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Thank You for Smoking (2005) Poster

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Jason Reitman

Writing Credits (WGA)  

Jason Reitman ... (screenplay)
 
Christopher Buckley ... (novel)

Cast (in credits order) verified as complete  

Joan Lunden ... Joan Lunden
Eric Haberman Eric Haberman ... Robin Williger
Aaron Eckhart ... Nick Naylor
Mary Jo Smith ... Sue Maclean
Todd Louiso ... Ron Goode
Jeff Witzke ... Kidnapper
J.K. Simmons ... BR
Marianne Muellerleile ... Teacher
Cameron Bright ... Joey Naylor
Alex Diaz Alex Diaz ... Kid #1
Jordan Garrett ... Kid #2
Courtney Taylor Burness ... Kid #3 (as Courtney Burness)
Jordan Orr ... Kid #4
Maria Bello ... Polly Bailey
David Koechner ... Bobby Jay Bliss
Kim Dickens ... Jill Naylor
Daniel Travis ... Brad
William H. Macy ... Senator Ortolan Finistirre
Katie Winslow Katie Winslow ... Jeanette
Richard Speight Jr. ... Trainee
Eric Maldonado ... Tobacco Club Host
Robert Duvall ... Captain
Renée Graham ... Tiffany
Katie Holmes ... Heather Holloway
Adam Brody ... Jack
Timothy Dowling ... EGO Assistant
Rob Lowe ... Jeff Megall
Sam Elliott ... Lorne Lutch
Connie Ray ... Pearl
Dennis Miller ... Dennis Miller
Terry James ... Ski Mask #1
Marc Scizak ... Ski Mask #2
Rachel Thorp ... Flighty Girl
Karen Harrison ... Nurse
Aaron Lustig ... Doctor
Melora Hardin ... Interviewer
Brian Palermo ... FBI Agent (voice)
Michael Mantell ... Dr. Meisenbach
Tonyo Meléndez Tonyo Meléndez ... Mr. Herera (as Tonyo Melendez)
Spencer Garrett ... Senator Lothridge
Earl Billings ... Senator Dupree
Catherine Reitman ... Reporter #1
Sean Patrick Murphy ... Reporter #2
David O. Sacks ... Oil Lobbyist
Nancy O'Dell ... Nancy Humphries O'Dell (as Nancy Humphries O'Dell)
Roy Jenkins ... Debate Moderator
Howard Weitzman ... Gentleman #1
Bruce French ... Gentleman #2
Robert L. Richards Robert L. Richards ... Gentleman #3
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Christopher Buckley ... Man at Metro Station (uncredited)
Michael Calder ... Congressman (uncredited)
Dominick Cicco Dominick Cicco ... Workman (uncredited)
Jacques Derosena ... College Student (uncredited)
Jim R. Felton Jim R. Felton ... Tobacco Lobbyist (uncredited)
Lisa Gabriel ... Court Clerk (uncredited)
Lucas George Lucas George ... College student (uncredited)
Dana E. Glauberman ... Hotel Phone Operator (voice) (uncredited)
Eva La Dare ... Flight Attendant (uncredited)
Robert Malina Robert Malina ... Peter (uncredited)
Kyra Oser Kyra Oser ... Audience Member (uncredited)
Neil Patil ... Lab Technician (uncredited)
Nicholas Pinto Nicholas Pinto ... Kid (uncredited)
Prince Jordan Tyson Prince Jordan Tyson ... Senator (uncredited)
Aloma Wright ... Gizelle (voice) (uncredited)
James Younan ... Committee Attendee (uncredited)

Produced by 

Eveleen Bandy ... associate producer (as Eveleen Anne Bandy)
Stephen Belafonte ... associate producer
Michael Beugg ... executive producer
David J. Bloomfield ... co-executive producer
Daniel Brunt ... co-producer
Alessandro Camon ... executive producer
Daniel Dubiecki ... co-producer
Max Levchin ... executive producer
Mindy Marin ... co-producer
Elon Musk ... executive producer
Michael R. Newman ... co-producer
Edward R. Pressman ... executive producer
David O. Sacks ... producer
John Schmidt ... executive producer
Peter Thiel ... executive producer
Mark Woolway ... executive producer

