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
Agnes NaDene Baddoo
Orlean Dinner Guest
Paul Fortune
Orlean Dinner Guest
Paul Jasmin
Orlean Dinner Guest
Lisa Love
Orlean Dinner Guest
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
Lynn Court
Laroche’s Dad
Roger E. Fanter
Laroche’s Uncle
Sandra Lee Gimpel
Laroche’s Mom
Caron Colvett
Laroche’s Wife
Larry Krask
EMT
Ron Livingston
Marty Bowen
Brian Cox
Robert McKee
John Etter
McKee Lecture Attendee
Ray Berrios
Police Officer
Nancy Lenehan
Kaufman’s Mother
John Cusack
Self (uncredited)
Catherine Keener
Self (uncredited)
John Malkovich
Self (uncredited)
Curt Clendenin
Restaurant Customer (uncredited)
Donald Dowd
Cafe Customer (uncredited)