A cartoonist teams up with an ace reporter and a law enforcement officer to track down an elusive serial killer.
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Mark Ruffalo as Dave Toschi |
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Jake Gyllenhaal as Robert Graysmith |
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Robert Downey Jr. as Paul Avery |
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Anthony Edwards as Bill Armstrong |
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Chloë Sevigny as Melanie |
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Brian Cox as Melvin Belli |
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John Carroll Lynch as Arthur Leigh Allen |
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Elias Koteas as Jack Mulanax |
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Dermot Mulroney as Captain Martin Lee |
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John Getz as Templeton Peck |
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John Terry as Charles Thieriot |
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Donal Logue as Captain Ken Narlow |
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Adam Goldberg as Duffy Jennings |
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Richmond Arquette as Zodiac 1 / Zodiac 2 |
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Bob Stephenson as Zodiac 3 |
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John Lacy as Zodiac 4 |
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Ed Setrakian as Al Hyman |
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Candy Clark as Carol Fisher |
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June Diane Raphael as Mrs. Toschi |
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Ciara Hughes as Darlene Ferrin |
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Clea DuVall as Linda del Buono |
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Lee Norris as Young Mike Mageau |
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Jimmi Simpson as Mike Mageau |
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James Le Gros as Officer George Bawart |
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Philip Baker Hall as Sherwood Morrill |
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Patrick Scott Lewis as Bryan Hartnell |
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Pell James as Cecilia Shepard |
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David Lee Smith as Father |
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Jason Wiles as Lab Tech Dagitz |
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Charles Schneider as Cabbie / Paul Stine |
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James Carraway as Shorty |
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Tom Verica as Jim Dunbar |
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Doan Ly as Belli's Housekeeper |
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Karina Logue as Woman |
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Joel Bissonnette as Inspector Kracke |
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Zach Grenier as Mel Nicolai |
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John Mahon as Riverside Captain |
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Matt Winston as John Allen |
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Jules Bruff as Catherine Allen |
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John Ennis as Terry Pascoe |
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J. Patrick McCormack as Police Commissioner |
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Charles Fleischer as Bob Vaughn |
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Paul Schulze as Sandy Panzarella |
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Adam Trese as Detective #1 |
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Penny Wallace as Mulanax's Secretary |
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John Hemphill as Donald Cheney |
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Michel Francoeur as Man on Marquee |
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Thomas Kopache as Copy Editor #1 |
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Barry Livingston as Copy Editor #3 |
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Christopher John Fields as Copy Editor #4 |
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Stanley B. Herman as Staff Editor |
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Ione Skye as Kathleen Johns |
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Brett Rickaby as Detective Roy (uncredited) |
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Micah Sauers as David Graysmith (uncredited) |
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Hayati Akbas as Hardware Store Customer (uncredited) |
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David Winston Barge as Vallejo Desk Ofiicer (uncredited) |
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Geoff Callan as Patrolman Zelms (uncredited) |
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Brad Carr as Camera Man (uncredited) |
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JD Cullum as Director (uncredited) |
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Rod Damer as FBI Codebreaker (uncredited) |
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Judith Drake as Florence Douglas (uncredited) |
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Mitchell Fink as Reporter (uncredited) |
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Erica Ford as Traveler (uncredited) |
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Ted Garcia as Anchorman (uncredited) |
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Gloria Grant as Bettye Harden (uncredited) |
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Tish Hicks as Informant (uncredited) |
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Phoebe Holston as Prison Guard (uncredited) |
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Michael Hungerford as Truck Driver (uncredited) |
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Janis Jones as Police Receptionist (uncredited) |
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Roy Lee Jones as Distraught African American Male (uncredited) |
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Anna Katarina as Society Woman (uncredited) |
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Marty Lodge as Pinole Foreman (uncredited) |
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Danielle McKee as Prisoner (uncredited) |
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Cazimir Milostan as Internal Affairs Agent (uncredited) |
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Betty Murphy as Informant (uncredited) |
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Dave Nemeth as Newscaster (uncredited) |
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Derris Nile as Office Worker (uncredited) |
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James Joseph O'Neil as DOD Project Leader (uncredited) |
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Jeff Daniel Phillips as Informant (uncredited) |
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Carmen Plumb as Janie (uncredited) |
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Peter Quartaroli as Patrolman Fouke (uncredited) |
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Michael Rose as Navy Project Leader (uncredited) |
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Jack Samson as Young David Graysmith (uncredited) |
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Zachary Sauers as Aaron Graysmith (uncredited) |
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Bill Seward as TV News Anchor (uncredited) |
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Callie Thompson as Child Witness (uncredited) |
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Cooper Thornton as Internal Affairs Agent (uncredited) |
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Cassius Willis as Uniform Cop (uncredited) |
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Shane Woodson as Informant (uncredited) |
Art | Victor J. Zolfo | Set Decoration |
Costume & Make-Up | Casey Storm | Costume Design |
Directing | David Fincher | Director |
Production | Ceán Chaffin | Producer |
Production | Laray Mayfield | Casting |
Sound | Ren Klyce | Sound Designer |
Sound | Ren Klyce | Supervising Sound Editor |
Sound | Richard Hymns | Supervising Sound Editor |
Sound | David Shire | Original Music Composer |
Camera | Harris Savides | Director of Photography |
Editing | Angus Wall | Editor |
Art | Keith P. Cunningham | Art Direction |
Writing | James Vanderbilt | Screenplay |
Production | James Vanderbilt | Producer |
Writing | Robert Graysmith | Book |
Production | Mike Medavoy | Producer |
Production | Arnold Messer | Producer |
Production | Brad Fischer | Producer |
Art | Donald Graham Burt | Production Design |
Sound | Randall Poster | Music Supervisor |
Production | Daniel M. Stillman | Unit Production Manager |
Crew | Mickey Giacomazzi | Stunt Coordinator |
Camera | Merrick Morton | Still Photographer |
Sound | George Drakoulias | Music Supervisor |
Costume & Make-Up | Amy Schmiederer | Makeup Artist |
Costume & Make-Up | Felicity Bowring | Makeup Department Head |
Costume & Make-Up | Stacy Horn | Costume Supervisor |
Sound | Drew Kunin | Sound mixer |
Sound | Addison Teague | Sound Effects Editor |
Sound | Michael Semanick | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Sound | Bryan Lawson | Music Editor |
Sound | Richard Quinn | Dialogue Editor |
Sound | David C. Hughes | Sound Effects Editor |
Sound | David Parker | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Lighting | John R. Manocchia | Rigging Gaffer |
Costume & Make-Up | Miia Kovero | Hairstylist |
Sound | Malcolm Fife | Dialogue Editor |
Sound | Jonathon Stevens | Music Editor |
Costume & Make-Up | Kelvin R. Trahan | Hair Department Head |
Costume & Make-Up | Trish Almeida | Key Hair Stylist |
Production | Louis Phillips | Executive Producer |
Sound | Martin Erskine | Music Editor |
Directing | Kristine Kelly | Script Supervisor |