Awakenings poster

Awakenings Cast & Characters

Awakenings (1991) stars Robert De Niro as Leonard Lowe, Robin Williams as Malcolm Sayer and John Heard as Dr. Kaufman. The drama movie was released January 11, 1991. Below is the full cast and crew.

PG-13 1991 · 2h 78 Audience

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Starring Cast

Key crew

Director

Penny Marshall

Screenplay

Steven Zaillian

Producers

Lawrence Lasker , Walter F. Parkes , Elliot Abbott , Penny Marshall , Arne Schmidt

Music

Randy Newman

Cinematography

Miroslav Ondříček

Editor

Battle Davis , Gerald B. Greenberg

Production design

Anton Furst

Costume design

Cynthia Flynt

Casting

Bonnie Timmermann

Full cast

62 cast members

Eleanor Costello

Penelope Ann Miller

Richard Libertini

Bradley Whitford

John Christopher Jones

Mary Catherine Wright

Le Clanché du Rand

Steven Randazzo

Gloria Harper

Dottie

Hospital Director

Shane Fistell

Man in Hall

Waheedah Ahmad

Hysterical Woman

Charles Keating

Christina Huertes

Christina

Linda Burns

Fishsticks

Judy Jacksina

Hospital Receptionist

Rico Elias

Orderly #1

Chris Carolan

EEG Technician

Debra Kovner-Zaks

Cafeteria Nurse

Head Ward Orderly

Gordon Joseph Weiss

Ward #5 Patient

Ward #5 Patient #2

Anthony McGowen

Ward #5 Patient #3

Paul Montgomery

Ward #5 Patient #4

Ward #5 Patient #5

Vincent Pastore

Ward #5 Patient #6

Ward #5 Patient #7

Tomislav Novakovic

Bartender

Anthony J. Nici

Young Leonard

Leonard's Friend #1

Buck Smith

Leonard's Friend #2

Joan E. MacIntosh

Teacher

Harry L. Seddon

Medical Student

Psych Ward Intern

Jason W. Fuchs

Pot-Head Hippie

Hospital Orderly (uncredited)

Crew by department

71 crew members

Directing

Alan E. Muraoka

Assistant Art Director

First Assistant Editor

Miroslav Ondříček

Director of Photography

First Assistant Director

Second Assistant Director

Writing

Steven Zaillian

Production

Lawrence Lasker

Walter F. Parkes

Richard Baratta

Location Manager

Associate Producer

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Margaret Mitchell

Production Accountant

Timothy M. Bourne

Unit Production Manager

Camera

Tom Priestley Jr.

Camera Operator

Still Photographer

Richard Quinlan

Chief Lighting Technician

Editing

Gerald B. Greenberg

Debbie Goldsmith

Assistant Editor

Suzanne Pillsbury

Assistant Editor

Sound

Hamilton Sterling

Beth Bergeron

Supervising ADR Editor

Production Sound Mixer

Assistant Sound Editor

Michele Perrone

Assistant Sound Editor

Assistant Sound Editor

Gary C. Bourgeois

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Supervising Sound Editor

Matthew Iadarola

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Music

Original Music Composer

Art

George DeTitta Jr.

Robert Griffon Jr.

Property Master

Production Design

Lynn Nigro

Art Department Assistant

Ron Petagna Sr.

Construction Coordinator

Art Department Assistant

Costume & Makeup

Scott W. Farley

William A. Farley

Bernadette Mazur

Assistant Costume Designer

Casting

Bonnie Timmermann

Other

Yakov Sklyansky

Negative Cutter

Script Supervisor

Additional Editing

Transportation Captain