Richard Dreyfuss

Roy Neary

François Truffaut

Claude Lacombe

Teri Garr

Ronnie Neary

Melinda Dillon

Jillian Guiler

Bob Balaban

David Laughlin

J. Patrick McNamara

Project Leader

Warren J. Kemmerling

Wild Bill

Roberts Blossom

Farmer

Phil Dodds

ARP Musician

Cary Guffey

Barry Guiler

Shawn Bishop

Brad Neary

Adrienne Campbell

Sylvia Neary

Justin Dreyfuss

Toby Neary

Lance Henriksen

Robert

Merrill Connally

Team Leader

Amy Douglass

Implantee

Gene Dynarski

Ike

Carl Weathers

Military Policeman

Norman Bartold

Norman Bartold

F.J. O'Neil

ARP Project Member

Hal Barwood

Returnee #2 Flt. 19

Matthew Robbins

Returnee #3 Flt. 19

Gene Rader

Hawker

Daniel Nunez

Federale

Chuy Franco

Federale

Luis Contreras

Federale

Galen Thompson

Special Forces

John Dennis Johnston

Special Forces

Robert Broyles

Dirty Tricks #3

George DiCenzo

Major Benchley

Alexander Lockwood

Implantee

Josef Sommer

Larry Butler

Bill Thurman

Air Traffic

James Keane

Radio Telescope Team

Philip Dodds

Jean Claude

Mary Gafrey

Mrs. Harris

Michael J. Dyer

Himself

Roger Ernest

Highway Patrolman

Randy Hermann

Returnee #1 Flt. 19

David Anderson

Air Traffic Controller

Richard L. Hawkins

Air Traffic Controller

Craig Shreeve

Air Traffic

Roy E. Richards

Air East Pilot

Eumenio Blanco

Federale

Dennis McMullen

Radio Telescope Team

Cy Young

Radio Telescope Team

Tom Howard

Radio Telescope Team

Richard Stuart

Truck Dispatcher

Bob Westmoreland

Load Dispatcher

Matt Emery

Support Leader

John Ewing

Dirty Tricks #1

Kirk Raymond

Dirty Tricks #4

Keith Atkinson

Dirty Tricks #2

Monty Jordan

Special Forces Commander / Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)

Basil Hoffman

Longly (uncredited)

Stephen Powers

UN Observer (uncredited)

J. Allen Hynek

Man Smoking Pipe at Landing Site (uncredited)

Howard K. Smith

Howard K. Smith (uncredited)

Steven Spielberg

Director

Clark L. Paylow

Producer

Julia Phillips

Producer

Michael Phillips

Producer

John Williams

Original Music Composer

Vilmos Zsigmond

Director of Photography

Michael Kahn

Editor

Shari Rhodes

Casting

Juliet Taylor

Casting

Joe Alves

Production Design

Daniel A. Lomino

Art Direction

Phil Abramson

Set Decoration

Steven Spielberg

Writer

Edie Panda

Hairdresser

Bob Westmoreland

Makeup Supervisor

Charles Myers

Assistant Director

Jim Bloom

Second Assistant Director

Bill Parks

Construction Manager

Sam Gordon

Property Master

Robert 'Buzz' Knudson

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Stephen Katz

Sound Supervisor

Jack Schrader

Supervising Dialogue Editor

Steven Poster

Second Unit Director of Photography

John A. Alonzo

Additional Director of Photography

László Kovács

Additional Director of Photography

Harry Moreau

Animation

Robert Swarthe

Animation Supervisor

Richard Yuricich

VFX Director of Photography

Peggy Rosson

Production Accountant

Joyce Goldberg

Production Secretary

Carol Bidault de L'Isle

Production Assistant

Gail Siemers

Production Secretary

George Jenson

Production Illustrator

Don MacDougall

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Buddy Joe Hooker

Stunt Coordinator

Kenneth Wannberg

Music Editor

Charlsie Bryant

Script Supervisor

Frank E. Warner

Supervising Sound Effects Editor

Earl Gilbert

Gaffer

Nick McLean

Camera Operator

Pete Turner

Still Photographer

Peter Sorel

Still Photographer

Jim Coe

Still Photographer

Murray Weissman

Publicist

Al Ebner

Publicist

Joe O'Har

Location Manager

Richard Oswald

Sound

J. Allen Hynek

Production Consultant

Henry Kingi

Stunt Driver

Craig R. Baxley

Stunt Driver

Denny Arnold

Stunts

Bobby Bass

Stunts

Jerry Brutsche

Stunt Driver

Jeannie Epper

Stunts

Melvin Jones

Stunts

Monty Jordan

Utility Stunts

Stephen Powers

Stunts

Dan Perri

Title Designer

Douglas Trumbull

Visual Effects Director

Carlo Rambaldi

Visual Effects