Charlie Kaufman/Donald Kaufman

Nicolas Cage

Susan Orlean

Meryl Streep

John Laroche

Chris Cooper

Valerie

Tilda Swinton

Amelia Kavan

Cara Seymour

Robert McKee

Brian Cox

Matthew Osceola

Jay Tavare

Alice the Waitress

Judy Greer

Caroline

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Russell

Litefoot

Randy

Roger Willie

Marty Bowen

Ron Livingston

Ranger Tony

Jim Beaver

Augustus Margary

Doug Jones

Ranger Steve Neely (scenes deleted)

Stephen Tobolowsky

Defense Attorney

Peter Jason

Buster Baxley

Gary Farmer

Orlean's Husband

Curtis Hanson

Russell

G. Paul Davis

Prosecutor

Gregory Itzin

Orlean Dinner Guest

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

Agnes Badoo

Orlean Dinner Guest

David O. Russell

David

Bob Stephenson

Charles Darwin

Bob Yerkes

Laroche’s Dad

Lynn Court

Laroche’s Uncle

Roger E. Fanter

Laroche’s Mom

Sandra Lee Gimpel

Laroche’s Wife

Caron Colvett

EMT

Larry Krask

McKee Lecture Attendee

John Etter

Police Officer

Ray Berrios

Kaufman’s Mother

Nancy Lenehan

Himself (uncredited)

John Malkovich

Himself (uncredited)

John Cusack

Himself (uncredited)

Lance Acord

Herself (uncredited)

Catherine Keener