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

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