Sweet Home Alabama: cast and crew

• Andy Tennant Also in Grease (1978)

Actors

19

Crew

3

Youngest at release

8 yearsDakota Fanning

Eldest at release

59 yearsFred Ward

• Nathan Lee Graham Frederick Montana 34 at release Also in Hitch (2005)
• Reese Witherspoon Melanie Smooter 26 at release Also in Water for Elephants (2011)
• Josh Lucas Jake Perry 31 at release Also in J. Edgar (2011)
• Patrick Dempsey Andrew Hennings 36 at release Also in Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
• Candice Bergen Mayor Kate Hennings 56 at release Also in Bride Wars (2009)
• Mary Kay Place Pearl Smooter 55 at release Also in Shrek Forever After (2010)
• Fred Ward † 2022 Earl Smooter 59 at release Also in 2 Guns (2013)
• Jean Smart Stella Kay Perry 51 at release Also in Life as We Know It (2010)
• Ethan Embry Bobby Ray 24 at release Also in Eagle Eye (2008)

The whole cast 19

1. Nathan Lee Graham Frederick Montana
2. Reese Witherspoon Melanie Smooter
3. Josh Lucas Jake Perry
4. Patrick Dempsey Andrew Hennings
5. Candice Bergen Mayor Kate Hennings
6. Mary Kay Place Pearl Smooter
7. Fred Ward Earl Smooter
8. Jean Smart Stella Kay Perry
9. Ethan Embry Bobby Ray
10. Melanie Lynskey Lurlynn
11. Courtney Gains Sheriff Wade
12. Mary Lynn Rajskub Dorothea
13. Rhona Mitra Tabatha Wadmore-Smith
14. Sean Bridgers Eldon
15. Kevin Sussman Barry Lowenstein
16. Dakota Fanning Young Melanie
17. Michelle Krusiec Pan
18. Sarah Baker Dix
19. Colin Ford Clinton Jr.

Production companies

Touchstone Pictures, Original Film

Who plays Frederick Montana in Sweet Home Alabama?

Nathan Lee Graham plays Frederick Montana.

Who plays Melanie Smooter in Sweet Home Alabama?

Reese Witherspoon plays Melanie Smooter.

Who plays Jake Perry in Sweet Home Alabama?

Josh Lucas plays Jake Perry.

Who plays Andrew Hennings in Sweet Home Alabama?

Patrick Dempsey plays Andrew Hennings.

Who plays Mayor Kate Hennings in Sweet Home Alabama?

Candice Bergen plays Mayor Kate Hennings.

Who plays Pearl Smooter in Sweet Home Alabama?

Mary Kay Place plays Pearl Smooter.

Who directed Sweet Home Alabama?

Andy Tennant.

How many actors are in Sweet Home Alabama?

19 actors are credited, and 3 people in the crew.

• Andy Tennant has also directed Nathan Lee Graham in Hitch (2005).

• Andy Tennant has also directed Josh Lucas in The Secret: Dare to Dream (2020).

• Mary Kay Place and Jean Smart have worked together on 2 other films: Miss Meadows (2014) and Youth in Revolt (2009).

• Jean Smart and Sarah Baker have worked together on 2 other films: Superintelligence (2020) and A Simple Favor (2018).

• Reese Witherspoon and Josh Lucas had already worked together on one film: American Psycho (2000).

• Reese Witherspoon and Candice Bergen have worked together on one other film: Home Again (2017).

• With the most films on MovieNCo: Reese Witherspoon (41), Dakota Fanning (36) and Josh Lucas (33).

• The cast’s average age at release is 35 (of the 16 actors whose birth date we know).