Ellar Coltrane (Mason Evans Jr.), Patricia Arquette (Olivia), Ethan Hawke (Mason Evans Sr.), Lorelei Linklater (Samantha Evans), Libby Villari (Catherine), Marco Perella (Bill Welbrock), Brad Hawkins (Jim) more..., Jamie Howard (Mindy Welbrock), Andrew Villarreal (Randy Welbrock), Jenni Tooley (Annie), Zoe Graham (Sheena), Charlie Sexton (Jimmy), Elijah Smith (Tommy), Steven Chester Prince (Ted), Bonnie Cross (Teacher), Sydney Orta (Elementary School Girl), Shane Graham (Neighborhood Friend #1), Tess Allen (Neighborhood Friend #2), Ryan Power (Paul), Sharee Fowler (Book Trivia Judge), Mark Finn (Book Release Emcee), Byron Jenkins (Barber), Holly Moore (Mason's 4th Grade Teacher), David Blackwell (Liquor Store Clerk), Barbara Chisholm (Carol), Matthew Martinez-Arndt (Lee), Cassidy Johnson (Abby), Cambell Westmoreland (Kenny), Jennifer Griffin (Mrs. Darby), Garry Peters (No Obama Man), Merrilee McCommas (Obama Mama), Tamara Jolaine (Tammy), Jordan Howard (Tony), Andrew Bunten (Bully 1), Tyler Strother (Bully 2), Evie Thompson (Jill), Savannah Welch (College Girl Singer), Mika Odom (Gabi), Sinjin Venegas (Chase), Nick Krause (Charlie) and others.

Gay Studebaker (Production Design), Richard Linklater (Writer), Cathleen Sutherland (Producer), Richard Linklater (Producer), Jonathan Sehring (Producer), Lee Daniel (Director of Photography), Shane F. Kelly (Director of Photography) more..., Sandra Adair (Editor), John Sloss (Producer), Rodney Becker (Production Design), Beth Sepko (Casting), Kari Perkins (Costume Design), Randall Poster (Music Supervisor), Meghan Currier (Music Supervisor), Vincent Palmo Jr. (Co-Producer), Vincent Palmo Jr. (Assistant Director), Sandra Adair (Co-Producer), Caroline Kaplan (Associate Producer), Anne Walker-McBay (Associate Producer), Darylin Nagy (Hairstylist), Parke Gregg (Digital Intermediate), Nick Smith (Digital Compositors), Dick Hancock (Stunts), Jeff Schwan (Stunts), Stephany Baskin (Set Costumer), Lee Hunsaker (Set Costumer), John H. Smith (Set Costumer), Wayne Bell (Sound Effects Editor), Wayne Bell (Dialogue Editor), Tom Hammond (Supervising Sound Editor), Tom Hammond (Sound Re-Recording Mixer), Korey Pereira (Dialogue Editor), Justin Hennard (Sound Effects Editor), Justin Hennard (Dialogue Editor), Ethan Andrus (Sound Recordist), Darylin Nagy (Makeup Artist), Glenn Eanes (Dialogue Editor), Evan Dunivan (Dialogue Editor), Evan Dunivan (Foley Editor), Thadd Day (Boom Operator) and others.