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

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