Synecdoche, New York (2008) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Charlie Kaufman.

Cast

• Philip Seymour Hoffman as Caden Cotard
• Samantha Morton as Hazel
• Michelle Williams as Claire Keen
• Catherine Keener as Adele Lack
• Emily Watson as Tammy
• Dianne Wiest as Ellen Bascomb / Millicent Weems
• Jennifer Jason Leigh as Maria
• Hope Davis as Madeleine Gravis
• Tom Noonan as Sammy Barnathan
• Sadie Goldstein as Olive (4 years old)
• Robin Weigert as Adult Olive
• Deirdre O'Connell as Ellen's Mother
• Alice Drummond as Actress Playing Frances
• Amy Wright as Burning House Realtor
• Elizabeth Marvel as Warehouse Realtor
• Christopher Evan Welch as Pastor
• Charles Techman as Like Clockwork Patient
• Tom Greer as Medic
• Josh Pais as Ophthalmologist
• Lynn Cohen as Caden's Mother
• Jerry Adler as Caden's Father
• Daisy Tahan as Ariel
• Frank Girardeau as Plumber
• Kristen Bush as Actress Playing Claire
• Stanley Krajewski as Actor as Caden
• Peter Friedman as Emergency Room Doctor
• Daniel London as Tom
• Robert Seay as David
• Stephen Adly Guirgis as Davis
• Joe Lisi as Maurice
• Michael Medeiros as Eric
• William Ryall as Jimmy
• Rosemary Murphy as Frances
• John Rothman as Dentist
• Paul Sparks as Derek
• Tim Guinee as Needleman Actor
• Michael Higgins as Actor Playing Man with Nose Bleed
• Barbara Haas as Warehouse Actress
• Greg McFadden as Actor Playing Needleman Actor
• Alvin Epstein as Man with Nose Bleed

Crew

• Anthony Bregman — Producer
• Spike Jonze — Producer
• Charlie Kaufman — Producer
• Sidney Kimmel — Producer
• Jon Brion — Original Music Composer
• Frederick Elmes — Director of Photography
• Charlie Kaufman — Director
• Charlie Kaufman — Writer

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