Music by 

Rolfe Kent

Cinematography by 

James Whitaker ... director of photography

Editing by 

Dana E. Glauberman

Casting By 

Mindy Marin

Production Design by 

Steve Saklad

Art Direction by 

Jamilyn Parks ... (poster art)

Set Decoration by 

Kurt Meisenbach

Costume Design by 

Danny Glicker

Makeup Department 

Sherri Bramlett ... key hair stylist: Washington, D.C.
Elisabeth Dietrich-Fry ... makeup artist: Mr. Eckhart (as Elisabeth Fry)
John E. Jackson ... makeup department head
Marsha Lewis ... department head hair stylist
Maxine Morris ... key hair stylist
Robin L. Neal ... makeup artist: Mr. Duvall (as Robin Luce)

Production Management 

Michael Beugg ... unit production manager
Robert J. Dohrmann ... production supervisor (as Bob Dohrmann)
Joe Fineman ... post-production supervisor
Michael Toji ... post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Sonia Bhalla ... second assistant director
Jason Blumenfeld ... first assistant director (as Jason A. Blumenfeld)
Scott David Brown ... second second assistant director (as Scott Brown)
Casey Mako ... second second assistant director
Kurt Uebersax ... second second assistant director: Washington DC
Xanthus Valan ... second assistant director: Washington D.C.

Art Department 

Terry Atchison ... assistant property master
Phil Brandes ... paint foreman
Mark Brooks ... on-set dresser
Carl Catanese ... leadman: Washington, DC
Michael Crowe ... construction coordinator
Oliver Doering ... assistant property master
Casey B. Garrett ... propmaker
M. Marcos Gonzalez ... set dresser
Theresa Greene ... art department coordinator
Paul Arthur Hartman ... leadman
Eric Hunsaker ... property master
Cindy Ingraham ... assistant property master
Eddie Lin ... storyboard artist
Greg O'Donohue ... set dresser
Steven Samanen ... assistant art director
Kevin Wenger ... carpenter
Neal W. Zoromski ... property master

Sound Department 

Robert Althoff ... sound recordist
Josh Bower ... boom operator
Brad Bryan ... cable utility
Barney Cabral ... supervising adr editor
Patrick Cabral ... foley artist
Craig Dollinger ... boom operator
Paul Drenning ... adr mixer
Richard Dwan Jr. ... sound editor (as Richard Dwan) / supervising dialogue editor
Melissa Hofman ... re-recording mixer
Adam Jenkins ... re-recording mixer
J. Stanley Johnston ... re-recording mixer
Cynthia Merrill ... foley artist
Magic A. Moreno ... Mag and Digital Transfer Engineer: Todd Hollywood
Steven Morrow ... sound mixer
Nick Neutra ... foley supervisor
Perry Robertson ... supervising sound editor
Scott Sanders ... co-supervising sound editor / re-recording mixer / supervising sound designer
Robert Sharman ... utility sound
Melissa Sherwood Hofmann ... re-recording mixer (as Melissa Hofmann)
Geordy Sincavage ... foley mixer
Kevin Zimmerman ... assistant sound editor (as Kevin A. Zimmerman)
John Soukup ... sound transfer (uncredited)

Special Effects by 

Larry Fioritto ... special effects coordinator
Virgil Sanchez ... special effects technician

Visual Effects by 

Cosmas Paul Bolger Jr. ... visual effects producer / visual effects supervisor
Patrick Clancey ... digital opticals
Heather Ignarro ... visual effects coordinator
Natasha Leonnet ... digital color timer (as Natasha Leonett)
Jack Lewars ... digital film colorist
Robert Lukacs ... compositor
Robert Malina ... visual effects editor
Marco S. Paolini ... digital compositor
Edward Quirk ... senior 3D artist
Tommy Tran ... compositor
Thomas Mathai ... data manager (uncredited)

