Tom Skerritt David Drumlin
Matthew McConaughey Palmer Joss
Jena Malone Young Ellie
Jodie Foster Ellie Arroway
John Hurt S. R. Hadden
Max Martini Willie
Angela Bassett Rachel Constantine
Robert Zemeckis Director, Producer
Peter Jackson Additional Visual Effects
William Fichtner Kent
Rob Lowe Richard Rank
David Morse Ted Arroway
James Woods Michael Kitz
Jake Busey Joseph
Yuji Okumoto Electrical
Boris Lee Krutonog Astronaut (uncredited)
Carl Sagan Original Story, Novel, Co-Producer
Delaney Williams Believer #1 (uncredited)
Alan Silvestri Original Music Composer
Jay Leno Jay Leno
Bill Clinton Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Geraldo Rivera Geraldo Rivera
Larry King Larry King
Alex Veadov Russian Cosmonaut
Kim Robert Koscki Stunts
Steven Ford Major Russell
Jennifer Balgobin Dr. Patel
J.A. Preston Senator (uncredited)
Marisa Petroro Oval Office Secretary (uncredited)
Randy Thom Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Gary Rizzo Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Marc Macaulay NASA Technician
Geoffrey Blake Fisher
Charleen Richards-Steeves ADR Mixer
James V. Hart Screenplay
Lynda Obst Executive Producer
Leo Lee Major Domo
François Duhamel Still Photographer
Deborah La Mia Denaver Makeup Artist
Ming Lo Pod Systems Control (uncredited)
Robin Gammell Project Official
William Jordan Chairman of Joint Chiefs
Carl Gilliard Controller (uncredited)
Catherine Harper Foley Artist
Tim Monich Dialect Coach
Henry Strozier Minister
Janice Alexander Hairstylist
Tucker Smallwood Mission Director
Victoria Burrows Casting
Michael Goldenberg Screenplay
Steve Starkey Second Unit Director, Producer
Ken Ralston Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
Teresa Eckton Sound Effects Editor
Catherine Dao Life Support
Bruce Lacey Foley Editor
Michael Albala Decryption Hacker
Michael Silvers Dialogue Editor
Tom Johnson Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Joanna Johnston Costume Design
Saemi Nakamura Japanese Anchor
Bud Davis Stunt Coordinator
Ray Buffer Press Reporter (uncredited)
Valorie Armstrong Woman Senator
Todd Thompson News Reporter (uncredited)
Thomas Garner Ian Broderick
Kee-Suk 'Ken' Hahn Sequence Supervisor
Don Burgess Director of Photography
Steve Boeddeker Sound Effects Editor
Gary Archer Prosthetics
Christopher Boyer Scientist (uncredited)
Dennis Sands Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Haynes Brooke Drumlin Aide