"Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents' divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s."
Jeff Daniels
as Bernard Berkman
Laura Linney
as Joan Berkman
Jesse Eisenberg
as Walt Berkman
Owen Kline
as Frank Berkman
William Baldwin
as Ivan
Halley Feiffer
as Sophie Greenberg
Anna Paquin
as Lili
David Benger
as Carl
Molly Barton
as Graduate Student
Bo Berkman
Matthew Kaplan
Simon Kaplan
Matthew Kirsch
Daniella Markowicz
Elizabeth Meriwether
Ben Schrank
Amy Srebnick
Josh Srebnick
Emma Straub
Alan Wilkis
James Hamilton
as Man with Joan
Adam Rose
as Otto
Henry Glovinsky
as Lance
Eli Gelb
as Jeffrey
Wayne Lawson
as Talent Show Judge
Michael Santiago
Juan Torriente
Patricia Towers
Peggy Gormley
as Mrs. Greenberg
Peter Newman
as Mr. Greenberg
Greta Kline
as Greta Greenberg
Melissa Meyer
as Professor
Benjamin Smolen
as Student with Puppets
Michael Countryman
as Mr. Simic
Alexandra Daddario
as Pretty Girl
Nico Baumbach
as Jeb Gelber
Maryann Plunkett
as Ms. Lemon
Hector Otero
as Hector
Ken Leung
as School Therapist
Jo Yang
as Nurse
Jonathan Baumbach
as Man Outside Ms. Lemon's Office (uncredited)
Andrew Kaempfer
as Valet (uncredited)
Britta Phillips
as Talent Show Audience Member (uncredited)
Bobby Shue
as Student (uncredited)
Dean Wareham
Reverge Anselmo
Executive Producer
Original Music Composer
Tim Streeto
Editor
Charlie Corwin
Producer
Clara Markowicz
Miranda Bailey
Robert D. Yeoman
Director of Photography
Andrew Lauren
Noah Baumbach
Director
Douglas Aibel
Casting
Robert Covelman
Set Decoration
Perri B. Frank
Assistant Editor
Amy Westcott
Costume Design
Lisa Marzolf
Costume Supervisor
Still Photographer
Randall Poster
Music Supervisor
Jennifer Dehghan
Art Direction
Anne Ross
Production Design
Wes Anderson
Stephanie Holbrook
Casting Associate
Nils Benson
Camera Operator
Jennifer Roth
Co-Producer
Douglas W. Shannon
Gaffer
Massoumeh Emami
Script Supervisor
Steve Kornacki
Production Coordinator
Greg Johnson
Mei Lai Hippisley Coxe
Set Costumer
Karen Malecki
Assistant Costume Designer
Storn Peterson
First Assistant Camera
Steve Speers
Second Assistant Camera
Simeon Moore
Electrician
Bobby Andres
Grip
George Elias
Writer
Alfredo Viteri
Boom Operator
Lori Guidroz
Key Hair Stylist
Hans Graffunder
Unit Production Manager
Eric Yellin
Second Assistant Director
Robert M. Andres
Key Grip
Keith Kalohelani
Doug Kofsky
Allan Byer
Sound Mixer
Bernard James
Maya Hardinge
Key Makeup Artist
Chris Hayes
Beth O'Brien
Evelina Andres
Alison Barton
Best Boy Grip
Irapaul Turner
John Schwartz
Best Boy Electric
Scott Maher
Lisa Marie Gleeson
Dave Rudolph
Scott Kincaid
Gay E. Riedel
Lewis Goldstein
Supervising Sound Editor
Todd Judson
Assistant Production Coordinator
Michael Fucci
Location Manager
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rachel Chancey
Foley Editor
Daniel Antonio Srebnick
Additional Music
Foley Recordist
Shaun Brennan
Foley Artist
Susan Tatom
Leadman
Mark Filip
Sound Effects Editor
Jim Dunbar
Music Coordinator
Damian Volpe
Ulysses Terrero
Extras Casting
Joe Hobeck
Post Production Supervisor
Noëlle Penraat
Negative Cutter
Diego Garrido
Scoring Mixer
Keith Krinsky
Assistant Location Manager
Julia Shirar
Dialogue Editor
ADR Recordist
Jay Peck
Leanne Shapton
Title Designer
Nancy Griffith
First Assistant Property Master
Chris Kenneally
Dave Pultz
Color Timer
David 'Wex' Wechsler
First Assistant Director
Jeff Butcher
Property Master