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Directed by | |||
| Ben Stiller | |||
Writing credits(WGA) | ||
| Ben Stiller | (screenplay) & | |
| Justin Theroux | (screenplay) and | |
| Etan Cohen | (screenplay) | |
| Ben Stiller | (story) & | |
| Justin Theroux | (story) | |
Cast (in credits order)
 | Ben Stiller | ... | Tugg Speedman |
 | Jack Black | ... | Jeff Portnoy |
 | Robert Downey Jr. | ... | Kirk Lazarus |
 | Nick Nolte | ... | Four Leaf Tayback |
 | Steve Coogan | ... | Damien Cockburn |
 | Jay Baruchel | ... | Kevin Sandusky |
 | Danny R. McBride | ... | Cody (as Danny McBride) |
 | Brandon T. Jackson | ... | Alpa Chino |
 | Bill Hader | ... | Studio Executive Rob Slolom |
 | Brandon Soo Hoo | ... | Tran |
 | Reggie Lee | ... | Byong |
| Trieu Tran | ... | Tru |
 | Matthew McConaughey | ... | Rick Peck |
 | Tom Cruise | ... | Les Grossman |
| Jeff Kahn | ... | Snooty Waiter |
| Anthony Ruivivar | ... | Platoon Sergeant Shot in Head |
 | Eric Winzenried | ... | Chopper Pilot |
 | Valerie Azlynn | ... | Damien's Assistant |
 | Matt Levin | ... | Cameraperson |
| David Pressman | ... | First Assistant Director |
 | Amy Stiller | ... | Script Supervisor |
| Dempsey Silva | ... | Special Effects Assistant |
| Jeff Weidemann | ... | Speedman Assistant #1 |
 | Nadine Ellis | ... | Speedman Assistant #2 |
 | Rachel Avery | ... | Speedman Assistant #3 |
| Darryl Farmer | ... | Alpa's Posse |
| Rod Tate | ... | Alpa's Posse |
 | Maria Menounos | ... | Herself |
 | Tyra Banks | ... | Herself |
 | Christine Taylor | ... | Rebecca |
| Jel Galiza | ... | Speedman's Chef |
 | Andrea De Oliveira | ... | Speedman's Trainer |
 | Yvette Nicole Brown | ... | Peck's Assistant |
| J. Thomas Chon | ... | Half Squat |
| Jacob Chon | ... | Half Squat |
| Mini Anden | ... | Grossman's Secretary |
 | Mike Hoagland | ... | Grossman's Assistant |
 | Jon Voight | ... | Himself |
 | Jennifer Love Hewitt | ... | Herself |
 | Jason Bateman | ... | Himself |
 | Lance Bass | ... | Himself |
 | Alicia Silverstone | ... | Herself |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | Denise Bradley | ... | Academy Award Guest (uncredited) |
 | Ella Christopher-Pantoliano | ... | Stewardess (uncredited) |
 | Kaylee Dodson | ... | Sack Race Girl (uncredited) |
 | Jasmine Dustin | ... | Trophy presenter (uncredited) |
 | Eric Feliciano | ... | Academy Awards Audience Member (uncredited) |
| Miko Hughes | ... | Radio DJ (uncredited) |
 | Dave Johnson | ... | Journalist (uncredited) |
 | Tobey Maguire | ... | Himself (uncredited) |
 | Anya Monzikova | ... | Trophy presenter (uncredited) |
| The Mooney Suzuki | ... | Themselves (uncredited) |
 | Chad Mountain | ... | Agency Assistant (uncredited) |
 | Kevin Pollak | ... | Head Priest (uncredited) |
 | Samantha Sadoff | ... | Farm Girl (uncredited) |
 | Becca Sweitzer | ... | Go Go dancer (uncredited) |
Produced by | |||
| Stuart Cornfeld | .... | producer | |
| Matt Eppedio | .... | associate producer | |
| Patrick Esposito | .... | post-production producer | |
| Eric McLeod | .... | producer | |
| Ben Stiller | .... | producer | |
| Brian Taylor | .... | co-producer | |
| Justin Theroux | .... | executive producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Theodore Shapiro | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| John Toll | (director of photography) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Greg Hayden | |||
Casting by | |||
| Kathy Driscoll | |||
| Francine Maisler | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Jeff Mann | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Raphael Gort | |||
| Richard L. Johnson | |||
| Dan Webster | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Daniel B. Clancy | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Marlene Stewart | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Kate Biscoe | .... | makeup artist: Ben Stiller | |
