Ethan Hawke as Jesse

Julie Delpy as Celine

Wiley Wiggins as Main Character

Bill Wise as Boat Car Guy

Alex E. Jones as Man in Car with P.A.

Steven Soderbergh as Interviewed on Television

Ken Webster as Bartender

Charles Gunning as Angry Man in Jail

Lorelei Linklater as Young Girl Playing Paper Game

Trevor Jack Brooks as Young Boy Playing Paper Game

Glover Gill as Accordion Player

Lara Hicks as Violin Player

Ames Asbell as Viola Player

Leigh Mahoney as Viola Player

Sara Nelson as Cello Player

Jeanine Attaway as Piano Player

Erik Grostick as Bass Player

Robert C. Solomon as Philosophy Professor

Kim Krizan as Self

Eamonn Healy as Shape-Shifting Man

J.C. Shakespeare as Burning Man

David Sosa as Self

Otto Hofmann as Self

Aklilu Gebrewold as Self

Carol Dawson as Coffee Shop Chatter

Lisa Moore as Coffee Shop Chatter

Steve Fitch as Chimpanzee

Louis Mackey as Self

Alex Nixon as Man Writing a Novel at the Bar

Kelly Rebecca Nichols as Woman Talking to the Novel Writer (as Violet Nichols)

Steven Prince as Man Talking to the Bartender

Mary McBay as Woman on TV

Kregg A. Foote as Man on TV

Jason T. Hodge as Man with the Long Hair

Guy Forsyth as Self

John Christensen as Guy Talking about Turning the Light on in Dreams

Caveh Zahedi as Self

David Jewell as Man Talking to Caveh

Adam Goldberg as One of Four Men

Nicky Katt as One of Four Men

Jason Liebrecht as One of Four Men

Brent Green as One of Four Men

RC Whittaker as Man on the Lamppost

Hymie Samuelson as Mr. Debord

David Martinez as Man on the Train

Ryan Power as Self / Young Disappearing Guy

Tiana Hux as Soap Opera Woman

Timothy "Speed" Levitch as Self

Steve Brudniak as Goatee Man

Marta Banda as Friendly Girl

Charles Murdock as Old Man

Mona Lee Fultz as Quiet Woman at Restaurant

Edith Mannix as Older Artist in the Park

Bess Cox as Old Woman Sitting for a Portrait

Louis Black as Kierkegaard Disciple

Richard Linklater as Pinball Playing Man / Man on Back of Boat

Kierstin Cunnington as Goth Girl (uncredited)