Cast and credits of About Schmidt

Alexander Payne

Jack Nicholson
Warren Schmidt

Kathy Bates
Roberta Hertzel

Hope Davis
Jeannie Schmidt

Dermot Mulroney
Randall Hertzel

June Squibb
Helen Schmidt

Howard Hesseman
Larry Hertzel

Harry Groener
John Rusk

Connie Ray
Vicki Rusk

Len Cariou
Ray Nichols

Mark Venhuizen
Duncan Hertzel

Cheryl Hamada
Saundra

Phil Reeves
Minister in Denver

Matt Winston
Gary Nordin - Warren's Replacement

James M. Connor
Randall's Best Man (as James Micheal Connor)

Jill Anderson
Bridesmaid Reading St. Paul

Vaughan Wenzel
Man Mourning Helen

Judith Kathryn Hart
Woman Mourning Helen

Marilyn Tipp
Neighbor Lady (scenes deleted)

Robert Kem
Priest in Omaha (as Reverend Robert Kem)

Melissa Hanna
Dairy Queen Employee

Tung Ha
Frat Kid

James J. Crawley
Other Frat Kid

Mary Beth Nelson
Bartender

Steve Heller
Tire Store Employee (as Stephen Heller)

Lester Kills Crow
Native American Cashier

Thomas Michael Belford
Funeral Director

McKenna Gibson
Six-year-old Jeannie

Emily McNaughton
Twelve-year-old Jeannie

Beth Heimann
Wedding Singer #1

Linda Wilmot
Wedding Singer #2

Chris Huse
Chuck Woodard (uncredited)

Joe Kunze
Partygoer #1 (uncredited)

Angela Lansbury
Angela Lansbury (voice) (uncredited)

Abdallah Mtulu
Ndugu (uncredited)

Mark J. O'Leary
Bartender (uncredited)

Robert Kingston Phillips Green
Male shopper (uncredited)

Lonnie Ray Senstock
Bus boy (uncredited)

Michael Tolochko
Surly Denver Neighbor Taking Trash Out (uncredited)

Louis Begley
(novel About Schmidt)

Alexander Payne
(screenplay)

Jim Taylor
(screenplay)