Cast and crew
Death Note
Directed by Adam Wingard · starring Jesse Irving, Artin John and Nat Wolff
- 18 actors
- 16 in the crew
- 2017
- 1 h 41 min
Death Note: cast and crew
Director
Actors and characters
- Actors
- 18
- Crew
- 16
- Youngest at release
- 20 yearsJessica McLeod
- Eldest at release
- 79 yearsWilliam B. Davis
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Jesse Irving Homecoming King
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Artin John Anthony Skomal
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Nat Wolff Light Turner
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LaKeith Stanfield L
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Willem Dafoe Ryuk (voice)
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Margaret Qualley Mia Sutton
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Shea Whigham James Turner
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Jason Liles Ryuk
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Paul Nakauchi Watari
The whole cast 18
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Jesse Irving Homecoming King
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Artin John Anthony Skomal
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Nat Wolff Light Turner
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LaKeith Stanfield L
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Willem Dafoe Ryuk (voice)
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Margaret Qualley Mia Sutton
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Shea Whigham James Turner
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Jason Liles Ryuk
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Paul Nakauchi Watari
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Eileen Pedde Teacher
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Jessica McLeod Teenage Girl
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Masi Oka Detective Sasaki
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Matthew Kevin Anderson Agent Young
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Michael Shamus Wiles Police Captain Russel
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Paul McGillion Principal Green
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Natalie Moon British News Anchor
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William B. Davis Radio Host
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Olena Medwid Russian News Anchor
Crew
Companies
- Production companies
- Vertical Entertainment, Lin Pictures
- Distributor in the UK
- Netflix
Questions about the cast of Death Note
- Who plays Homecoming King in Death Note?
- Jesse Irving plays Homecoming King.
- Who plays Anthony Skomal in Death Note?
- Artin John plays Anthony Skomal.
- Who plays Light Turner in Death Note?
- Nat Wolff plays Light Turner.
- Who plays L in Death Note?
- LaKeith Stanfield plays L.
- Who plays Ryuk (voice) in Death Note?
- Willem Dafoe plays Ryuk (voice).
- Who plays Mia Sutton in Death Note?
- Margaret Qualley plays Mia Sutton.
- Who directed Death Note?
- Adam Wingard.
- Who wrote Death Note?
- Charley Parlapanides, Vlas Parlapanides, Jeremy Slater and Tsugumi Ohba.
- How many actors are in Death Note?
- 18 actors are credited, and 16 people in the crew.
The cast in numbers
Willem Dafoe and Margaret Qualley have worked together on 2 other films: Kinds of Kindness (2024) and Poor Things (2023).
Nat Wolff and LaKeith Stanfield have worked together on one other film: Play Dirty (2025).
Willem Dafoe and Nat Wolff had already worked together on one film: The Fault in Our Stars (2014).
Matthew Kevin Anderson and Jesse Irving have worked together on one other film: Slayground (2027).
Shea Whigham and Natalie Moon had already worked together on one film: Star Trek: Beyond (2016).
Shea Whigham and William B. Davis have worked together on one other film: Bad Times at the El Royale (2018).
With the most films on MovieNCo: Willem Dafoe (95), Shea Whigham (43) and LaKeith Stanfield (26).
The cast’s average age at release is 38 (of the 12 actors whose birth date we know).














