Contact (1997)

Contact (1997)

Jodie Foster as Eleanor Arroway

Matthew McConaughey as Palmer Joss

James Woods as Michael Kitz

John Hurt as S. R. Hadden

Tom Skerritt as David Drumlin

William Fichtner as Kent Clark

David Morse as Ted Arroway

Angela Bassett as Rachel Constantine

Max Martini as Willie

Rob Lowe as Richard Rank

Jake Busey as Joseph

Jena Malone as Young Ellie

Jay Leno as Himself

David St. James as Joint Chief

Marc Macaulay as NASA Technician

Yuji Okumoto as Electrical

Alex Veadov as Russian Cosmonaut

Ming Lo as Pod Systems Control

Sunshine Logroño as Puerto Rican Taxi Driver

J.A. Preston as Senator

Geoffrey Blake as Fisher | Tucker Smallwood as Mission Director | Sami Chester as Vernon | Henry Strozier as Minister | Haynes Brooke as Drumlin Aide | Timothy McNeil as Davio | Laura Elena Surillo as Cantina Woman | Michael Chaban as Hadden Suit | Larry King as Himself | Thomas Garner as Ian Broderick | Conroy Chino as KOB-TV Reporter | Dan Gifford as Jeremy Roth | Vance Valencia as Senator Valencia | Donna Kelley as Herself | Leon Harris as Himself | Claire Shipman as Herself | Behrooz Afrakhan as Middle Eastern Anchor | Saemi Nakamura as Japanese Anchor | Maria Celeste Arraras as Latina Anchor | Tabitha Soren as Herself | Geraldo Rivera as Himself | Ian Whitcomb as British Anchor | Michael Albala as Decryption Hacker | Ned Netterville as Decryption Expert | Leo Lee as Major Domo | William Jordan as Chairman of Joint Chiefs | Steven Ford as Major Russell | Alexander Zemeckis as Major Russell's Son | Janie Peterson as Major Russell's Daughter | Philippe Bergeron as French Committee Member | Jennifer Balgobin as Dr. Patel | Anthony Hamilton as British Committee Member | Rebecca T. Beucler as NASA Public Relations | Jeffery Thomas Johnson as Mechanical | Gerry Griffin as Dynamics | Brian Alston as Communications | Rob Elk as Pad Leader | Mark Thomason as Security | José Rey as Controller #8 | Todd Patrick Breaugh as New VLA Technician | Alice Kushida as Scientist | Robin Gammell as Project Official | Richardson Morse as Mission Doctor | Seiji Okamura as Japanese Ensign | Mak Takano as Japanese Tech #1 | Hiroshi Tom Tanaka as Japanese Tech #2 | Catherine Dao as Life Support | Kristoffer Ryan Winters as Dynamics #2 | Valorie Armstrong as Senator | Jim Hild as Reporter #5 | William L. Thomas as Reporter #6 | Diego Montoya as School Boy | Jonathan Adler as White House Official | Robert Aguilar Jr. as NASA Controller #2 | Mark Bailey as Four-Star General | Matt Bennett as Senate Observer | Tony Boldi as Robert Hand | Christopher Boyer as Scientist | Mark Byrne as Protester | Candice T. Cain as Supporter | Aixa Clemente as President's Secretary | Derrick Damions as Ailing Believer | Elaina Erika Davis as Philanthropy Bureaucrat | Joey Dente as Factory Worker | Michael Egan as IMC Police Officer | Jeff Elmore as Monk | Carl Gilliard as Controller | William B. Kaplan as TV Interviewer | Denise Loveday as Press Secretary | Neal Matarazzo as Kitz's Aide | Cassidy McMillan as Student Reporter at NASA | Molly Mueller as Family Exchange | Paul L. Nolan as Ellie's Attorney | Marisa Petroro as Oval Office Secretary | Errica Poindexter as Police Officer | Frank Principe as Ailing Believer | Leo Rogstad as Ailing Believer | Russell Sanderlin Sr. as Photographer | Frank Silva as Army Officer | John A. Taylor as Senate Hearing Attendee | Todd Thompson as News Reporter | Cenk Uygur as Reporter | Holly Cross Vagley as Religious Zealot | Eric Alan Wendell as Protester | Director  : Robert Zemeckis | Producer  : Robert Zemeckis | Producer  : Steve Starkey | Executive Producer  : Lynda Obst | Executive Producer  : Joan Bradshaw |