Cast and crew
The Ghost Writer
Directed by Roman Polanski · starring Ewan McGregor, Jon Bernthal and Jim Belushi
- 16 actors
- 3 in the crew
- 2010
- 2 h 8 min
The Ghost Writer: cast and crew
Director
Actors and characters
- Actors
- 16
- Crew
- 3
- Youngest at release
- 17 yearsMorgane Polanski
- Eldest at release
- 94 yearsEli Wallach
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Ewan McGregor The Ghost
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Jon Bernthal Rick Ricardelli
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Jim Belushi John Maddox
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Timothy Hutton Sidney Kroll
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Miltor Welsh Taxi Driver
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Kim Cattrall Amelia Bly
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Olivia Williams Ruth Lang
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Pierce Brosnan Adam Lang
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Morgane Polanski Hotel Receptionist
The whole cast 16
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Ewan McGregor The Ghost
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Jon Bernthal Rick Ricardelli
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Jim Belushi John Maddox
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Timothy Hutton Sidney Kroll
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Miltor Welsh Taxi Driver
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Kim Cattrall Amelia Bly
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Olivia Williams Ruth Lang
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Pierce Brosnan Adam Lang
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Morgane Polanski Hotel Receptionist
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Robert Seeliger CNN Newscaster
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David Rintoul Stranger
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Robert Pugh Richard Rycart
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Eli Wallach Old Man
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Tom Wilkinson Paul Emmett
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Joel Kirby Motel Receptionist
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Iris Karina Woman in Black
Crew
Writers 1
Music 1
Producers 2
Companies
- Production companies
- eOne Films, France 2 Cinéma, Studio Babelsberg
Questions about the cast of The Ghost Writer
- Who plays The Ghost in The Ghost Writer?
- Ewan McGregor plays The Ghost.
- Who plays Rick Ricardelli in The Ghost Writer?
- Jon Bernthal plays Rick Ricardelli.
- Who plays John Maddox in The Ghost Writer?
- Jim Belushi plays John Maddox.
- Who plays Sidney Kroll in The Ghost Writer?
- Timothy Hutton plays Sidney Kroll.
- Who plays Taxi Driver in The Ghost Writer?
- Miltor Welsh plays Taxi Driver.
- Who plays Amelia Bly in The Ghost Writer?
- Kim Cattrall plays Amelia Bly.
- Who directed The Ghost Writer?
- Roman Polanski.
- Who wrote The Ghost Writer?
- Roman Polanski.
- Who composed the music for The Ghost Writer?
- Alexandre Desplat.
- How many actors are in The Ghost Writer?
- 16 actors are credited, and 3 people in the crew.
The cast in numbers
Roman Polanski has also directed Morgane Polanski in 3 films: The Palace (2023), Oliver Twist (2005) (2005) and The Pianist (2002).
Ewan McGregor and Olivia Williams had already worked together on one film: Valiant (2005).
Ewan McGregor and Tom Wilkinson had already worked together on one film: Cassandra's Dream (2007).
Tom Wilkinson and Miltor Welsh have worked together on one other film: The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014).
With the most films on MovieNCo: Pierce Brosnan (58), Ewan McGregor (55) and Tom Wilkinson (49).
The cast’s average age at release is 49 (of the 12 actors whose birth date we know).


