The Squid and the Whale (2005) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Noah Baumbach.

Cast

• Jeff Daniels as Bernard Berkman
• Laura Linney as Joan Berkman
• Jesse Eisenberg as Walt Berkman
• Owen Kline as Frank Berkman
• William Baldwin as Ivan
• Halley Feiffer as Sophie Greenberg
• Anna Paquin as Lili
• David Benger as Carl
• Molly Barton as Graduate Student
• Bo Berkman as Graduate Student
• Matthew Kaplan as Graduate Student
• Simon Kaplan as Graduate Student
• Matthew Kirsch as Graduate Student
• Daniella Markowicz as Graduate Student
• Elizabeth Meriwether as Graduate Student
• Ben Schrank as Graduate Student
• Amy Srebnick as Graduate Student
• Josh Srebnick as Graduate Student
• Emma Straub as Graduate Student
• Alan Wilkis as Graduate Student
• James Hamilton as Man with Joan
• Adam Rose as Otto
• Henry Glovinsky as Lance
• Eli Gelb as Jeffrey
• Wayne Lawson as Talent Show Judge
• Michael Santiago as Talent Show Judge
• Juan Torriente as Talent Show Judge
• Patricia Towers as Talent Show Judge
• Peggy Gormley as Mrs. Greenberg
• Peter Newman as Mr. Greenberg
• Greta Kline as Greta Greenberg
• Melissa Meyer as Professor
• Benjamin Smolen as Student with Puppets
• Michael Countryman as Mr. Simic
• Alexandra Daddario as Pretty Girl
• Nico Baumbach as Jeb Gelber
• Maryann Plunkett as Ms. Lemon
• Hector Otero as Hector
• Ken Leung as School Therapist
• Jo Yang as Nurse

Crew

• Dean Wareham — Original Music Composer
• Charlie Corwin — Producer
• Clara Markowicz — Producer
• Britta Phillips — Original Music Composer
• Robert D. Yeoman — Director of Photography
• Peter Newman — Producer
• Noah Baumbach — Director
• Wes Anderson — Producer
• Noah Baumbach — Writer

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