Bill Murray as Steve Zissou

Owen Wilson as Ned Plimpton

Cate Blanchett as Jane Winslett-Richardson

Anjelica Huston as Eleanor Zissou

Willem Dafoe as Klaus Daimler

Jeff Goldblum as Alistair Hennessey

Michael Gambon as Oseary Drakoulias

Noah Taylor as Vladimir Wolodarsky

Bud Cort as Bill Ubell

Seu Jorge as Pelé dos Santos

Robyn Cohen as Anne-Marie Sakowitz

Waris Ahluwalia as Vikram Ray

Niels Koizumi as Bobby Ogata

Pawel Wdowczak as Renzo Pietro

Matthew Gray Gubler as Intern #1

Seymour Cassel as Esteban du Plantier

Antonio Monda as Festival Director

Isabella Blow as Antonia Cook

James Hamilton as Festival Photographer

Melanie Gerren as Mandeeza

Nazzareno Piana as Elderly Man

Rudd Simmons as Man in Yellow Shirt

Leonardo Giovannelli as Werner

Henry S. F. Cooper Jr. as Talk Show Host

Pietro Ragusa as Academic

Eric Chase Anderson as Air Kentucky Pilot

Robert Wilson as Air Kentucky Pilot

Don McKinnon as Air Kentucky Pilot

Alessio Santini as University of North Alaska Intern

Paolo Sirignani as University of North Alaska Intern

Andrew Weisell as University of North Alaska Intern

Niccolò Senni as University of North Alaska Intern

Andrea Guerra as University of North Alaska Intern

Christiano Irrera as University of North Alaska Intern

Marco Ciarlitto as University of North Alaska Intern

Tony Shafrazi as Larry Amin

Noah Baumbach as Phillip

Stefano Maria Ortolani as Italian Man in Audience

Sylvie Genin as French Woman in Audience

Jacques Henri Lartigue as Lord Mandrake

Muzius Gordon Dietzmann as Javier

Gangyuan Xu as Cedric

Robin Scott as Hugo

Guglielmo Casciaro as Carl

Alessandro De Angelis as Hennessey Sailor

Andrea Bertone as Hennessey Sailor

Andriy Kachur as Hennessey Sailor

Roberto Salvi as Hennessey Sailor

Stefano Masciolini as Hennessey Sailor

Robert Sommer as Party Guest

Anna Orso as Party Guest

Ettore Conti as Party Guest

Robert Graham as Venezuelan General

Hal Yamanouchi as Chief Pirate

Conrado Mendoza Dolor as Pirate

Eduardo Bautista Grantuza as Pirate

Simeon Maragigak Agelion as Pirate

Walter Cajapao Casapao as Pirate

Honorato Ilao Reyes as Pirate

Roderick Magbay as Pirate

Demetreo Castillo as Pirate

Thomas Carwgal de la Pena as Pirate

Edwarren Bantungon as Pirate

Levi Mickael de Ramon as Pirate

Aries Corales as Pirate

Aries Dolor Ilagon as Pirate

Joseph de los Reyes as Pirate

Dennis Rayos Martinez as Pirate

Taiyo Yamanouchi as Pirate

Wai Tung Wong as Pirate

Ging Fang Zhu as Pirate

Francis Dokyi as Water Taxi Driver

Begni Bok Dong as Young Ogata

Daniel Acon as Former Team Zissou, Antarctica

Alexander Hamilton as Former Team Zissou, Antarctica

Erminio Bianchi Fasani as Man at the Gala Premiere (uncredited)