Stunts 

Terry James ... stunt coordinator
Rick Kain ... stunt driver
Marc Scizak ... stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department 

Stuart Abramson ... key grip
Peter Albert ... digital video assist operator
Tony Ayala ... grip
Theodore J. Ayd ... gaffer: DC unit (as Ted Ayd)
Michael Baird ... key digital video assist operator
Gary C. Beaird ... grip
Patrick Brennan ... electrician
Donald Burghardt ... first assistant camera: "a" camera
Dean Citroni ... key grip: second unit
Tim Clarke ... camera loader
Andy Colvin ... Steadicam operator: Washington DC
Ralph Coon ... electrician
Mike Delnero ... grip
Andy DePung ... film loader
Justin Fisher ... dolly grip (as Justin Deck)
Brett F. Gates ... second assistant camera
Tim Gillis ... electrician
Joe Guzman ... grip
Phil Hardt ... electrician
Maurice Jordan ... gaffer: re-shoot
Tom Lamont ... grip
Patrick Lennon ... gaffer
Tommy Lohmann ... a camera/steadicam operator / camera operator
Rudy Martinez ... electrician
Tony Martinez ... electrician
Charlie Newberry ... additional second assistant camera
Daniel Nichols ... camera operator
David Presley ... camera operator: video camera
Alex Reilly ... grip
Quinton Reilly ... best boy grip
Dale Robinette ... still photographer
Blake Santoro ... grip
Lee Shapira ... grip: Washington D.C.
Konrad Sigurdsson ... best boy electric (as Conrad Sigurdson)
Brady Spencer ... electrician
Shawn Stoddard ... dolly grip
Rick Strodel ... best boy grip: DC unit
Vladimir Tmayo ... electrician
Wayland Twiston-Davies ... video engineer
Nicole Hirsch Whitaker ... director of photography: second unit, Los Angeles (as Nicole Hirsch-Whitaker)

Casting Department 

Kara Lipson ... casting associate
Laura Drake Mancini ... extras casting assistant
Betsy Royall ... local casting
Tammy L. Smith ... extras casting: Los Angeles (as Tammy Smith)
Ember Truesdell ... casting associate
Dixie Webster ... extras casting: Los Angeles

Costume and Wardrobe Department 

Julie Glick ... wardrobe supervisor
Laura E. Little ... key set costumer (as Laura Liz Little)
Marta Villalobos ... set costumer

Editorial Department 

Yanosh Cuglove ... editorial intern
Jack Lewars ... digital colorist: Efilm
Robert Malina ... first assistant editor
John T. Maye ... production assistant
Stephen M. Rickert Jr. ... assistant editor
Stephen R. Sheridan ... color timer (as Steve Sheridan)
Lorene Simpson ... digital intermediate producer
Lisa Tutunjian ... digital intermediate editor
Esther Young ... assistant digital intermediate producer (as Esther Lee)

Location Management 

Michael Chickey ... assistant location manager: Los Angeles
John Latenser V ... location manager: Washington D.C.
Christopher Miller ... location manager: Los Angeles
Matthew Dillon Noonan ... location production assistant
Jonathan Reich ... assistant location manager: Washington D.C.
Errol Reichow ... location scout: Los Angeles
Rony Shino ... assistant location manager: Los Angeles

Music Department 

Peter Afterman ... music supervisor
Stephen Coleman ... music programmer
Trevor Gilchrist ... music programmer: score
Alison Litton ... music coordinator
Mateo Messina ... composer: additional music (as Matt Messina)
Curt Sobel ... music editor: temp music
Nick South ... music editor
Greg Townley ... scoring mixer
Alice Wood ... assistant music editor
Margaret Yen ... music supervisor
Thomas Cavanaugh ... music business & legal affairs (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department 