| John Blake | .... | personal makeup artist: Robert Downey | |
| Roland Blancaflor | .... | makeup effects technician | |
| Michèle Burke | .... | makeup artist: Mr. Cruise | |
| Barney Burman | .... | makeup artist: Mr. Cruise | |
| Jody Burton | .... | hair stylist | |
| Aida Caefer | .... | hair technician | |
| Leo Corey Castellano | .... | makeup department head: second unit | |
| Carlton Coleman | .... | special makeup effects artist | |
| Iraina Crenshaw | .... | hair stylist | |
| Ginger Damon | .... | key hair stylist | |
| Leslie Devlin | .... | key makeup artist | |
| Connie Grayson | .... | hair technician | |
| Russ Herpich | .... | makeup lab foreman: Proteus Make-up FX | |
| Kerry Mendenhall | .... | key hair stylist | |
| Beth Miller | .... | hair department head | |
| Matthew W. Mungle | .... | special makeup effects designer: prosthetics, Ben Stiller | |
| Koji Ohmura | .... | special makeup effects artist | |
| Michael S. Pack | .... | prosthetic eyes and teeth: Steve Coogan eyes/Jack Black braces | |
| Liz Pisano | .... | hair technician | |
| Heather Plott | .... | makeup artist | |
| Gerald Quist | .... | makeup department head | |
| Yoichi Art Sakamoto | .... | prosthetic dental appliances: Ben Stiller/Robert Downey Jr. | |
| Lotus Seki | .... | additional hair stylist | |
| Ray Shaffer | .... | hair technician | |
| Mitchell Stone | .... | hair stylist: Mr. Stiller | |
| Miho Suzuki | .... | assistant makeup artist: Mr. Cruise | |
| Khanh Trance | .... | special effects hair: Proteus FX | |
| Kazuhiro Tsuji | .... | special makeup effects artist | |
| Teresa Valenzuela | .... | wig maker | |
| Vincent Van Dyke | .... | glove sculptor: Proteus Makeup FX | |
| Jay Wejebe | .... | makeup artist: Ben Stiller | |
Production Management | |||
| Patrick Esposito | .... | post-production supervisor | |
| Mark Indig | .... | unit production manager | |
| Leeann Stonebreaker | .... | production supervisor | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Dieter 'Dietman' Busch | .... | second assistant director (as Dieter H. Busch) | |
| Mark Cotone | .... | first assistant director | |
| Julie Cummings | .... | second second assistant director: second unit | |
| Vernon Davidson | .... | additional second assistant director: day player | |
| E.J. Foerster | .... | second unit director | |
| David Mendoza | .... | second second assistant director | |
| Phil Neilson | .... | second unit director | |
| Bill Purple | .... | second assistant director: second unit (as William Purple) | |
| Nick Satriano | .... | first assistant director: second unit | |
| Amy Schmidt | .... | second assistant director: second unit | |
| Matthew D. Smith | .... | second assistant director: second unit | |
| Yumiko Takeya | .... | second second assistant director | |
| David H. Venghaus Jr. | .... | first assistant director: second unit | |
Sound Department | |||
| Steve Baine | .... | foley artist | |
| Benjamin Beardwood | .... | sound editor | |
| Jim Brookshire | .... | supervising sound editor | |
| Steve Cantamessa | .... | sound mixer | |
| Paula Fairfield | .... | sound effects editor | |
| Eric Flickinger | .... | digital sound mix technician | |
| Richard Bryce Goodman | .... | additional sound mixer | |
| Gina Gyles | .... | foley assistant | |
| Warren Hendriks | .... | sound effects editor | |
| Craig Henighan | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| Craig Henighan | .... | supervising sound editor | |
| Vanessa Lapato | .... | dialogue editor | |
| Skip Longfellow | .... | supervising assistant sound editor | |
| Jason Oliver | .... | sound recordist | |
| Peter Persaud | .... | foley recordist | |
| Troy Porter | .... | adr mixer | |
| Erin Michael Rettig | .... | sound engineering | |
