Searching for Bobby Fischer

R.D. Reid as Final Tournament Director Hal Scardino as Morgan Josh Kornbluth as Chess Club Regular Max Pomeranc as Josh Waitzkin Joan Allen as Bonnie Waitzkin Tony Shalhoub as Chess Club Member John Bourgeois as Gym Parent William H. Macy as Tunafish Father Vasek Simek as Russian Park Player Austin Pendleton as Asa Hoffman Tom McGowan as Reporter Robert Stephens as Poe's Teacher Laura Linney as School Teacher Maria Ricossa as Gym Parent Anthony Heald as Fighting Parent Josh Mostel as Chess Club Regular Bobby Fischer as Himself (archive footage) Joe Mantegna as Fred Waitzkin Ben Kingsley as Bruce Pandolfini David Paymer as Kalev Tony De Santis as Jounalist Caroline Yeager as Screaming Mom Laurence Fishburne as Vinnie Dan Hedaya as Tournament Director Steven Randazzo as Man of Many Signals

Steven Zaillian Director, Screenplay Jonathan Filley Unit Production Manager William Horberg Producer Avy Kaufman Casting Julie Weiss Costume Designer Scott Rudin Producer Sydney Pollack Executive Producer James Horner Original Music Composer