Ashley Kravitz ... script clearance
Mary Anne Seward ... script supervisor

Transportation Department 

Mike Belt ... driver (as Michael R. Belt)
Alex E. Burns ... driver
Neil Chisholm ... driver: honeywagon
Jon Cosham ... driver
J. Armin Garza II ... driver: camera car
Nathan Hardcastle ... transportation clerk
Geno Hart ... transportation coordinator
Dennis Janovici ... transportation co-captain
Lee Jennings ... driver
Jerry Knight ... driver
Rogelio Loera ... driver
Josh Sarfaty ... personal driver: Mr. Eckhart
William Smallwood ... driver: production van
Frank Valle ... driver

Additional Crew 

Noor Ahmed ... production legal
Nino Aldi ... production assistant
Mike Artino ... set medic
Debbie Axel ... production legal
Gavin J. Behrman ... production accountant
Paul Bock ... assistant to cast / production assistant / production coordinator: re-shoot
Jen Buonantony ... production assistant
Jennifer Lynn Buonantony ... production assistant
Jamie Carmichael ... President: ContentFilm International
Nicholas Carpenter ... additional set production assistant
Tara Chang ... assistant production coordinator
Tara L. Craig ... assistant production office coordinator
Patrick Cunningham ... key set production assistant
Joe Dornich ... set production assistant
Michelle Ebert ... medical advisor
David Falicki ... set medic
Lisa Fozzati ... assistant production coordinator: Washington, DC (as Lisa Hagenmeyer)
Damiano Fusca ... craft service
Christopher Geair ... office production assistant: Washington, D.C. unit
Francis Hadinoto ... production assistant
Mike Hazlitt ... production consultant
Steven Hora ... assistant: Ed Pressman and Alessandro Camon
Jeff Johnson ... medic
Dashiel Kulander ... production assistant
Jenny Lee ... title designer: main titles
Jonathan Leeder ... assistant to producer
Alyssa Loveall ... office production assistant (as Alyssa Houze)
Nathan Maruccio ... craft service
Kevin Moll ... studio teacher
Phillip Montgomery ... assistant: Mr. Reitman
Trey Murphy ... production assistant
Valarie Payne ... assistant: Mr. Eckhart
Michyl-Shannon Quilty ... assistant production coordinator
Sarah Ramey ... assistant: Edward R. Pressman
Benjamin R. Reder ... production legal
Genaro Rodriguez ... caterer
Carlos Rodríguez ... chef
Ari Sachter-Zeltzer ... title designer: main titles
Traceigh Scottel ... production coordinator
Gareth Smith ... title designer: main titles
Amy Smolev ... first assistant accountant
Eric J. Spiegelman ... production counsel
Marc E. Spivey ... insurance broker
Julie Stevens ... studio teacher
Shawn Tanaka ... assistant: William H. Macy
William Thompson ... personal fitness trainer
Joel Tokarsky ... payroll accountant
Francisco Trujillo ... chef
John Trujillo ... layout board
Drew Vandervelde ... production associate
Jeremy Walker ... unit publicist
Jeffrey Wank ... assistant: Mr. Sacks
Bob Weber ... post-production accountant
Harry White ... head of sales
Adam Zadikoff ... assistant: Mr. Sacks, post-production
Matt Crabtree ... adr voice (uncredited)
Adam Kahn ... production assistant (uncredited)
Howard R. Schuster ... financing (uncredited)

Thanks 

Corey Trent Ackerman ... special thanks (as Corey Ackerman)
Greg Castanias ... special thanks
Jane Castanias ... special thanks
Chris Conte ... special thanks: The Dennis Miller Show
Jones Day ... special thanks
Manie Ellis ... special thanks: The Prospect Studios
Jagene Funk ... special thanks
Melissa Havard ... special thanks
Chad Hurley ... special thanks
Lori Killam ... special thanks: Panavision
Jay Lieberman ... special thanks: Quixote Studios
Todd Molz ... special thanks
Robert Newman ... special thanks: U.S. Department of Energy
Peter Robinson ... special thanks
Jim Roudebush ... special thanks: Panavision
Jared Scardina ... special thanks: Creative Entertainment Services
David Tate ... special thanks
Peter Uhlmann ... special thanks
Diane Upson ... special thanks: Eastman Kodak
Jeffrey Wigand ... special thanks

See also

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