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

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