| Gary Thomas | .... | boom operator | |
| Jason Tuttle | .... | assistant sound editor | |
| Derek Vanderhorst | .... | sound effects editor | |
| Randolph Saucedo | .... | sound recordist (uncredited) | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Archie Ahuna | .... | additional special effects coordinator | |
| Chris Brenczewski | .... | special effects pyrotechnician | |
| Peter A. Chevako | .... | animatronics and puppeteer | |
| Val Crawford | .... | hair technician: Anatamorphix | |
| William Curtis | .... | special effects on-set foreman | |
| Robert DeVine | .... | creature effects: animatronic creature suits, panda bear, Ben Stiller panda wardrobe | |
| Jeffrey S. Farley | .... | prosthetic sculptor: EFI | |
| Brie Ford | .... | seamer: Proteus FX | |
| Corey Helmer | .... | special effects technician | |
| Robert S. Henderson | .... | special effects technician | |
| Bruce Y. Kuroyama | .... | special effects pyrotechnic gangboss | |
| Michael Meinardus | .... | special effects supervisor (as Mike Meindarus) | |
| Donald Myers | .... | special effects | |
| Koji Ohmura | .... | special effects makeup | |
| Doug Passarelli | .... | pyrotechnician | |
| Arnold Peterson | .... | special effects motion control engineer | |
| Charles Raymond | .... | special effects assistant | |
| Lynette Roy | .... | special effects costumes: Proteus Make-Up FX | |
| Eric Rylander | .... | special effects second unit foreman | |
| Mike Sasgen | .... | special effects foreman | |
| Anthony Simonaitis | .... | special effects general foreman | |
| Mike Su'a | .... | special effects assistant | |
| Daniel Yates | .... | special effects technician | |
| Douglas D. Ziegler | .... | special effects assistant | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Gary Abrahamian | .... | animation lead: CIS Hollywood | |
| Simon Ager | .... | digital compositor | |
| Fahed Alhabib | .... | visual effects coordinator | |
| Lee Allan | .... | digital compositor | |
| Chris Anderson | .... | visual effects producer: CIS Vancouver | |
| Lindsay Anderson | .... | compositor | |
| Graeme Baitz | .... | lead rotoscope artist: Rainmaker | |
| Jamie Baxter | .... | visual effects | |
| Ryan Beadle | .... | digital I/O | |
| Elissa Bello | .... | roto/paint supervisor | |
| Philip Benn | .... | visual effects | |
| Jordan Benwick | .... | compositor | |
| Jason Bidwell | .... | visual effects: Asylum FX | |
| Rob Blue | .... | digital effects artist: Asylum | |
| Mark Breakspear | .... | visual effects supervisor: Rainmaker | |
| Randy Brown | .... | lead compositor: CIS Hollywood | |
| Shauna Bryan | .... | executive visual effects producer | |
| John Cairns | .... | digital compositor: Rainmaker | |
| Craig Calvert | .... | CG supervisor: Rainmaker | |
| David Carriker | .... | visual effects supervisor: Modern Videofilm | |
| Huey Carroll | .... | compositor | |
| Merlin Carroll | .... | rotoscope artist | |
| Paul Cech | .... | motion capture technical director | |
| Daniel Chuba | .... | executive producer: Hammerhead Productions | |
| Scott Seungpil Chung | .... | effects artist: CIS Hollywood (uncredited) | |
| Jessee J. Clarkson | .... | effects technician | |
| Aliza Corson Chameides | .... | digital compositor: Hammerhead Productions | |
| Keith Croket | .... | assistant visual effects editor | |
| Roy Cullen | .... | lead designer/animator: Prologue Films | |
| Martyn 'Moose' Culpitt | .... | lead digital compositing supervisor | |
| Sam Dabbs | .... | digital compositor | |
| Kristin Dearholt | .... | digital colorist | |
| Mike Diltz | .... | digital compositor: Rainmaker | |
| Ben Dishart | .... | texture artist: CIS Hollywood | |
| Jamie Dixon | .... | visual effects supervisor: Hammerhead Productions | |
| Waylon Dobson | .... | modeler: CIS Hollywood | |
