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Full cast and crew for
Tropic Thunder (2008)

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Directed by
Ben Stiller 
 
Writing credits
(WGA)
Ben Stiller (screenplay) &
Justin Theroux (screenplay) and
Etan Cohen (screenplay)

Ben Stiller (story) &
Justin Theroux (story)

Cast (in credits order)
Jeff Kahn ... Snooty Waiter

Robert Downey Jr. ... Kirk Lazarus
Anthony Ruivivar ... Platoon Sergeant Shot in Head

Jack Black ... Jeff Portnoy

Jay Baruchel ... Kevin Sandusky

Brandon T. Jackson ... Alpa Chino

Ben Stiller ... Tugg Speedman

Eric Winzenried ... Chopper Pilot

Steve Coogan ... Damien Cockburn

Valerie Azlynn ... Damien's Assistant

Matt Levin ... Cameraperson

David Pressman ... First Assistant Director

Amy Stiller ... Script Supervisor
Danny R. McBride ... Cody (as Danny McBride)
Dempsey Silva ... Special Effects Assistant

Bill Hader ... Studio Executive Rob Slolom

Nick Nolte ... Four Leaf Tayback
Jeff Weidemann ... Speedman Assistant #1

Nadine Ellis ... Speedman Assistant #2

Rachel Avery ... Speedman Assistant #3
Darryl Farmer ... Alpa's Posse
Rod Tate ... Alpa's Posse

Maria Menounos ... Herself

Tyra Banks ... Herself

Christine Taylor ... Rebecca
Jel Galiza ... Speedman's Chef

Andrea De Oliveira ... Speedman's Trainer

Matthew McConaughey ... Rick Peck

Yvette Nicole Brown ... Peck's Assistant

Reggie Lee ... Byong
Trieu Tran ... Tru

Brandon Soo Hoo ... Tran
J. Thomas Chon ... Half Squat
Jacob Chon ... Half Squat

Tom Cruise ... Les Grossman
Mini Anden ... Grossman's Secretary

Mike Hoagland ... Grossman's Assistant

Jon Voight ... Himself

Jennifer Love Hewitt ... Herself

Jason Bateman ... Himself

Lance Bass ... Himself

Alicia Silverstone ... Herself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Denise Bradley ... Academy Award Guest
The Mooney Suzuki ... Themselves

Ella Pantoliano ... Stewardess
Kathy Richards ... Herself (as Kathy Hilton)

Mickey Rooney ... Old Man Carruthers

Jasmine Dustin ... Trophy presenter (uncredited)

Jillian Johnston ... Four Leaf's Date (uncredited)

Tobey Maguire ... Himself (uncredited)

Anya Monzikova ... Trophy presenter (uncredited)

Chad Mountain ... Agency Assistant (uncredited)
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Produced by
Stuart Cornfeld .... producer
Matt Eppedio .... associate producer
Patrick Esposito .... post-production producer
Eric McLeod .... producer
Ben Stiller .... producer
Justin Theroux .... executive producer
 
Original Music by
Theodore Shapiro 
 
Cinematography by
John Toll (director of photography)
 
Film Editing by
Greg Hayden 
 
Casting by
Kathy Driscoll 
Francine Maisler 
 
Production Design by
Jeff Mann 
 
Art Direction by
Richard L. Johnson 
Dan Webster 
 
Set Decoration by
Daniel B. Clancy 
 
Costume Design by
Marlene Stewart 
 
Makeup Department
Lotus Benedix .... additional hair stylist
Kate Biscoe .... makeup artist: Ben Stiller
John Blake .... personal makeup artist: Robert Downey
Roland Blancaflor .... makeup effects technician
Michèle Burke .... makeup artist: Mr. Cruise
Barney Burman .... makeup artist: Mr. Cruise
Aida Caefer .... hair technician
Leo Corey Castellano .... makeup department head: second unit
Carlton Coleman .... special makeup effects artist
Iraina Crenshaw .... hair stylist
Ginger Damon .... key hair stylist
Leslie Devlin .... key makeup artist
Connie Grayson .... hair technician
Russ Herpich .... makeup lab foreman: Proteus Make-up FX
Kerry Mendenhall .... key hair stylist
Beth Miller .... hair department head
Matthew W. Mungle .... special makeup effects designer: prosthetics, Ben Stiller
Michael S. Pack .... prosthetic eyes and teeth: Steve Coogan eyes/Jack Black braces
Liz Pisano .... hair technician
Heather Plott .... makeup artist
Gerald Quist .... makeup department head
Yoichi Art Sakamoto .... prosthetic dental appliances: Ben Stiller/Robert Downey Jr.
Ray Shaffer .... hair technician
Mitchell Stone .... hair stylist: Mr. Stiller
Miho Suzuki .... assistant makeup artist: Mr. Cruise
Khanh Trance .... special effects hair: Proteus FX
Kazuhiro Tsuji .... special makeup effects artist
Teresa Valenzuela .... wig maker
Vincent Van Dyke .... glove sculptor: Proteus Makeup FX
Jay Wejebe .... makeup artist: Ben Stiller
 
