Kevin Spacey (Lester Burnham), Annette Bening (Carolyn Burnham), Thora Birch (Jane Burnham), Wes Bentley (Ricky Fitts), Mena Suvari (Angela Hayes), Chris Cooper (Colonel Frank Fitts), Allison Janney (Barbara Fitts) more..., Peter Gallagher (Buddy Kane), Scott Bakula (Jim Olmeyer), Sam Robards (Jim Berkley), Barry Del Sherman (Brad Dupree), John Cho (Sale House Man #1), Hal Fort Atkinson (Sale House Man #2), Kent Faulcon (Sale House Man #3), Ara Celi (Sale House Woman #1), Sue Casey (Sale House Woman #2), Brenda Wehle (Sale House Woman #3), Lisa Cloud (Sale House Woman #4), Amber Smith (Christy Kane), Joel McCrary (Catering Boss), Marissa Jaret Winokur (Janine), Dennis Anderson (Mr. Smiley's Manager), Matthew Kimbrough (Firing Range Attendant), Erin Cathryn Strubbe (Young Jane), Alison Faulk (Spartanette #1), Krista Goodsitt (Spartanette #2), Lily Houtkin (Spartanette #3), Carolina Lancaster (Spartanette #4), Mona Leah (Spartanette #5), Chekesha Van Putten (Spartanette #6), Emily Zachary (Spartanette #7), Nancy Anderson (Spartanette #8), Reshma Gajjar (Spartanette #9), Stephanie Rizzo (Spartanette #10), Heather Joy Sher (Playground Girl #1), Chelsea Hertford (Playground Girl #2), Elaine Corral Kendall (Newscaster (uncredited)), David C. Fisher (Wedding Guest (uncredited)), Tom Miller (Advertising Executive (uncredited)), Bruce Cohen (Bartender (uncredited))

Alan Ball (Author), Bruce Cohen (Producer), Dan Jinks (Producer), Thomas Newman (Original Music Composer), Conrad L. Hall (Director of Photography), Christopher Greenbury (Editor), Tariq Anwar (Editor) more..., Debra Zane (Casting), David Lazan (Art Direction), Julie Weiss (Costume Design), Alan Ball (Screenplay), Naomi Shohan (Production Design), Alan Ball (Co-Producer), Stan Wlodkowski (Co-Producer), Jan K. Bergstrom (Set Decoration), Molly Click (Art Department Coordinator), Catherine Smith (Assistant Art Director), Joe Ondrejko (Construction Coordinator), John Hartigan (Special Effects Coordinator), Janet Yale (Visual Effects Producer), Jonathan F. Styrlund (Visual Effects Producer), Rob Hodgson (Visual Effects Supervisor), David Goldberg (Visual Effects Supervisor), Huston Beaumont (Rigging Gaffer), Gerald A. King (Rigging Grip), Aaron Pazanti (Camera Operator), Geoffrey Haley (Camera Operator), Lorey Sebastian (Still Photographer), Clyde E. Bryan (First Assistant Camera), Marcy Grace Froehlich (Assistant Costume Designer), Hope Slepak (Costume Supervisor), Alix Hester (Set Costumer), Kanani Wolf (Set Costumer), Bill Bernstein (Music Editor), Joanie Diener (Music Editor), Chris Douridas (Music Supervisor), Thomas Pasatieri (Orchestrator), Ana Maria Quintana (Script Supervisor), Deborah Ricketts (Researcher), Paula Abdul (Choreographer) and others.