | Director of Photography |
| Ben Stiller | Producer |
| Rachel Tenner | Casting |
| Stuart Cornfeld | Producer |
| Steven Conrad | Screenplay |
| John Goldwyn | Producer |
| Sarah Edwards | Costume Design |
| Michael Queen | Compositors |
| Wilson Webb | Still Photographer |
| Dan DiPrima | Music Editor |
| Nancy Allen | Music Editor |
| Lori Guidroz | Hairstylist |
| Mark Edward Wright | Visual Effects Editor |
| Regina Graves | Set Decoration |
| David Swayze | Supervising Art Director |
| Tom Reta | Art Direction |
| Áslaug Dröfn Sigurdardóttir | Key Hair Stylist |
| Dina Sliwiak | Makeup Artist |
| Paul Gebbia | Key Makeup Artist |
| Kristín Kristjánsdóttir | Key Makeup Artist |
| Suzy Mazzarese-Allison | Key Hair Stylist |
| Mandy Lyons | Hair Department Head |
| Bernadette Mazur | Makeup Artist |
| Don Kozma | Makeup Department Head |
| Evelyne Noraz | Makeup Artist |
| Harpa Haraldsdóttir | Hairstylist |
| David Cunningham | VFX Artist |
| David Davenport | Costume Supervisor |
| Tim Trella | Stunt Coordinator |
| Matt Levin | Associate Producer |
| Carla Raij | Unit Production Manager |
| G. Mac Brown | Unit Production Manager |
| David H. Venghaus Jr. | First Assistant Director |
| Peter Thorell | Second Assistant Director |
| Phil Neilson | Second Unit Director |
| Ethan Shapanka | Associate Producer |
| Kira Smith | Boom Operator |
| Danny Michael | Production Sound Mixer |
| Nils Johnson | Video Assist Operator |
| Thomas Johnston | Script Supervisor |
| William O'Leary | Gaffer |
| Craig Henighan | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Paul Urmson | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Skip Lievsay | Sound Mixer |
| Craig Henighan | Sound Mixer |
| Jason Farrar | Location Manager |
| Joseph S. Alfieri | Construction Coordinator |
| Henry Antonacchio | Head Carpenter |
| Grant Wilfley | Extras Casting |
| Frances Fiore | Unit Publicist |
| Kenton Jakub | Dialogue Editor |
| Kenton Jakub | ADR Editor |
| Eliza Paley | ADR Editor |
| Eliza Paley | Dialogue Editor |
| Gregg Swiatlowski | ADR Editor |
| Gregg Swiatlowski | Dialogue Editor |
| Rick Chefalas | Sound Editor |
| Steven Visscher | Sound Editor |
| Igor Nikolic | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Larry Zipf | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Angela Organ | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Craig Haagensen | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| John Ashton Thomas | Orchestrator |
| Peter Max | Thanks |
| Dixie Chassay | Casting Associate |
| Ainslie Thomas | VFX Artist |
| Chris Palermo | Stunts |
| Peewee Piemonte | Utility Stunts |
| Chris Cenatiempo | Stunt Driver |
| Keith Woulard | Stunts |
| Billy D. Lucas | Stunts |
| Shawnna Thibodeau | Stunts |
| Clay Cullen | Stunt Coordinator |
| Aja Frary | Stunts |
| Aaron Vexler | Stunts |
| James Thurber | Short Story |
| James Thurber | Author |
| Tom Elliott | Stunts |
| Jim Stephan | Stunts |
| Kevin Scott | Stunts |
| Scott Workman | Stunts |
| Rodney Mullen | Stunts |
| John Lyke | Stunts |
| Hugh Aodh O'Brien | Stunts |
| Jim Ford | Stunts |
| Roel Failma | Stunts |
| Scott Cosgrove | Stunts |
| Greg Fitzpatrick | Stunts |
| Nicole Callender | Stunts |
| Roy Farfel | Stunt Driver |
| Peter Epstein | Stunts |
| Mark Fichera | Stunts |
| Jalil Jay Lynch | Stunts |
| Cort Hessler | Stunt Driver |
| Dina L. Margolin | Stunts |
| Valisa Tate | Stunts |
| Brian Smyj | Stunts |
| Aaron Vexler | Stunt Driver |
| Caroline Vexler | Stunts |
| Mark Aaron Wagner | Stunt Double |
| Jimmy P. Wong | Stunt Driver |
| Daniel May Wong | Stunts |
