Nicolas Cage

Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman

Meryl Streep

Susan Orlean

Chris Cooper

John Laroche

Tilda Swinton

Valerie Thomas

Jay Tavare

Matthew Osceola

Litefoot

Russell

Roger Willie

Randy

Jim Beaver

Ranger Tony

Cara Seymour

Amelia Kavan

Doug Jones

Augustus Margary

Gary Farmer

Buster Baxley

Peter Jason

Defense Attorney

Gregory Itzin

Prosecutor

Curtis Hanson

Orlean's Husband

Lisa Love

Orlean Dinner Guest

David O. Russell

Orlean Dinner Guest

Judy Greer

Alice the Waitress

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Caroline Cunningham

Bob Stephenson

David

Bob Yerkes

Charles Darwin

Sandra Lee Gimpel

Laroche’s Mom

Ron Livingston

Marty Bowen

Brian Cox

Robert McKee

Nancy Lenehan

Kaufman’s Mother

John Cusack

John Cusack (uncredited)

Catherine Keener

Catherine Keener (uncredited)

John Malkovich

John Malkovich (uncredited)

Curt Clendenin

Restaurant Customer (uncredited)

Donald Dowd

Cafe Customer (uncredited)