"Brad has committed murder and barricaded himself inside his house. With the help of his friends and neighbours, the cops piece together the strange tale of how this nice young man arrived at such a dark place."
Michael Shannon
as Brad McCullum
Willem Dafoe
as Detective Hank Havenhurst
Chloë Sevigny
as Ingrid
Brad Dourif
as Uncle Ted
Michael Peña
as Detective Vargas
Loretta Devine
as Miss Roberts
Udo Kier
as Lee Meyers
Grace Zabriskie
as Mrs. McCullum
Irma P. Hall
as Mrs. Roberts
Jenn Liu
as Receptionist
Dave Bautista
as Officer, San Diego Police Department S.W.A.T Team
Brian Sounalath
as Young Man
Candice Coke
as Officer Slocum
Gabriel Pimentel
as Little Man
Braden Lynch
as Gary
James C. Burns
as Brown
Noel Arthur
as Naval Guard
Jesse Rodriguez
as Officer Guarding Tape
Julius Morck
as Phil
Fred Parnes
as Male Bystander
Stefan Cap
as Detective
Herbert Golder
as Man with Breathing Mask (uncredited)
Lena Herzog
as Woman Photographing Basketball (uncredited)
Douglas Lay
as Chorus Master: The Theatre Inc
Melissa Hamilton
as Chorus Member: The Theatre Inc
Bonnie J. Stone
Robin Christ
Wendy Savage
Diana Sparta
Andres Torres
Branca Chapman
Joseph Ramos
as Lieutenant, San Diego Police Department S.W.A.T Team
Don Dolezal
as Sergeant, San Diego Police Department S.W.A.T Team
Keith Lucas
Ken Impellizeri
Darby Darrow
Jerome Joaquin
Tony Lessa
Anthony Morasco
Timothy Peterson
Brad Pickett
Jason Scott
Steve Spurlock
Robert Rude
David Speck
Mark Willhelm
Matthew Zdunich
Mark Zdunich
Brady Abbott
as Boy in Wheelchair (uncredited)
Eric Bassett
as Man at Piano (uncredited)
Teresa Hardisty
as Shushing Woman at Theater (uncredited)
James Lacey
as Man in Theater (uncredited)
Ernst Reijseger
as Cellist - The Theatre Inc (uncredited)
Stephen Tompkins
as Emergency Medical Technician (uncredited)
Frank C. Wells
as Pizza Delivery Man (uncredited)
Reed Willard
as CSI Investigator (uncredited)
Werner Herzog
Screenplay
Director
Chris Papavasiliou
Executive Producer
Joe Bini
Editor
Peter Zeitlinger
Director of Photography
Music
Associate Producer
Ken Meyer
Co-Executive Producer
Mikel Padilla
Costume Design
Producer
David Lynch
Omar Daher
Dean Hurley
Supervising Sound Editor
Danny Caldwell
Production Design