 | Ethan Hawke als Jesse |
 | Julie Delpy als Celine |
 | Wiley Wiggins als Main Character |
 | Bill Wise als Boat Car Guy |
 | Alex Jones als Man in Car with P.A. |
 | Steven Soderbergh als Interviewed on Television |
 | Ken Webster als Bartender |
 | Charles Gunning als Angry Man in Jail |
 | Lorelei Linklater als Young Girl Playing Paper Game |
 | Trevor Jack Brooks als Young Boy Playing Paper Game |
| Glover Gill als Accordion Player |
| Lara Hicks als Violin Player |
| Ames Asbell als Viola Player |
| Leigh Mahoney als Viola Player |
| Sara Nelson als Cello Player |
| Jeanine Attaway als Piano Player |
| Erik Grostick als Bass Player |
| Robert C. Solomon als Philosophy Professor |
 | Kim Krizan als Self |
| Eamonn Healy als Shape-Shifting Man |
| J.C. Shakespeare als Burning Man |
| David Sosa als Self |
| Otto Hofmann als Self |
| Aklilu Gebrewold als Self |
| Carol Dawson als Coffee Shop Chatter |
| Lisa Moore als Coffee Shop Chatter |
| Steve Fitch als Chimpanzee |
| Louis Mackey als Self |
| Alex Nixon als Man Writing a Novel at the Bar |
| Violet Nichols als Woman Talking to the Novel Writer |
 | Steven Prince als Man Talking to the Bartender |
| Mary McBay als Woman on TV |
| Kregg A. Foote als Man on TV |
| Jason T. Hodge als Man with the Long Hair |
 | Guy Forsyth als Self |
| John Christensen als Guy Talking about Turning the Light on in Dreams |
 | Caveh Zahedi als Self |
| David Jewell als Man Talking to Caveh |
 | Adam Goldberg als One of Four Men |
 | Nicky Katt als One of Four Men |
 | Jason Liebrecht als One of Four Men |
| Brent Green als One of Four Men |
| RC Whittaker als Man on the Lamppost |
| Hymie Samuelson als Mr. Debord |
| David Martinez als Man on the Train |
| Ryan Power als Self / Young Disappearing Guy |
| Tiana Hux als Soap Opera Woman |
 | Timothy "Speed" Levitch als Self |
 | Steve Brudniak als Goatee Man |
| Marta Banda als Friendly Girl |
| Charles Murdock als Old Man |
 | Mona Lee Fultz als Quiet Woman at Restaurant |
| Edith Mannix als Older Artist in the Park |
| Bess Cox als Old Woman Sitting for a Portrait |
 | Louis Black als Kierkegaard Disciple |
 | Richard Linklater als Pinball Playing Man / Man on Back of Boat |
| Kierstin Cunnington als Goth Girl (uncredited) |
| Richard Linklater | Screenplay |
| Tommy Pallotta | Producer |
| Jonah Smith | Producer |
| Anne Walker-McBay | Producer |
| Palmer West | Producer |
| Caroline Kaplan | Executive Producer |
| Jonathan Sehring | Executive Producer |
| John Sloss | Executive Producer |
| Glover Gill | Original Music Composer |
| Richard Linklater | Director of Photography |
| Tommy Pallotta | Director of Photography |
| Sandra Adair | Editor |
| Richard Linklater | Director |
| Larry Blake | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Lizzie Curry Martinez | Casting |
| Bob Sabiston | Art Direction |
| Patrick Lindenmaier | Post Production Supervisor |
| Ethan Andrus | Sound Mixer |
| Gregg Barbanell | Foley Artist |
| Wayne Bell | Sound Mixer |
| Wayne Bell | Sound Editor |
| Mike Brennan | Boom Operator |
| Matt Coby | Sound Re-Recording Assistant |
| Cathy Crane | Sound Assistant |
| Jay Gallagher | Sound Re-Recording Assistant |
| Tom Hammond | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Tom Hammond | Sound Designer |
| Tom Hammond | Sound Supervisor |
| Bryan Pennington | Dolby Consultant |
| Jason Piatt | Foley Recordist |
| Bobby Sargent | Stunts |
| Jeff Schwan | Stunts |
| Arthur Blum | Grip |
| Matt Fliehler | Grip |
| Jason Archer | Animation |
| Paul Beck | Animation |
| John Bruch | Animation |
| Jean Caffeine | Animation |
| Zoe Charlton | Animation |
| Randy Cole | Animation |
| Jennifer Deutrom | Animation |
| Kate Dollenmayer | Animation |
| Rahab El Ewaly | Animation |
| Pat Falconer | Animation |
| Dan Gillotte | Animation |
| Nathan Jensen | Animation |
| Matthew Langland | Animation |
| Mike Layne | Animation |
| Travis Lindquist | Animation |
| Chris Minley | Animation |
| Katy O'Connor | Animation |
| John Paul | Animation |
| Shannon Pearson | Animation |
| Eric Power | Animation |
| Bob Sabiston | Animation |
| Holly Sabiston | Animation |
| Susan Sabiston | Animation |
| Katie Salen | Animation |
| Divya Srinivasan | Animation |
| Patrick Thornton | Animation |
| Penny Van Horn | Animation |
| Mary Varn | Animation |
| Rosie Weaver | Animation |
| Wiley Wiggins | Animation |
| Constance Wood | Animation |
| Lindsay Doleshal | Casting Assistant |
| Julia Halperin | Casting Assistant |
| Charlotte Wood | Casting Assistant |
| Peter Atherton | Location Manager |
| Sara Johnson | Post Production Assistant |
| Courtney Fitzgerald | Editorial Production Assistant |
| Aliza Gold | Editorial Production Assistant |
| Nancy Higgins | Editorial Production Assistant |
| Andrea Van Metter | Editorial Production Assistant |
| Ames Asbell | Musician |
| Jeanine Attaway | Musician |
| Guy Forsyth | Musician |
| Glover Gill | Musician |
| Erik Grostick | Musician |
| Lara Hicks | Musician |
| Leigh Mahoney | Musician |
| Sara Nelson | Musician |
| Laine Bateman | Production Assistant |
| Dave Bennett | Production Accountant |
| Paul Brennan | Legal Services |
| Matthew Cook | Intern |
| Erin Ferguson | Production Coordinator |
| Jennifer Gaylord | Legal Services |
| Scot Markland | Craft Service |
| Morgan Miles | Production Accountant |
| John Sloss | Legal Services |
| Kelly Williams | Production Assistant |
