Eleanor Ann 'Ellie' Arroway

Jodie Foster

Young Ellie

Jena Malone

Palmer Joss

Matthew McConaughey

Michael Kitz

James Woods

Fisher

Geoffrey Blake

S.R. Hadden

John Hurt

David Drumlin

Tom Skerritt

Kent Clark

William Fichtner

Vernon

Sami Chester

Ted Arroway

David Morse

Davio

Timothy McNeil

Cantina Woman

Laura Elena Surillo

Rachel Constantine

Angela Bassett

Willie

Maximilian Martini

Minister

Henry Strozier

Richard Rank

Rob Lowe

Joseph

Jake Busey

Ian Broderick

Thomas Garner

Mission Director

Tucker Smallwood

John Holliman

John Holliman

Bobbie Battista

Bobbie Battista

Jeremy Roth

Dan Gifford

Dee Dee Myers

Dee Dee Myers

Senator Valencia

Vance Valencia

Bryant Gumbel

Bryant Gumbel

Larry King

Larry King

Donna Kelley

Donna Kelley

Jay Leno

Jay Leno

Leon Harris

Leon Harris

Ann Druyan

Ann Druyan

Claire Shipman

Claire Shipman

Latina Anchor

Maria Celeste Arraras

KOB-TV Reporter

Conroy Chino

Middle Eastern Anchor

Behrooz Afrakhan

Tabitha Soren

Tabitha Soren

Michael Chaban

Geraldo Rivera

Geraldo Rivera

British Anchor

Ian Whitcomb

Michael Kitz

Jimi Woods

Japanese Anchor

Saemi Nakamura

Natalie Allen

Natalie Allen

Robert D. Novak

Robert D. Novak

Decryption Hacker

Michael Albala

Geraldine A. Ferraro

Geraldine A. Ferraro

Kathleen Kennedy

Kathleen Kennedy

Chairman of Joint Chiefs

William Jordan

Decryption Expert

Ned Netterville

Joint Chief

David St. James

Major Domo

Leo Lee

Jill Dougherty

Jill Dougherty

Drumlin Aide

Haynes Brooke

Linden Soles

Linden Soles

Major Russell

Steven Ford

Major Russell's Son

Alexander Zemeckis

French Committee Member

Philippe Bergeron

Major Russell's Daughter

Janie Peterson

Dr. Patel

Jennifer Balgobin

NASA Technician

Marc Macaulay

British Committee Member

Anthony Hamilton

NASA Public Relations

Rebecca T. Beucler

Mechanical

Jeffery Thomas Johnson

Voice of NASA (voice)

Pamela Wilsey

Electrical

Yuji Okumoto

Dynamics

Gerry Griffin

Pad Leader

Rob Elk

Communications

Brian Alston

Security

Mark Thomason

Controller #8

José Rey

New VLA Technician

Todd Patrick Breaugh

Russian Cosmonaut

Alex Veadov

Scientist

Alice Kushida

Project Official

Robin Gammell

Mission Doctor

Richardson Morse

Bernard Shaw

Bernard Shaw

Japanese Ensign

Seiji Okamura

Japanese Tech #1

Mak Takano

Japanese Tech #2

Hiroshi Tom Tanaka

Life Support

Catherine Dao

Dynamics #2

Kristoffer Ryan Winters

Woman Senator

Valorie Armstrong

Reporter #5

Jim Hild

Reporter #6

William L. Thomas

School Boy

Diego Montoya

Robert Hand

Tony Boldi

Press Reporter

Ray Buffer

Protester

Mark Byrne

Supporter

Candice T. Cain

President's Secretary

Aixa Clemente

Bill Clinton

Ailing Believer

Derrick Damions

Philanthropy Bureaucrat

Elaina Davis

Factory Worker

Joey Dente

IMC Police Officer

Michael Egan

Controller

Carl Gilliard

Adolf Hitler

Martin Luther King

Astronaut

Boris Lee Krutonog

Pod Systems Control

Ming Lo

Puerto Rican Taxi Driver

Sunshine Logroño

Richard Nixon

Ellie's Attorney

Paul L. Nolan

Oval Office Secretary

Marisa Petroro

Senator

J.A. Preston*

Franklin D. Roosevelt*

Army Officer

Frank Silva

Reporter

Cenk Uygur

Protester

Eric Alan Wendell

Believer #1

Delaney Williams

Extra

Gregory L. Williams

Walter Winchell