Peter Sellars as William Shakespeare Junior the Fifth

Burgess Meredith as Don Learo

Julie Delpy as Virginia

Leos Carax as Edgar

Molly Ringwald as Cordelia

Jean-Luc Godard as Professor Pluggy

Woody Allen as Mr. Alien (uncredited)

Freddy Buache as Professor Quentin Kozintsev (uncredited)

Menahem Golan as Self (voice) (uncredited)

Suzanne Lanza as (uncredited)

Kate Mailer as Self (uncredited)

Norman Mailer as Self (uncredited)

Michèle Pétin as Journalist (uncredited)