Actors you forgot were in Tim Burton movies
Next year, Tim Burton’s version of Alice in Wonderland hits theaters. It’s his seventh time working with Johnny Depp, who might be the first actor you associate with Tim Burton. He has also worked frequently with Helena Bonham-Carter, Jeffrey Jones, Michael Keaton, and a few others. But with this movie he adds a few new big names to his list. It’s his first time working with Crispin Glover, Anne Hathaway, Stephen Fry, and relative newcomer Mia Wasikowska.
Whenever a new Tim Burton movie comes out, I marvel at the caliber and range of actors he’s worked with. So inspired in part by the upcoming Tim Burton retrospective that opens at MOMA in a couple weeks, I decided to compile a list. Here are 94 notable people that you might have forgotten were in movies directed by Tim Burton*:
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Christina Applegate Alan Arkin Patricia Arquette Alec Baldwin Kim Basinger Annette Bening Milton Berle Valerie Bertinelli Jack Black James Brolin Pierce Brosnan Jim Brown Steve Buscemi Robert Carradine Helena Bonham Carter Max Casella Dick Cavett Glenn Close Sacha Baron Cohen Sofia Coppola Marion Cotillard Billy Crudup Miley Cyrus Elizabeth Daily Geena Davis Johnny Depp Danny DeVito Vincent D’Onofrio Michael Clarke Duncan Shelley Duvall Morgan Fairchild Albert Finney Michael J. Fox Stephen Fry Paul Giamatti Crispin Glover Robert Goulet Pam Grier Robert Guillaume Lukas Haas Anthony Michael Hall Jerry Hall Phil Hartman Anne Hathaway Freddy Highmore Jan Hooks James Earl Jones |
Jeffrey Jones Tom Jones Michael Keaton David Kelly Kris Kristofferson Maurice LaMarche Martin Landau Jessica Lange Christopher Lee Lisa Marie Ian McDiarmid Ewan McGregor Bill Murray Jack Nicholson Leonard Nimoy Catherine O’Hara Barret Oliver Jack Palance Sarah Jessica Parker Cassandra Peterson Michelle Pfeiffer Natalie Portman Vincent Price Missy Pyle Paul Reubens Miranda Richardson Alan Rickman Christina Ricci Tim Roth Deep Roy Winona Ryder Glenn Shadix Martin Short Sylvia Sidney Dee Snider George ‘The Animal’ Steele Rod Steiger Daniel Stern Tracey Ullman Mark Wahlberg Loudon Wainwright III Christopher Walken Mia Wasikowska Emily Watson Dianne Wiest Billy Dee Williams Robert Wuhl |
*For the purpose of this blog entry, I also include the actors from Tim Burton’s short film Frankenweenie, plus the “Aladdin” episode of Faerie Tale Theater that he directed.
Comments
Don’t forget Charlton Heston’s cameo in the Planet of the Apes remake!
Posted by: jfruh | November 10, 2009 12:21 PM
Interesting that there’s no sign that Kevin Bacon was in anything…
Posted by: CBB | November 10, 2009 3:16 PM
@CBB remember: It’s never more than six degrees to Kevin Bacon.
Posted by: b°b | November 11, 2009 3:05 AM
Clasic.
Posted by: Ipotpal | November 11, 2009 11:16 AM
I think Tim Burton is a fabulous director. I wonder what it means that my two favorite actors of all time aren’t on this list - Denzel Washington and Jodi Foster.
Posted by: Carlo | November 23, 2009 9:56 AM
What Tim Burton movie was Leonard Nimoy in? IMDB “people working together” search says they’ve never worked together.
Posted by: Sean | December 6, 2009 12:23 PM
Sean: He was in the “Aladdin” episode of Faerie Tale Theatre which Burton directed. See http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0125603/
Posted by: David | December 6, 2009 12:39 PM