Cast and crew
Stranger Than Fiction
Directed by Marc Forster · starring Will Ferrell, Christian Stolte and Tony Hale
- 16 actors
- 2 in the crew
- 2006
- 1 h 53 min
Stranger Than Fiction: cast and crew
Director
Actors and characters
- Actors
- 16
- Crew
- 2
- Youngest at release
- 29 yearsMaggie Gyllenhaal
- Eldest at release
- 75 yearsJean-Louis Trintignant
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Will Ferrell Harold Crick
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Christian Stolte Young Boy's Father
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Tony Hale Dave
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Maggie Gyllenhaal Ana Pascal
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Emma Thompson Karen Eiffel
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Queen Latifah Penny Escher
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Tom Hulce Dr. Cayly
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Linda Hunt Dr. Mittag-Leffler
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Dustin Hoffman Professor Jules Hilbert
The whole cast 16
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Will Ferrell Harold Crick
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Christian Stolte Young Boy's Father
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Tony Hale Dave
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Maggie Gyllenhaal Ana Pascal
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Emma Thompson Karen Eiffel
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Queen Latifah Penny Escher
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Tom Hulce Dr. Cayly
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Linda Hunt Dr. Mittag-Leffler
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Dustin Hoffman Professor Jules Hilbert
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Kristin Chenoweth Book Channel Host
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Cheryl Lynn Bruce Head ER Nurse
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Frank Caeti Accident Witness
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Anouk Aimée Anne Gauthier
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John Cleese Waiter
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Terry Jones Mr. Creosote
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Jean-Louis Trintignant Jean-Louis Duroc
Crew
Writers 1
Companies
- Production companies
- Columbia Pictures, Mandate Pictures
Questions about the cast of Stranger Than Fiction
- Who plays Harold Crick in Stranger Than Fiction?
- Will Ferrell plays Harold Crick.
- Who plays Young Boy's Father in Stranger Than Fiction?
- Christian Stolte plays Young Boy's Father.
- Who plays Dave in Stranger Than Fiction?
- Tony Hale plays Dave.
- Who plays Ana Pascal in Stranger Than Fiction?
- Maggie Gyllenhaal plays Ana Pascal.
- Who plays Karen Eiffel in Stranger Than Fiction?
- Emma Thompson plays Karen Eiffel.
- Who plays Penny Escher in Stranger Than Fiction?
- Queen Latifah plays Penny Escher.
- Who directed Stranger Than Fiction?
- Marc Forster.
- Who wrote Stranger Than Fiction?
- Zach Helm.
- How many actors are in Stranger Than Fiction?
- 16 actors are credited, and 2 people in the crew.
The cast in numbers
Marc Forster had already directed Dustin Hoffman in Finding Neverland (2004).
John Cleese and Terry Jones have worked together on 7 other films: An Accidental Studio (2019), Absolutely Anything (2015), Monty Python Live (Mostly) (2014) and 4 more.
Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson have worked together on 2 other films: The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017) and Last Chance Harvey (2008).
Maggie Gyllenhaal and Emma Thompson have worked together on one other film: Nanny McPhee and The Big Bang (2010).
Will Ferrell and Kristin Chenoweth had already worked together on one film: Bewitched (2005).
Kristin Chenoweth and Tony Hale have worked together on one other film: RV (2006).
With the most films on MovieNCo: Emma Thompson (54), Dustin Hoffman (50) and Will Ferrell (47).
The cast’s average age at release is 51 (of the 15 actors whose birth date we know).

