Fargo: cast and crew

• Joel Coen 41 at release Also in True Grit (2010)
• Ethan Coen 38 at release Also in True Grit (2010)

Actors

11

Crew

4

Youngest at release

32 yearsJohn Carroll Lynch

Eldest at release

62 yearsHarve Presnell

• William H. Macy Jerry Lundegaard 46 at release Also in Jurassic Park III (2001)
• Steve Buscemi Carl Showalter 38 at release Also in Monsters, Inc. (2001)
• Peter Stormare Gaear Grimsrud 42 at release Also in Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (2012)
• Harve Presnell † 2009 Wade Gustafson 62 at release Also in Saving Private Ryan (1998)
• Gary Houston Irate Customer Also in Watchmen (2009)
• Steve Reevis † 2017 Shep Proudfoot 33 at release Also in Dances with Wolves (1990)
• Frances McDormand Marge Gunderson 38 at release Also in Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
• John Carroll Lynch Norm Gunderson 32 at release Also in Shutter Island (2010)
• Bruce Bohne Lou Also in Man of Steel (2013)

The whole cast 11

1. William H. Macy Jerry Lundegaard
2. Steve Buscemi Carl Showalter
3. Peter Stormare Gaear Grimsrud
4. Harve Presnell Wade Gustafson
5. Gary Houston Irate Customer
6. Steve Reevis Shep Proudfoot
7. Frances McDormand Marge Gunderson
8. John Carroll Lynch Norm Gunderson
9. Bruce Bohne Lou
10. Steve Park Mike Yanagita
11. Bruce Campbell Soap Opera Actor on TV

Production companies

Sogecine

Who plays Jerry Lundegaard in Fargo?

William H. Macy plays Jerry Lundegaard.

Who plays Carl Showalter in Fargo?

Steve Buscemi plays Carl Showalter.

Who plays Gaear Grimsrud in Fargo?

Peter Stormare plays Gaear Grimsrud.

Who plays Wade Gustafson in Fargo?

Harve Presnell plays Wade Gustafson.

Who plays Irate Customer in Fargo?

Gary Houston plays Irate Customer.

Who plays Shep Proudfoot in Fargo?

Steve Reevis plays Shep Proudfoot.

Who directed Fargo?

Joel Coen and Ethan Coen.

Who wrote Fargo?

Ethan Coen and Joel Coen.

How many actors are in Fargo?

11 actors are credited, and 4 people in the crew.

• Ethan Coen and Joel Coen have directed 15 other films together: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018), Hail, Caesar! (2016), Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) and 12 more.

• Ethan Coen and Joel Coen have worked together on 2 other films: Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) and Darkman (1990).

• Joel Coen has also directed Frances McDormand in 7 films: The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021), Hail, Caesar! (2016), Burn After Reading (2009) and 4 more.

• Joel Coen and Frances McDormand had already worked together on one film: Darkman (1990).

• Ethan Coen has also directed Frances McDormand in 6 films: Hail, Caesar! (2016), Burn After Reading (2009), The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) and 3 more.

• Ethan Coen and Frances McDormand had already worked together on one film: Darkman (1990).

• Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare have worked together on 2 other films: Armageddon (1998) and The Big Lebowski (1998).

• Steve Buscemi and William H. Macy had already worked together on one film: Barton Fink (1991).

• John Carroll Lynch and Peter Stormare have worked together on one other film: Mercury Rising (1998).

• With the most films on MovieNCo: Steve Buscemi (74), William H. Macy (47) and Peter Stormare (46).

• The cast’s average age at release is 40 (of the 9 actors whose birth date we know).