Production Management
Patrick Esposito .... post-production supervisor
Mark Indig .... unit production manager
Leeann Stonebreaker .... production supervisor
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Dieter 'Dietman' Busch .... second assistant director
Mark Cotone .... first assistant director
Julie Cummings .... second second assistant director: second unit
Vernon Davidson .... additional second assistant director: day player
E.J. Foerster .... second unit director
David Mendoza .... second second assistant director
Phil Neilson .... second unit director
Bill Purple .... second assistant director: second unit (as William Purple)
Nick Satriano .... first assistant director: second unit
Amy Schmidt .... second assistant director: second unit
Yumiko Takeya .... second second assistant director
David H. Venghaus Jr. .... first assistant director: second unit
 
Art Department
Maria L. Baker .... set designer
Pedro Barquin .... greensman
Mauro Borrelli .... illustrator
Meg Burton .... art production assistant
Donn Cross .... paint foreman
Steven DeSantis .... construction coordinator: additional photography
John Eaves .... concept illustrator
Heather Elwell .... art department coordinator
Scot Erb .... model maker
Lindsey Gary .... art department researcher
Robert Grbavac .... painter
Gabriel Hardman .... storyboard artist
J. Bryan Holloway .... supervising sculptor
Scott G. Jones .... gang boss
Jonas Kirk .... construction coordinator
Anthony Klaiman .... set dresser
Bruce C. Knight II .... assistant property master
Lance Larson .... assistant property master
Ron Licari .... assistant property master
Jim Magdaleno .... storyboard artist
Danielle Mana .... art department assistant
John Hammer Maxwell .... on-set dresser
David M. Milstien .... set dresser
Harry E. Otto .... set designer
Jeff Ozimek .... set designer
Jamie Rama .... illustrator
Marco Rubeo .... assistant art director
Steve Salazar .... welder
David Scott .... assistant art director
Julie Smith .... assistant decorator
Darrell Tachibana .... greens foreman
Gary Thomas .... storyboard artist
Debra Trevino .... property coordinator
Mark Weissenfluh .... leadman
Liloa Wong .... greens coordinator
 
Sound Department
Steve Baine .... foley artist
Benjamin Beardwood .... sound editor
Jim Brookshire .... supervising sound editor
Steve Cantamessa .... sound mixer
Paula Fairfield .... sound effects editor
Eric Flickinger .... digital sound mix technician
Richard Bryce Goodman .... additional sound mixer
Gina Gyles .... foley assistant
Warren Hendriks .... sound effects editor
Craig Henighan .... sound re-recording mixer
Craig Henighan .... supervising sound editor
Vanessa Lapato .... dialogue editor
Skip Longfellow .... supervising assistant sound editor
Jason Oliver .... sound recordist
Peter Persaud .... foley recordist
Troy Porter .... adr mixer
Erin Michael Rettig .... sound engineering
Gary Thomas .... boom operator
Jason Tuttle .... assistant sound editor
Derek Vanderhorst .... sound effects editor
Randolph Saucedo .... sound recordist (uncredited)
 
