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Angela Bassett as Rachel Constantine Ann Druyan as Ann Druyan Yuji Okumoto as Electrical Thomas Garner as Ian Broderick Elaina Erika Davis as Philanthropy Bureaucrat (uncredited) Matthew McConaughey as Palmer Joss Tucker Smallwood as Mission Director Geraldo Rivera as Geraldo Rivera Paul L. Nolan as Ellie's Attorney (uncredited) James Woods as Michael Kitz Delaney Williams as Believer #1 (uncredited) William Fichtner as Kent Rob Lowe as Richard Rank Marc Macaulay as NASA Technician Jeffery Thomas Johnson as Mechanical Cenk Uygur as Reporter (uncredited) Leo Lee as Major Domo Saemi Nakamura as Japanese Anchor J.A. Preston as Senator (uncredited) Geoffrey Blake as Fisher Jake Busey as Joseph Jena Malone as Young Ellie Denise Loveday as Press Secretary (uncredited) Jodie Foster as Ellie Arroway David Morse as Ted Arroway Jennifer Balgobin as Dr. Patel Aixa Clemente as President's Secretary (uncredited) Donna Kelley as Donna Kelley Haynes Brooke as Drumlin Aide Larry King as Larry King Alex Veadov as Russian Cosmonaut Bernard Shaw as Bernard Shaw Claire Shipman as Claire Shipman David St. James as Joint Chief Rob Elk as Pad Leader Robin Gammell as Project Official Neal Matarazzo as Kitz's Aide (uncredited) Bill Clinton as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Maria Celeste Arraras as Latina Anchor Ian Whitcomb as British Anchor Holly Cross Vagley as Religious Zealot (uncredited) Henry Strozier as Minister William Jordan as Chairman of Joint Chiefs Carl Gilliard as Controller (uncredited) Vance Valencia as Senator Valencia Tony Boldi as Robert Hand (uncredited) Thomas Reid as Senate Hearing (uncredited) Max Martini as Willie Geraldine A. Ferraro as Geraldine A. Ferraro Frank Silva as Army Officer (uncredited) Bryant Gumbel as Bryant Gumbel Marisa Petroro as Oval Office Secretary (uncredited) Tabitha Soren as Tabitha Soren Jay Leno as Jay Leno Ming Lo as Pod Systems Control (uncredited) Todd Thompson as News Reporter (uncredited) Catherine Dao as Life Support Boris Lee Krutonog as Astronaut (uncredited) Steven Ford as Major Russell John Hurt as S. R. Hadden Michael Albala as Decryption Hacker Dee Dee Myers as Dee Dee Myers Tom Skerritt as David Drumlin Christopher Boyer as Scientist (uncredited) Valorie Armstrong as Woman Senator Sunshine Logroño as Puerto Rican Taxi Driver (uncredited) Mak Takano as Japanese Tech #1 William L. Thomas as Reporter #6 Philippe Bergeron as French Committee Member

Tim Monich Dialect Coach Gary Archer Prosthetics Ken Ralston Senior Visual Effects Supervisor Scott Levy Sound Recordist Robert Zemeckis Director, Producer Nick Phillips Camera Operator Victoria Burrows Casting Bud Davis Stunt Coordinator Michael L. Fink Senior Visual Effects Supervisor Randy Thom Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer Bruce Moriarty First Assistant Director Deborah La Mia Denaver Makeup Artist Rick Porras Associate Producer Ann Druyan Story, Co-Producer Kim Robert Koscki Stunts François Duhamel Still Photographer Peter Jackson Additional Visual Effects Gary Rizzo Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer Jerome Chen CG Supervisor Michael Silvers Dialogue Editor Matt Aitken CG Supervisor Joanna Johnston Costume Design Jay Caputo Stunts Robert Weaver CG Artist James V. Hart Screenplay Arthur Schmidt Editor Dennis Sands Sound Re-Recording Mixer Don Burgess Director of Photography Lynda Obst Executive Producer Michael Goldenberg Screenplay Tom Johnson Sound Re-Recording Mixer Cellin Gluck Second Assistant Director William Ross Orchestrator Carl Sagan Novel, Co-Producer, Story Stephen Rosenbaum Visual Effects Supervisor Alan Silvestri Original Music Composer Steve Boeddeker Sound Effects Editor Steve Starkey Producer, Second Unit Director