 | Bill Murray als Steve Zissou |
 | Owen Wilson als Ned Plimpton |
 | Cate Blanchett als Jane Winslett-Richardson |
 | Anjelica Huston als Eleanor Zissou |
 | Willem Dafoe als Klaus Daimler |
 | Jeff Goldblum als Alistair Hennessey |
 | Michael Gambon als Oseary Drakoulias |
 | Noah Taylor als Vladimir Wolodarsky |
 | Bud Cort als Bill Ubell |
 | Seu Jorge als Pelé dos Santos |
 | Robyn Cohen als Anne-Marie Sakowitz |
 | Waris Ahluwalia als Vikram Ray |
 | Niels Koizumi als Bobby Ogata |
 | Pawel Wdowczak als Renzo Pietro |
 | Matthew Gray Gubler als Nico the Intern |
 | Seymour Cassel als Esteban du Plantier |
| Antonio Monda als Festival Director |
| Isabella Blow als Antonia Cook |
| James Hamilton als Festival Photographer |
| Melanie Gerren als Mandeeza |
| Nazzareno Piana als Elderly Man |
| Rudd Simmons als Man in Yellow Shirt |
| Leonardo Giovannelli als Werner |
| Henry S. F. Cooper Jr. als Talk Show Host |
 | Pietro Ragusa als Academic |
 | Eric Chase Anderson als Air Kentucky Pilot |
| Robert Wilson als Air Kentucky Pilot |
| Don McKinnon als Air Kentucky Pilot |
| Alessio Santini als University of North Alaska Intern |
| Paolo Sirignani als University of North Alaska Intern |
| Andrew Weisell als University of North Alaska Intern |
 | Niccolò Senni als University of North Alaska Intern |
| Andrea Guerra als University of North Alaska Intern |
| Christiano Irrera als University of North Alaska Intern |
| Marco Ciarlitto als University of North Alaska Intern |
| Tony Shafrazi als Larry Amin |
 | Noah Baumbach als Phillip |
| Stefano Maria Ortolani als Italian Man in Audience |
| Sylvie Genin als French Woman in Audience |
 | Jacques Henri Lartigue als Lord Mandrake |
| Muzius Gordon Dietzmann als Javier |
| Gangyuan Xu als Cedric |
| Robin Scott als Hugo |
| Guglielmo Casciaro als Carl |
| Alessandro De Angelis als Hennessey Sailor |
| Andrea Bertone als Hennessey Sailor |
| Andriy Kachur als Hennessey Sailor |
| Roberto Salvi als Hennessey Sailor |
 | Stefano Masciolini als Hennessey Sailor |
| Robert Sommer als Party Guest |
 | Anna Orso als Party Guest |
 | Ettore Conti als Party Guest |
| Robert Graham als Venezuelan General |
 | Hal Yamanouchi als Chief Pirate |
| Conrado Mendoza Dolor als Pirate |
| Eduardo Bautista Grantuza als Pirate |
| Simeon Maragigak Agelion als Pirate |
| Walter Cajapao Casapao als Pirate |
| Honorato Ilao Reyes als Pirate |
| Roderick Magbay als Pirate |
| Demetreo Castillo als Pirate |
| Thomas Carwgal de la Pena als Pirate |
| Edwarren Bantungon als Pirate |
| Levi Mickael de Ramon als Pirate |
| Aries Corales als Pirate |
| Aries Dolor Ilagon als Pirate |
| Joseph de los Reyes als Pirate |
| Dennis Rayos Martinez als Pirate |
| Tatyo Yamanouchi als Pirate |
| Wai Tung Wong als Pirate |
| Ging Fang Zhu als Pirate |
| Francis Dokyi als Water Taxi Driver |
| Begni Bok Dong als Young Ogata |
| Daniel Acon als Former Team Zissou, Antarctica |
| Alexander Hamilton als Former Team Zissou, Antarctica |
 | Erminio Bianchi Fasani als Man at the Gala Premiere (uncredited) |
 | Taiyo Yamanouchi als Pirate |
| Noah Baumbach | Screenplay |
| Scott Rudin | Producer |
| Wes Anderson | Screenplay |
| Robert D. Yeoman | Director of Photography |
| Wes Anderson | Director |
| David Moritz | Editor |
| Rudd Simmons | Executive Producer |
| Mark Mothersbaugh | Original Music Composer |
| Milena Canonero | Costume Design |
| Stefano Maria Ortolani | Art Direction |
| Marco Trentini | Art Direction |
| Wes Anderson | Producer |
| Mark Friedberg | Production Design |
| Eugenio Ulissi | Art Direction |
| Barry Mendel | Producer |
| Gretchen Rau | Set Decoration |
| Douglas Aibel | Casting |
| Mike Cachuela | Editorial Manager |
| Justin Kohn | Animation |
| Martin Meunier | Animation Supervisor |
| Enzo Sisti | Co-Producer |
| Randall Poster | Music Supervisor |
| Henry Selick | Animation |
| Sam Hoffman | First Assistant Director |
| Inti Carboni | First Assistant Director |
| Simonetta Valentini | Second Assistant Director |
| Jeremy Dawson | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Roman Coppola | Second Unit Director |
| Daniel R. Padgett | Additional Editor |
| Kristine Moran | Set Dresser |
| Annemarie van de Mond | Script Supervisor |
| Manuela Cacciamani | Assistant Unit Manager |
| Vito Colazzo | Unit Production Manager |
| Federico Foti | Unit Manager |
| Pawel Wdowczak | Sound Mixer |
| Dan Beers | Associate Producer |
| Franco Maria Salamon | Stunt Coordinator |
| Heba Thorisdottir | Makeup Artist |
| Vincenzo Mastrantonio | Makeup Artist |
| Gray Marshall | Visual Effects |
| Simona Migliotti | Art Direction |
| Giacomo Caló Carducci | Art Direction |
| Saverio Sammali | Assistant Art Director |
| Nazzareno Piana | Assistant Art Director |