Special Effects by
Archie Ahuna .... additional special effects coordinator
Chris Brenczewski .... special effects pyrotechnician
Peter A. Chevako .... animatronics and puppeteer
Val Crawford .... hair technician: Anatamorphix
William Curtis .... special effects on-set foreman
Robert DeVine .... creature effects: animatronic creature suits, panda bear, Ben Stiller panda wardrobe
Jeffrey S. Farley .... prosthetic sculptor: EFI
Brie Ford .... seamer: Proteus FX
Robert S. Henderson .... special effects technician
Bruce Y. Kuroyama .... special effects pyrotechnic gangboss
Michael Meinardus .... special effects supervisor
Donald Myers .... special effects
Koji Ohmura .... special effects makeup
Doug Passarelli .... pyrotechnician
Arnold Peterson .... special effects motion control engineer
Charles Raymond .... special effects assistant
Lynette Roy .... special effects costumes: Proteus Make-Up FX
Eric Rylander .... special effects second unit foreman
Mike Sasgen .... special effects foreman
Anthony Simonaitis .... special effects general foreman
Mike Su'a .... special effects assistant
Daniel Yates .... special effects technician
Douglas D. Ziegler .... special effects assistant
 
Visual Effects by
Simon Ager .... digital compositor
Fahed Alhabib .... visual effects coordinator
Lee Allan .... digital compositor
Chris Anderson .... visual effects producer: CIS Vancouver
Lindsay Anderson .... compositor
Graeme Baitz .... lead rotoscope artist: Rainmaker
Jamie Baxter .... visual effects
Ryan Beadle .... digital I/O
Elissa Bello .... roto/paint supervisor
Jordan Benwick .... compositor
Jason Bidwell .... visual effects: Asylum FX
Mark Breakspear .... visual effects supervisor: Rainmaker
Shauna Bryan .... executive visual effects producer
John Cairns .... digital compositor: Rainmaker
Craig Calvert .... CG supervisor: Rainmaker
Paul Cech .... motion capture technical director
Scott Seungpil Chung .... effects artist: CIS Hollywood
Jessee J. Clarkson .... effects technician
Keith Croket .... assistant visual effects editor
Martyn 'Moose' Culpitt .... lead digital compositing supervisor
Sam Dabbs .... digital compositor
Mike Diltz .... digital compositor: Rainmaker
Ben Dishart .... texture artist: CIS Hollywood
Ryan Dorney .... visual effects assistant editor
Jason Dowdeswell .... head of digital studio: CIS Vancouver
Patrick Esposito .... visual effects producer
Gerald Feather .... matchmove
Paul Flanagan .... effects animation technical director: CIS Vancouver
Chad Lee Fox .... visual effects
Lori Freitag-Hild .... compositor
Mathias Frodin .... digital compositor
James Gambino .... rotoscoping
Christina Graff .... visual effects producer: Digital Backlot
Paul Graff .... visual effects supervisor: Digital Backlot
Monty Granito .... pre-vis supervisor: Proof Inc
Brian Hanable .... digital effects compositor: Pacific Title
Jason Hancox .... motion capture artist: Rainmaker
Peter Hart .... lead matchmove artist
Jotham Herzon .... previsualization artist: Proof Inc.
Shaina Holmes .... digital compositor
Stephanie Ide .... rotoscope artist: Asylum FX
Justin Israel .... compositor
Stephen James .... digital compositor: Rainmaker
Kelly Rae Kenan .... visual effects coordinator
Bernice Kenton .... visual effects producer: New Deal Studios
Nicholas Kim .... digital compositor
Nicholas Kim .... digital effects artist
Seth Kleinberg .... visual effects producer
Katharina Koepke .... digital compositor
Kelly Jean Kurowski .... visual effects production assistant
Paulina Kuszta .... visual effects coordinator
Jean Lapointe .... digital effects supervisor: Rainmaker
Gary Laurie .... matchmove/layout technical director: Asylum
Carlos D. Lemus .... technical director: Rainmaker Entertainment
Anthony Mabin .... visual effects supervisor: prologue films
Michael MacGillivray .... visual effects coordinator
Lisa Maher .... visual effects producer: CIS-Hollywood
Dan Mayer .... lead visual effects
Tom McHattie .... digital compositor
Daniel Mellitz .... digital compositor
Ryan Mintenko .... digital artist
Fion Mok .... matchmove artist
Eroc Moralls .... senior Inferno artist
Josh Mossotti .... visual effects
Sam Nixon .... senior matchmove artist
Meghan L. Noble .... visual effects editor
James P. Noon .... tracking
Eddie Offermann .... digital artist
Jonathan Opgenhaffen .... lead CG artist: CIS London
Michael Owens .... visual effects supervisor
Brian Pace .... digital modeler: Digital Backlot
Jinnie Pak .... visual effects line producer: CIS Vancouver
Nathaniel Park .... visual effects editor
Anuj Patil .... senior compositor
Katrissa 'Kat' Peterson .... visual effects coordinator
Monty Phillips .... graphics producer
Monty Phillips .... motion graphics producer
Lee Pierce .... visual effects artist
Mark Read .... visual effects
Becky Roberts .... visual effects line producer: CIS London
Casey Rolseth .... visual effects
Daniel Rubin .... digital compositor: Rainmaker
Drew Shields .... senior matchmove artist: Rainmaker
Mark Story .... visual effects
Robert Stromberg .... visual effects designer
Curtis Tsai .... data I/O: CIS Vancouver
David Wahlberg .... digital compositor: CIS London
Mike Washburn .... rotoscope artist
Michael D. Werckle .... previsualization animator: Proof Inc.
Bob Wiatr .... digital effects compositor: Pacific Title
Amani Williams .... digital compositor
Gavin Wright .... previsualization artist: Proof
Yuichiro Yamashita .... lighting technical director
Jaehyun Yoo .... fluid technical director: CIS Hollywood
Sven Zuege .... designer/animator: Prologue Films
 