| Ryan Dorney | .... | visual effects assistant editor | |
| Jason Dowdeswell | .... | head of digital studio: CIS Vancouver | |
| Nick Drew | .... | visual effects production manager: CIS London | |
| Patrick Esposito | .... | visual effects producer | |
| Gerald Feather | .... | matchmove | |
| Peter Fiala | .... | modeler | |
| Michael L. Fink | .... | visual effects supervisor (as Michael Fink) | |
| Paul Flanagan | .... | effects animation technical director: CIS Vancouver | |
| Reggie Fourmyle | .... | CG artist: CIS Hollywood | |
| Chad Lee Fox | .... | visual effects | |
| Lori Freitag-Hild | .... | compositor | |
| Mathias Frodin | .... | digital compositor | |
| James Gambino | .... | rotoscoping | |
| Lynn M. Gephart | .... | visual effects producer: Hammerhead | |
| Christina Graff | .... | visual effects producer: Digital Backlot | |
| Paul Graff | .... | visual effects supervisor: Digital Backlot | |
| Monty Granito | .... | pre-vis supervisor: Proof Inc | |
| Sarah Grieshammer | .... | digital compositor | |
| Brian Hanable | .... | digital effects compositor: Pacific Title | |
| Jason Hancox | .... | motion capture artist: Rainmaker | |
| Peter Hart | .... | lead matchmove artist | |
| Jotham Herzon | .... | previsualization artist: Proof Inc. | |
| Deborah Hiner | .... | rotoscope artist: Hammerhead Productions | |
| Bryan Hirota | .... | visual effects supervisor: CIS Hollywood | |
| Shaina Holmes | .... | digital compositor | |
| Stephanie Ide | .... | rotoscope artist: Asylum FX | |
| Bridget Immelman | .... | model shop coordinator | |
| Mark Intravartolo | .... | Inferno artist | |
| Justin Israel | .... | compositor | |
| Stephen James | .... | digital compositor: Rainmaker | |
| Llyr Tobias Johansen | .... | visual effects coordinator | |
| Kelly Rae Kenan | .... | visual effects coordinator | |
| Michael Kennedy | .... | digital effects supervisor: Hammerhead Productions | |
| Bernice Kenton | .... | visual effects producer: New Deal Studios | |
| Nicholas Kim | .... | digital compositor | |
| Nicholas Kim | .... | digital effects artist | |
| Seth Kleinberg | .... | visual effects producer | |
| Katharina Koepke | .... | digital compositor | |
| Kelly Jean Kurowski | .... | visual effects production assistant | |
| Paulina Kuszta | .... | visual effects coordinator | |
| Jean Lapointe | .... | digital effects supervisor: Rainmaker | |
| Gary Laurie | .... | matchmove/layout technical director: Asylum | |
| Evelyn Lee | .... | digital artist | |
| Carlos D. Lemus | .... | technical director: Rainmaker Entertainment | |
| Sean Lewkiw | .... | technical head of 3D | |
| Anthony Mabin | .... | visual effects supervisor: prologue films | |
| Michael MacGillivray | .... | visual effects coordinator | |
| Lisa Maher | .... | visual effects producer: CIS Hollywood | |
| Lisa Maher | .... | visual effects producer: CIS-Hollywood | |
| Dan Mayer | .... | lead visual effects | |
| Riley McDougall | .... | digital film technician: CIS Vancouver | |
| Tom McHattie | .... | digital compositor | |
| Claudia Meglin | .... | visual effects surveyor | |
| Tony Meister | .... | designer | |
| Daniel Mellitz | .... | digital compositor | |
| Diana Miao | .... | CG supervisor: CIS Hollywood | |
| Ryan Mintenko | .... | digital artist | |
| Fatima Mojaddidy | .... | system administrator: Hammerhead Productions | |
| Fion Mok | .... | matchmove artist | |
| Eroc Moralls | .... | senior Inferno artist | |
| Josh Mossotti | .... | visual effects | |
| Sam Nixon | .... | senior matchmove artist | |
| Meghan L. Noble | .... | visual effects editor | |
| James P. Noon | .... | tracking | |
| Collette Nunes | .... | visual effects editor: CIS London | |
| Gregory Oehler | .... | senior compositor: CIS Hollywood | |
| Eddie Offermann | .... | digital artist | |
