Waking Life (2001) Cast & Crew
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Directed by Richard Linklater.
Cast
- Ethan Hawke as Jesse
- Julie Delpy as Celine
- Wiley Wiggins as Main Character
- Bill Wise as Boat Car Guy
- Alex E. Jones as Man in Car with P.A.
- Steven Soderbergh as Interviewed on Television
- Ken Webster as Bartender
- Charles Gunning as Angry Man in Jail
- Lorelei Linklater as Young Girl Playing Paper Game
- Trevor Jack Brooks as Young Boy Playing Paper Game
- Glover Gill as Accordion Player
- Lara Hicks as Violin Player
- Ames Asbell as Viola Player
- Leigh Mahoney as Viola Player
- Sara Nelson as Cello Player
- Jeanine Attaway as Piano Player
- Erik Grostick as Bass Player
- Robert C. Solomon as Philosophy Professor
- Kim Krizan as Self
- Eamonn Healy as Shape-Shifting Man
- J.C. Shakespeare as Burning Man
- David Sosa as Self
- Otto Hofmann as Self
- Aklilu Gebrewold as Self
- Carol Dawson as Coffee Shop Chatter
- Lisa Moore as Coffee Shop Chatter
- Steve Fitch as Chimpanzee
- Louis Mackey as Self
- Alex Nixon as Man Writing a Novel at the Bar
- Kelly Rebecca Nichols as Woman Talking to the Novel Writer (as Violet Nichols)
- Steven Prince as Man Talking to the Bartender
- Mary McBay as Woman on TV
- Kregg A. Foote as Man on TV
- Jason T. Hodge as Man with the Long Hair
- Guy Forsyth as Self
- John Christensen as Guy Talking about Turning the Light on in Dreams
- Caveh Zahedi as Self
- David Jewell as Man Talking to Caveh
- Adam Goldberg as One of Four Men
- Nicky Katt as One of Four Men
Crew
- Tommy Pallotta — Producer
- Jonah Smith — Producer
- Anne Walker-McBay — Producer
- Palmer West — Producer
- Glover Gill — Original Music Composer
- Richard Linklater — Director of Photography
- Tommy Pallotta — Director of Photography
- Richard Linklater — Director
- Richard Linklater — Writer
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