Stunts
Tsuyoshi Abe .... stunt performer
Robert Alonzo .... stunts
Daniel Arrias .... stunts
Lloyd Barachina .... stunts
Jeffrey G. Barnett .... stunts
Nick Brandon .... stunts
Steve Chang .... stunts
James M. Churchman .... stunt double: Nick Nolte
Keith Davis .... stunts
Zack Duhame .... stunts
Roel Failma .... stunts
Jeremy Fitzgerald .... stunts
Greg Fitzpatrick .... stunt double: Ben Stiller
Colin Follenweider .... utility stunts
Darin Fujimori .... stunts
John Gilbert .... stunt double: Jay Baruchel
Sean Graham .... stunts
Adam Hart .... stunts
Michael Hugghins .... stunts
Yoshio Iizuka .... stunts
Richard King .... utility stunts
Michael 'Pugita' Kobayashi .... stunts
John Koyama .... stunts
Will Leong .... stunts
Sam Looc .... stunts
Brad Martin .... stunt coordinator
Mike Mukatis .... stunts
Mark Norby .... stunt double: matthew mcconaughey
Frédéric North .... stunt pilot
Lin Oeding .... stunts
Casey Pieretti .... stunts
Rex Reddick .... stunt performer
Simon Rhee .... stunts
Tim Rigby .... assistant stunt coordinator
Mike Rufino .... stunt double
Surawit Sae Kang .... stunts
Jon Sakata .... stunts
Todd Schneider .... utility stunts
Sam Situmorang .... stunt double: Trieu Tran
Sam Situmorang .... stunts
Gary Toy .... stunts
Michael Trisler .... stunt performer
Xuyen Valdivia .... stunts
Jimmy Waitman .... stunt double
Ryan Watson .... stunts
Kofi Yiadom .... stunts
Marcus Young .... stunts
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Steve Adcock .... camera operator: "c" camera
Peter Albert .... video utility
Ron Alexus .... electrician
Eric Amundsen .... second assistant camera: "b" camera
McEveety Annie .... camera operator (as Annie McEveety)
Paul Armbruster .... grip
Dustin Ault .... best boy grip
Herb Ault .... key grip
Dana Baker .... best boy grip
Josh Bleibtreu .... director of photography: second unit
Victor Brunette .... video assist
Scott Carrithers .... jib operator
Rick Crum .... electrician
Julian de la Pena .... automated lighting programmer
Dhamarata Dhiensuwana .... key rigging grip
Lou Escobar .... rigging grip (segments)
Eric Felland .... best boy electric: visual effects
Michael Fitzgerald .... epk photographer
Micky Froehlich .... director of photography: HD unit
Michael Fuchs .... camera production assistant: second unit
Daniel Hagouel .... jib operator
Michael J. Hogan .... digital video assist operator
Bobby Ikeda .... grip
Robert Ikeda .... grip
Al LaVerde .... key grip
Scott Lisetor .... grip
Patrick Longman .... libra operator
Greg Lopez .... set electrician
Michael Lyon .... lighting technician
James M. McClure .... best boy electric: second unit
John McEveety .... assistant camera
Greg Mitchell .... video assist operator
Luis Moreno .... best boy
David B. Nowell .... aerial director of photography
Patrick B. O'Brien .... camera operator: second unit
Brooks Robinson .... camera operator: "b" camera
Brooks Robinson .... steadicam operator
Bryce Shields .... digital video assist operator: second unit
Mike Thomas .... camera operator
Brian Tilden .... gaffer: second unit
Chris Toll .... first assistant camera: "a" camera
Anthony Vallejo-Sanderson .... camera production assistant
Merie Weismiller Wallace .... still photographer
Jeffrey L. Wilson .... grip
Randy Woodside .... chief lighting technician
 