| Maria Teresa Barbasso | Assistant Art Director |
| Giulia Chiara Crugnola | Assistant Art Director |
| Phred Palmer | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Roberta Federico | Set Designer |
| Nancy St. John | Visual Effects Producer |
| Margaux Mackay | Visual Effects Producer |
| Henrik Fett | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Mark Driscoll | Visual Effects Producer |
| David Giammarco | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Scott A. Jennings | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Gregory H. Watkins | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| David Giammarco | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Kevin E. Carpenter | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| David Ambrosi | Stunt Double |
| Giorgio Antonini | Stunt Double |
| Paolo Antonini | Stunt Double |
| Mauro Balmas | Stunts |
| Danilo Capuzi | Stunt Double |
| Enrico Cerabino | Stunt Double |
| Gionata Marzeddu | Utility Stunts |
| Alessandro Novelli | Stunt Double |
| Emiliano Novelli | Stunt Double |
| Sandy Hamilton | Property Master |
| Pete Romano | Underwater Director of Photography |
| Philippe Antonello | Still Photographer |
| Tommaso Mele | Key Grip |
| Frances Hannon | Makeup & Hair |
| Emanuel Millar | Hairstylist |
| Maria Teresa Corridoni | Key Hair Stylist |
| Rosa Luciani | Hairstylist |
| Gino Tamagnini | Key Makeup Artist |
| Norma Marie Mascia | Production Coordinator |
| Edoardo Ferretti | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Edoardo Petti | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Jim Dunbar | Music Coordinator |
| Marcostavros Maggi | Camera Loader |
| Silvia Riolo | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| Stefania Sisti | Production Secretary |
| Francesco Motolese | Sculptor |
| Alessandra Querzola | Leadman |
| Chiara Balducci | Leadman |
| Alessia Anfuso | Draughtsman |
| Priscilla Rossi | Leadman |
| Priscilla Rossi | Draughtsman |
| Briseide Siciliano | Draughtsman |
| Antonio Fraulo | Assistant Property Master |
| Marzio Bardi | Assistant Property Master |
| Bernadino Nardoni | Construction Coordinator |
| Jason Stuart Cologgi | Boom Operator |
| Carlo Vinciguerra | Gaffer |
| Giovanni Tancredi | Best Boy Electric |
| Danilo Di Palma | Electrician |
| Simone Lucchetti | Electrician |
| Marco Contaldo | Rigging Gaffer |
| Claudio Del Gobbo | Dolly Grip |
| Giorgio Pezzotti | Grip |
| Stefano Di Pasquali | Grip |
| Sergio Faina | Rigging Grip |
| Francesca Brunori | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Rossano Marchi | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Annie Yun | Costume Assistant |
| Johanna Bronner | Set Costumer |
| Claudio Manzi | Set Costumer |
| Bojana Nikitović | Set Costumer |
| Maria Pia Rossi | Set Costumer |
| Barbara Adducci | Costume Coordinator |
| Stephanie Holbrook | Casting Associate |
| Jana Carboni | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Katia Sisto | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Enrico Iacoponi | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Maurizio Damiani | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Francesco Scaramella | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Gina Zappala | Assistant Editor |
| Lucas Borghi | Assistant Editor |
| Jennifer Hatton | Assistant Editor |
| Mary Beth Smith | Negative Cutter |
| Enrico Latella | Location Manager |
| Erik Paoletti | Location Manager |
| Andrea Passalacqua | Location Manager |
| Maurizio Baratella | Assistant Location Manager |
| Nicola Fedrigoni | Assistant Location Manager |
| Marco Olivieri | Assistant Location Manager |
| Matteo von Normann | Assistant Location Manager |
| Stefano Falivene | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Luigi Spoletini | Second Unit First Assistant Director |
| Eugene Rizzo | Unit Publicist |
| Daniele Abeille | Transportation Coordinator |
| Massimiliano Rocchetti | Transportation Captain |
| David V. Butler | Dialogue Editor |
| Kim Drummond | Dialogue Editor |
| Jonathan Klein | Sound Effects Editor |
| Michael O'Farrell | Sound Effects Editor |
| Wayne Griffin | ADR Supervisor |
| Joe Schiff | First Assistant Sound Editor |
| Rupert Nadeau | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Andy Malcolm | Foley Artist |
| Goro Koyama | Foley Artist |
| Don White | Foley Mixer |
| Ron Mellegers | Foley Mixer |
| Anna Malkin | Foley Recordist |
| Thomas J. O'Connell | ADR Mixer |
| Rick Canelli | ADR Recordist |
| Gary Ritchie | Sound Recordist |
| Kathy McCart | Sound Recordist |
| Richard Henderson | Music Editor |
| Christopher Guardino | Orchestrator |
| Gianpaolo Majorana | Best Boy Grip |
| Seu Jorge | Songs |
| David Bowie | Songs |
| Arianne Sutner | Animation |