| Jonathan Opgenhaffen | .... | lead CG artist: CIS London | |
| Michael Owens | .... | visual effects supervisor | |
| Brian Pace | .... | digital modeler: Digital Backlot | |
| Jinnie Pak | .... | visual effects line producer: CIS Vancouver | |
| Nathaniel Park | .... | visual effects editor | |
| Anuj Patil | .... | senior compositor | |
| Katrissa 'Kat' Peterson | .... | visual effects coordinator | |
| Chi Pham | .... | visual effects systems administrator | |
| Monty Phillips | .... | graphics producer | |
| Monty Phillips | .... | motion graphics producer | |
| Lee Pierce | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Mark Read | .... | visual effects | |
| Becky Roberts | .... | visual effects line producer: CIS London | |
| Casey Rolseth | .... | visual effects | |
| Daniel Rubin | .... | digital compositor: Rainmaker | |
| Chris Ryan | .... | CG artist: CIS Hollywood | |
| Mark Sawicki | .... | visual effects colorist | |
| Drew Shields | .... | senior matchmove artist: Rainmaker | |
| Mark Story | .... | visual effects | |
| Robert Stromberg | .... | visual effects designer | |
| Wes Takahashi | .... | visual effects producer: Hammerhead | |
| Andy Tanguay | .... | lead modeler: CIS Hollywood | |
| Curtis Tsai | .... | data I/O: CIS Vancouver | |
| David Wahlberg | .... | digital compositor: CIS London | |
| Mike Washburn | .... | rotoscope artist | |
| Michael D. Werckle | .... | previsualization animator: Proof Inc. | |
| Bob Wiatr | .... | digital effects compositor: Pacific Title | |
| Amani Williams | .... | digital compositor | |
| Gavin Wright | .... | previsualization artist: Proof | |
| Yuichiro Yamashita | .... | lighting technical director | |
| Jaehyun Yoo | .... | fluid technical director: CIS Hollywood | |
| Sven Zuege | .... | designer/animator: Prologue Films | |
| Matt Ashton | .... | senior systems: CIS Hollywood (uncredited) | |
| Brenda Finster | .... | visual effects coordinator: CIS Hollywood (uncredited) | |
| Donald Fly | .... | general manager: CIS Group (uncredited) | |
| Mathias Frodin | .... | compositor: CIS Hollywood (uncredited) | |
| Amy Garback | .... | effects liaison: CIS Hollywood (uncredited) | |
| Heather Elisa Hill | .... | visual effects project manager: CIS Hollywood (uncredited) | |
| Brian Holmes | .... | systems engineer: CIS Hollywood (uncredited) | |
| Patrick Kavanaugh | .... | digital effects supervisor: CIS Hollywood (uncredited) | |
| Bob Lyss | .... | compositor: CIS Hollywood (uncredited) | |
| Heather MacPhee | .... | paint and rotoscope artist: CIS Hollywood (uncredited) | |
| Katie Miller | .... | production assistant: CIS Hollywood (uncredited) | |
| Robert Minsk | .... | systems: CIS Hollywood (uncredited) | |
| Jonathan Opgenhaffen | .... | CG artist: CIS Hollywood (uncredited) | |
| Eric Pender | .... | CG artist: CIS Hollywood (uncredited) | |
| Dottie Starling | .... | cgi artist: CIS Hollywood (uncredited) | |
| Jason Wardle | .... | senior cgi artist: CIS Hollywood (uncredited) | |
| Matt Wilson | .... | compositor: CIS Hollywood (uncredited) | |
| Kyle Yamamoto | .... | R&D programmer: CIS Hollywood (uncredited) | |
Animation Department | |||
| Hal Forsstrom | .... | animator | |
| Louis Leung | .... | animator | |
| Mario Pochat | .... | animator | |
Casting Department | |||
| Elizabeth Chodar | .... | casting assistant | |
| Sally Dana | .... | extras casting assistant | |
| Lauren Grey | .... | casting associate | |
| Nina Henninger | .... | location casting | |
| Carla Lewis | .... | extras casting: Los Angeles | |
| Caitlin McKenna-Wilkinson | .... | adr voice casting | |
| Deedra Ricketts | .... | location casting | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | ||
| John Casey | .... | costume supervisor |
| Nancy Collini | .... | key costumer |
| Tom Cummins | .... | set costumer |
| Grant Denton | .... | |