Animation Department
Hal Forsstrom .... animator
Louis Leung .... animator
Mario Pochat .... animator
 
Casting Department
Elizabeth Chodar .... casting assistant
Sally Dana .... extras casting assistant
Lauren Grey .... casting associate
Nina Henninger .... location casting
Carla Lewis .... extras casting: Los Angeles
Deedra Ricketts .... location casting
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
John Casey .... costume supervisor
Nancy Collini .... key costumer
Tom Cummins .... set costumer
Grant Denton .... set costumer
Joe Diaz .... costumer
Nicole Leitner .... costume assistant
J.J. Lewis .... costumer
Chandra Moore .... head costume ager
Danielle Phelps .... wardrobe assistant
Geoffrey Roiz .... assistant costume designer
Emily Smith .... wardrobe assistant
Randi Stone .... wardrobe assistant
Lisa Tomczeszyn .... assistant costume designer
 
Editorial Department
Gary Burritt .... negative cutter
Marisa Clayton .... digital intermediate producer: Modern VideoFilm
Skip Kimball .... digital intermediate colorist
Tim Leaton .... post-production assistant
Jeff Mee .... post-production coordinator
Glen Scantlebury .... additional editor
Byron Wong .... first assistant editor (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Pete Anthony .... conductor
Pete Anthony .... orchestrator
Bruce Babcock .... orchestrator
Brian Bulman .... music editor
George Drakoulias .... music supervisor
Chris Fogel .... music mixer
Darrell Hall .... music editor: temp
Daryl B. Kell .... supervising music editor
Jon Kull .... orchestrator
Stephanie Lowry .... music editor
John Paesano .... music programmer
Peter Rotter .... music contractor
Andrew Silver .... music editor
Scott Stambler .... music editor: temp
John Ashton Thomas .... orchestrator
Richard Wheeler Jr. .... scoring crew
Mark Jan Wlodarkiewicz .... music editor: temp
 
Transportation Department
Mark Brown .... production van operator
Bob Cope .... transportation
William Cope .... driver
Louis Dargenzio .... driver
Robert E. Dingle .... transportation
Troy Flynn .... generator operator/driver
Kelly Loo .... driver
George A. Miki .... driver
Antonio Molina .... transportation co-captain
John Reed .... transportation captain
Kenny Youngblood .... driver
 
Other crew
Morgan Ahlborn .... production assistant
Fahed Alhabib .... production assistant
Tara Allgood .... production assistant
Ian Backer .... production assistant
Cassandra Barbour .... rights and clearances
Martin Blankemeyer .... script editor
Ursula Brauner .... animal trainer
Lara Breay .... development executive
Michael J. Burmeister .... location manager
Annie Chen .... graphics coordinator
Cristina Christian .... co-first assistant accountant
Brian Clark .... set medic
Michael Coscia .... production secretary
Nick Costantino .... second assistant accountant
Dale Dye .... senior military advisor
Mark Ebenhoch .... technical advisor: military
Moumen El Haji .... head chef
Michelle Elkin .... assistant choreographer
Pam Ellington .... associate accountant
Jason Finn .... set production assistant
Oscar J. Flores .... assistant production coordinator
Michael Fuchs .... set production assistant
Laura Gary .... studio teacher
Dow Griffith .... location scout
Alison Hoberman .... craft service
Eve Light Honthaner .... production coordinator
Vickie M. Hsieh .... production coordinator: re-shoots
Kevin Hummel .... key assistant location manager
Lori Ikeda .... payroll accountant
Shaun Ireland .... production assistant