On screen
Cast
39 credited performers
Nicolas Cage
Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman
Meryl Streep
Susan Orlean
Chris Cooper
John Laroche
Tilda Swinton
Valerie Thomas
Jay Tavare
Matthew Osceola
Litefoot
Russell
Roger Willie
Randy
Jim Beaver
Ranger Tony
Cara Seymour
Amelia Kavan
Doug Jones
Augustus Margary
Gary Farmer
Buster Baxley
Peter Jason
Defense Attorney
Gregory Itzin
Prosecutor
Curtis Hanson
Orlean's Husband
Artwork unavailable
Agnes NaDene Baddoo
Orlean Dinner Guest
Artwork unavailable
Paul Fortune
Orlean Dinner Guest
Artwork unavailable
Paul Jasmin
Orlean Dinner Guest
Lisa Love
Orlean Dinner Guest
Artwork unavailable
Wendy Mogel
Orlean Dinner Guest
David O. Russell
Orlean Dinner Guest
Judy Greer
Alice the Waitress
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Caroline Cunningham
Bob Stephenson
David
Bob Yerkes
Charles Darwin
Artwork unavailable
Lynn Court
Laroche’s Dad
Artwork unavailable
Roger E. Fanter
Laroche’s Uncle
Sandra Lee Gimpel
Laroche’s Mom
Artwork unavailable
Caron Colvett
Laroche’s Wife
Artwork unavailable
Larry Krask
EMT
Ron Livingston
Marty Bowen
Brian Cox
Robert McKee
Artwork unavailable
John Etter
McKee Lecture Attendee
Artwork unavailable
Ray Berrios
Police Officer
Nancy Lenehan
Kaufman’s Mother
John Cusack
John Cusack (uncredited)
Catherine Keener
Catherine Keener (uncredited)
John Malkovich
John Malkovich (uncredited)
Curt Clendenin
Restaurant Customer (uncredited)
Donald Dowd
Cafe Customer (uncredited)