On screen
Cast
38 credited performers
Henry Thomas
Elliott
Drew Barrymore
Gertie
Robert MacNaughton
Michael
Peter Coyote
Keys
Dee Wallace
Mary
Erika Eleniak
Pretty Girl
K.C. Martel
Greg
C. Thomas Howell
Tyler
Sean Frye
Steve
Artwork unavailable
David M. O'Dell
Schoolboy
Artwork unavailable
Richard Swingler
Science Teacher
Artwork unavailable
Frank Toth
Policeman
Artwork unavailable
Robert Barton
Ultra Sound Man
Artwork unavailable
Michael Darrell
Van Man
Artwork unavailable
David Berkson
Medical Unit
Artwork unavailable
David Carlberg
Medical Unit
Milt Kogan
Medical Unit
Artwork unavailable
Alexander Lampone
Medical Unit
Artwork unavailable
Rhoda Makoff
Medical Unit
Artwork unavailable
Robert D. Murphy
Medical Unit
Artwork unavailable
Richard Pesavento
Medical Unit
Artwork unavailable
Tom Sherry
Medical Unit
Artwork unavailable
Susan Cameron
Medical Unit
Artwork unavailable
Will Fowler, Jr.
Medical Unit
Artwork unavailable
Barbara Hartnett
Medical Unit
Artwork unavailable
Diane Lampone
Medical Unit
Mary Stein
Medical Unit
Mitch Suskin
Medical Unit
Ted Grossman
Government Agent (uncredited)
James Kahn
Mustachioed Medical Unit Member Who Confirms E.T.'s Death (uncredited)
Anne Lockhart
Nurse (uncredited)
Melissa Mathison
Elliot's School Nurse (uncredited)
Debra Winger
Nurse Zombie Carrying Poodle (uncredited)
Michael Lepre
Pizza Man (uncredited)
Alex Daniels
Federal Agent in Car Chase (uncredited)
Artwork unavailable
Chuck Riley
Narrator of Theatrical Trailer (uncredited)
Quinn Smith
Kid 3 (uncredited)
Casey Kasem
Himself (Uncredited) (Voice on Archival Footage)