Henry Thomas (Elliott), Drew Barrymore (Gertie), Robert MacNaughton (Michael), Peter Coyote (Keys), Dee Wallace (Mary), Erika Eleniak (Pretty Girl), K.C. Martel (Greg) more..., C. Thomas Howell (Tyler), Sean Frye (Steve), David M. O'Dell (Schoolboy), Richard Swingler (Science Teacher), Frank Toth (Policeman), Robert Barton (Ultra Sound Man), Michael Darrell (Van Man), David Berkson (Medical Unit), David Carlberg (Medical Unit), Milt Kogan (Medical Unit), Alexander Lampone (Medical Unit), Rhoda Makoff (Medical Unit), Robert Murphy (Medical Unit), Richard Pesavento (Medical Unit), Tom Sherry (Medical Unit), Susan Cameron (Medical Unit), Will Fowler Jr. (Medical Unit), Barbara Hartnett (Medical Unit), Diane Lampone (Medical Unit), Mary Stein (Medical Unit), Mitch Suskin (Medical Unit), Ted Grossman (Government Agent (uncredited)), James Kahn (Mustachioed Medical Unit Member who confirms E.T.'s death (uncredited)), Anne Lockhart (Nurse (uncredited)), Melissa Mathison (Elliot's School Nurse (uncredited)), Chuck Riley (Narrator of Theatrical Trailer (voice) (uncredited)), Pat Welsh (E.T. (voice) (uncredited)), Debra Winger (Nurse Zombie Carrying Poodle (uncredited))

Melissa Mathison (Screenplay), Kathleen Kennedy (Producer), Steven Spielberg (Producer), John Williams (Original Music Composer), Allen Daviau (Director of Photography), Carol Littleton (Editor), Jane Feinberg (Casting) more..., Mike Fenton (Casting), Marci Liroff (Casting), James D. Bissell (Production Design), Jackie Carr (Set Decoration), Robert Sidell (Makeup Artist), Leslie Butcher (Art Department Coordinator), Charles L. Campbell (Supervising Sound Editor), Dale L. Martin (Special Effects), Al Bailey (Visual Effects), Glenn Randall Jr. (Stunt Coordinator), Richard E. Butler (Stunts), Carlo Rambaldi (Special Effects), Richard Vane (Location Manager), Dennis Muren (Visual Effects Supervisor), Carlo Rambaldi (Visual Effects), Frank Marshall (Production Supervisor), Samuel C. Crutcher (Sound Effects Editor), Ted Grossman (Stunts), Richard C. Franklin (Sound Effects Editor), Deborah Lynn Scott (Costumer), Melissa Mathison (Associate Producer), Glenn Randall Jr. (Second Unit Director), William James Teegarden (Set Designer), Kenneth Hall (Music Editor), Bobby Porter (Stunts), Felix Silla (Stunts), Bonne Radford (Production Accountant), Chuck Waters (Stunts), Bruce McBroom (Still Photographer), Lola 'Skip' McNalley (Hairstylist), Jane Goe (Assistant Accountant), Bennie E. Dobbins (Stunts), Robert Knudson (Sound Re-Recording Mixer) and others.