Burn After Reading (2008) Cast & Crew
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Directed by Ethan Coen, Joel Coen.
Cast
- George Clooney as Harry Pfarrer
- Frances McDormand as Linda Litzke
- Brad Pitt as Chad Feldheimer
- John Malkovich as Osborne Cox
- Tilda Swinton as Katie Cox
- Richard Jenkins as Ted
- Elizabeth Marvel as Sandy Pfarrer
- David Rasche as CIA Officer
- J.K. Simmons as CIA Superior
- Olek Krupa as Krapotkin
- Michael Countryman as Alan
- Kevin Sussman as Tuchman Marsh Man
- J.R. Horne as Divorce Lawyer
- Hamilton Clancy as Peck
- Armand Schultz as Olson
- Pun Bandhu as Party Guest
- Karla Mosley as Party Guest
- Jeffrey DeMunn as Cosmetic Surgeon
- Richard Poe as Stretching Gym Patron
- Carmen M. Herlihy as Prospective Gym Customer
- Raul Aranas as Manolo
- Judy Frank as Lawyer's Secretary
- Sándor Técsy as Russian Embassy Escort
- Yury Tsykun as Senior Russian Embassy Man
- Brian O'Neill as Hal
- Robert Prescott as Process Server
- Matt Walton as Morning Show Host
- Lori Hammel as Morning Show Hostess
- Crystal Bock as PR Woman
- Patrick Boll as Sandy's Man
- Logan Kulick as Four-Year-Old Patient
- Dermot Mulroney as Star of "Coming Up Daisy"
- Robert R. Barry as Drunken Princetonian
- Ted Bouton as Drunken Princetonian
- Bob Bowersox as Drunken Princetonian
- Oliver Buckingham as Drunken Princetonian
- Michael Fawcett as Drunken Princetonian
- William Fowle as Drunken Princetonian
- Charles Gemmill as Drunken Princetonian
- Mitch Giannunzio as Drunken Princetonian
Crew
- Joel Coen — Producer
- Ethan Coen — Director
- Joel Coen — Director
- Emmanuel Lubezki — Director of Photography
- Ethan Coen — Producer
- Carter Burwell — Original Music Composer
- Joel Coen — Writer
- Ethan Coen — Writer
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