Ethan Hawke
as Jesse

Julie Delpy
as Celine

Wiley Wiggins
as Main Character

Bill Wise
as Boat Car Guy

Alex 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

Jason Liebrecht
as One of Four Men

Brent Green
as One of Four Men

RC Whittaker
as Man on the Lamppost

Hymie Samuelson
as Mr. Debord

David Martinez
as Man on the Train

Ryan Power
as Self / Young Disappearing Guy

Tiana Hux
as Soap Opera Woman

Timothy "Speed" Levitch
as Self

Steve Brudniak
as Goatee Man

Marta Banda
as Friendly Girl

Charles Murdock
as Old Man

Mona Lee Fultz
as Quiet Woman at Restaurant

Edith Mannix
as Older Artist in the Park

Bess Cox
as Old Woman Sitting for a Portrait

Louis Black
as Kierkegaard Disciple

Richard Linklater
as Pinball Playing Man / Man on Back of Boat

Kierstin Cunnington
as Goth Girl (uncredited)