The Late Shift poster

The Late Shift Cast & Characters

The Late Shift (1996) stars John Michael Higgins as David Letterman, Daniel Roebuck as Jay Leno and Kathy Bates as Helen Kushnick. The drama movie was released February 24, 1996. Below is the full cast and crew.

R 1996 · 1h 35m 64 Audience

Rent on Apple TV

Movie Trailers

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Starring Cast

Key crew

Director

Betty Thomas

Screenplay

George Armitage , Bill Carter

Producers

Don Carmody , Ivan Reitman

Music

Ira Newborn

Cinematography

Mac Ahlberg

Editor

Peter Teschner

Production design

Garreth Stover

Costume design

Shari Feldman

Casting

Nancy Foy

Full cast

43 cast members

John Michael Higgins

David Letterman

Warren Littlefield

Howard Stringer

Brandon Tartikoff

Lawrence Pressman

Sandra Bernhard

Sandra Bernhard

Michael Chieffo

Reporter #2 Letterman Press Conference

Nancy Cheryll Davis

Reporter #2 Carnegie Hall

Michael Fairman

Michael Gartner

Airport Attendant

James Kiriyama-Lem

Reporter #1 Letterman Press Conference

Cynthia Lynch

Laurie Diamond

Michael C. McCarthy

Letterman's Girlfriend

Edmund L. Shaff

Joanne Takahashi

Cathy Worthington

Arnold F. Turner

Reporter #3 Letterman Press Conference

Dean Francois

CBS Executive to Howard Stringer (uncredited)

Mrs. Wright (uncredited)

Crew by department

22 crew members

Directing

Director of Photography

First Assistant Director

Second Assistant Director

Daniel L. Turrett

Second Unit Director of Photography

Writing

Bill Carter

Writer

George Armitage

Production

Executive Producer

Daniel Goldberg

Co-Executive Producer

Co-Executive Producer

Camera

Daniel L. Turrett

Camera Operator

Editing

Music

Original Music Composer

Art

Production Design

Costume & Makeup

Timothy Lasquade

Key Hair Stylist

Key Makeup Artist

Casting

Other

Script Supervisor