The Ballad of Buster Scruggs: cast and crew

• Ethan Coen 61 at release Also in True Grit (2010)
• Joel Coen 63 at release Also in True Grit (2010)

Actors

22

Crew

4

Youngest at release

29 yearsHarry Melling

Eldest at release

76 yearsChelcie Ross

• Jefferson Mays Gilbert Longabaugh 53 at release Also in How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
• Tom Waits Prospector 68 at release Also in The book of Eli (2010)
• Tim Blake Nelson Buster Scruggs (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs") 54 at release Also in The Incredible Hulk (2008)
• Clancy Brown Surly Joe (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs") 59 at release Also in A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
• Brendan Gleeson Irishman 63 at release Also in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II (2011)
• David Krumholtz Frenchman (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs") 40 at release Also in Sausage Party (2016)
• Liam Neeson Impresario 66 at release Also in The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
• Tim De Zarn Mean-Eyed Card Player (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs") Also in Spider-Man (2002)
• James Franco Cowboy 40 at release Also in Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)

The whole cast 22

1. Jefferson Mays Gilbert Longabaugh
2. Tom Waits Prospector
3. Tim Blake Nelson Buster Scruggs (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
4. Clancy Brown Surly Joe (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
5. Brendan Gleeson Irishman
6. David Krumholtz Frenchman (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
7. Liam Neeson Impresario
8. Tim De Zarn Mean-Eyed Card Player (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
9. James Franco Cowboy
10. E. E. Bell Piano Player (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
11. Zoe Kazan Alice Longabaugh (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")
12. Tom Proctor Cantina Bad Man (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
13. Katy Bodenhamer Milkmaid
14. Matthew Willig Cantina Scum (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
15. Harry Melling Artist (segment "Meal Ticket")
16. Chelcie Ross Trapper
17. Stephen Root Teller (segment "Near Algodones")
18. Ralph Ineson The Man In Black
19. Jesse Luken Drover (segment "Near Algodones")
20. Jonjo O'Neill Englishman (segment "The Mortal Remains")
21. Saul Rubinek Frenchman (segment "The Mortal Remains")
22. Tyne Daly Lady (segment "The Mortal Remains")

Production companies

Annapurna Pictures, Netflix

Distributor in the UK

Curzon Artificial Eye

Who plays Gilbert Longabaugh in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs?

Jefferson Mays plays Gilbert Longabaugh.

Who plays Prospector in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs?

Tom Waits plays Prospector.

Who plays Buster Scruggs (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs") in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs?

Tim Blake Nelson plays Buster Scruggs (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs").

Who plays Surly Joe (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs") in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs?

Clancy Brown plays Surly Joe (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs").

Who plays Irishman in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs?

Brendan Gleeson plays Irishman.

Who plays Frenchman (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs") in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs?

David Krumholtz plays Frenchman (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs").

Who directed The Ballad of Buster Scruggs?

Ethan Coen and Joel Coen.

Who wrote The Ballad of Buster Scruggs?

Joel Coen and Ethan Coen.

How many actors are in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs?

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

• Ethan Coen and Joel Coen had already directed 15 films together: Hail, Caesar! (2016), Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), True Grit (2010) and 12 more.

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

• Joel Coen has also directed Stephen Root in 3 films: The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021), No Country for Old Men (2007) and O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000).

• Ethan Coen had already directed Stephen Root in 2 films: No Country for Old Men (2007) and O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000).

• Liam Neeson and Brendan Gleeson had already worked together on 4 films: Breakfast on Pluto (2005), Kingdom of Heaven (2005), Gangs of New York (2002) and 1 more.

• Tim Blake Nelson and James Franco had already worked together on 3 films: The Sound and the Fury (2014), Child of God (2013) and As I Lay Dying (2013).

• Brendan Gleeson and Harry Melling have worked together on 3 other films: The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I (2010) and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007).

• With the most films on MovieNCo: Liam Neeson (83), James Franco (65) and Stephen Root (57).

• The cast’s average age at release is 54 (of the 19 actors whose birth date we know).