Steven Spielberg Director, Writer
Richard Dreyfuss Roy Neary
Lance Henriksen Robert
Carl Weathers Military Policeman
Roberts Blossom Farmer
Bob Balaban David Laughlin
Shari Rhodes Casting
George DiCenzo Major Benchley
Teri Garr Ronnie Neary
Melinda Dillon Jillian Guiler
Frank E. Warner Supervising Sound Effects Editor
Josef Sommer Larry Butler
Buddy Joe Hooker Stunt Coordinator
Joe Alves Production Design
John Williams Original Music Composer
Robert 'Buzz' Knudson Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Daniel A. Lomino Art Direction
Henry Kingi Stunt Driver
Jeannie Epper Stunts
László Kovács Additional Director of Photography
Matthew Robbins Returnee #3 Flt. 19
James Keane Radio Telescope Team
Carlo Rambaldi Visual Effects
Michael Kahn Editor
Basil Hoffman Longly (uncredited)
Nick McLean Camera Operator
Melvin Jones Stunts
François Truffaut Claude Lacombe
Douglas Trumbull Visual Effects Director
Cary Guffey Barry Guiler
Bobby Bass Stunts
Luis Contreras Federale
John A. Alonzo Additional Director of Photography
Juliet Taylor Casting
Kenneth Wannberg Music Editor
Norman Bartold Norman Bartold
Alexander Lockwood Implantee
Gene Dynarski Ike
Bill Thurman Air Traffic
Dan Perri Title Designer
Peter Sorel Still Photographer
Monty Jordan Special Forces Commander / Helicopter Pilot (uncredited), Utility Stunts
Denny Arnold Stunts
Warren J. Kemmerling Wild Bill
George Jenson Production Illustrator
Richard Yuricich VFX Director of Photography
J. Patrick McNamara Project Leader
Eumenio Blanco Federale
Jerry Brutsche Stunt Driver
Steven Poster Second Unit Director of Photography
John Dennis Johnston Special Forces
Craig R. Baxley Stunt Driver
Charles Myers Assistant Director
Hal Barwood Returnee #2 Flt. 19
Don MacDougall Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Matt Emery Support Leader
Michael Phillips Producer
Sam Gordon Property Master
Charlsie Bryant Script Supervisor
Earl Gilbert Gaffer
Jim Bloom Second Assistant Director
Tom Howard Radio Telescope Team
David Anderson Air Traffic Controller
Robert Broyles Dirty Tricks #3
Vilmos Zsigmond Director of Photography
Julia Phillips Producer
Howard K. Smith Howard K. Smith (uncredited)
Richard L. Hawkins Air Traffic Controller
Clark L. Paylow Producer
Justin Dreyfuss Toby Neary
Amy Douglass Implantee
Richard Oswald Sound