Blood Meridian fancast
by LukasSpathis | created - 23 Apr 2023 | updated - 11 months ago | PublicSeeing as the roster of characters (though many exist largely in the background) is so large, leaning mostly on a cast of reliable character actors seems like the best idea. Presumed budget: $70-90 million
1. Levi Miller
Actor | Pan
Levi Miller is an Australian actor and model. He is known for playing Peter Pan in Pan (2015), Luke in Better Watch Out (2016), and Calvin in A Wrinkle in Time (2018). Miller was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. At the age of 5 or 6 he entered and won a drama competition with a Peter Pan ...
The Kid
2. Michael Gaston
Actor | First Reformed
Gaston has appeared in numerous movies and TV shows, as well as various productions on and off Broadway, including "Lucky Guy," with Tom Hanks, in 2013. He' has a B.A. In History from UC Davis and an M.F.A. From NYU.
He is married to Kate Fodor and has two children.
Judge Holden
3. Matthew Fox
Actor | Bone Tomahawk
Matthew Chandler Fox was born in Abington, Pennsylvania. His mother, Loretta B. (Eagono), was a schoolteacher, and his father, Francis G. Fox, was a consultant for an oil company, who raised longhorn cattle and horses and grew barley for Coors beer. He has Italian (from his maternal grandfather), ...
John Joel Glanton
4. Shia LaBeouf
Actor | Honey Boy
Shia LaBeouf's natural talent and raw energy have secured his place as one of Hollywood's leading men.
Most recently, LaBeouf starred alongside Vanessa Kirby and Ellen Burstyn in Kornel Mundruczo's Oscar® nominated Pieces of a Woman. In the critically acclaimed film, a grieving couple (Kirby/LaBeouf...
Louis Toadvine
5. Christopher Soren Kelly
Actor | Infinity Chamber
Christopher Soren Kelly was born in Bloomington, IN and received a Ph.D. in philosophy from Colorado University, Boulder. He came to Los Angeles in 2008 to pursue a career in film. He is an actor, writer, and director, most well known for starring in cult science fiction films Ink (2009), Infinity ...
Ben Tobin
6. Henry Thomas
Actor | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Henry Jackson Thomas Jr. is an American actor. He began his career as a child actor and had a lead role in the film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), for which he won a Young Artist Award and received Golden Globe Award, BAFTA Award, and Saturn Award nominations. Thomas also had roles in films ...
Doc Irving
7. Russell Richardson
Actor | Iron Man
Russell Richardson was born on April 14, 1975 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Iron Man (2008), Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (2014) and Tigerland (2000). He is married to Karimah Richardson.
John Jackson
8. Alan Van Sprang
Actor | Immortals
Alan Van Sprang was born on June 19, 1971 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for Immortals (2011), Diary of the Dead (2007) and Narc (2002).
David Brown
9. Chad Rook
Actor | Joe Pickett
As an award-winning actor, director, writer and producer known for his versatility in the roles he selects, Chad Rook's multitude of credits over the past 20 years have spoken for themselves. With roles such as Clyde Mardon, the weather-controlling super villain on "The Flash (2014)", to the ...
Marcus Webster
10. Corin Nemec
Actor | Place of Bones
Corin Nemec's name comes from his nickname, Corky, given to him as a child by his grandmother. He was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, and later moved to Atlanta. He now lives in California. His first acting parts were in the series Webster (1983) and Sidekicks (1986). He then got a part in Tucker: ...
James Miller
11. Elias Toufexis
Actor | Star Trek: Discovery
Elias grew up in Montreal and now lives in Los Angeles. He has played dozens of major characters on television, in games, and in animation. He is most well-known on television for his roles on The Expanse and his major villain role on Star Trek: Discovery. He is one of the busiest performance ...
Sam Tate
12. Andrew Howard
Actor | Echo
Born in Cardiff, Wales, and living in Los Angeles, Andrew Howard is known mostly for his turn as Gennady in Limitless and Bad Frank Philips in Hatfields and McCoys. Stage roles included Alex DeLarge in A Clockwork Orange, Peer Gynt in Peer Gynt, Orestes in Electra at theatres, including The Royal ...
Bathcat
13. James Jordan
Actor | Special Ops: Lioness
James Jordan is an American character actor known for roles in Taylor Sheridan's WIND RIVER and YELLOWSTONE, Aaron Moorehead's and Justin Benson's THE ENDLESS, Karyn Kusama's DESTROYER, and the television series VERONICA MARS, TRUE BLOOD, and many others.
Born on March 14 1979 in Houston Texas, ...
Tommy Harlan
14. Jimmy Bennett
Actor | Star Trek
James 'Jimmy' Bennett was born on February 9, 1996 in Seal Beach, California. He has appeared in guest starring roles on The Guardian (2001), Judging Amy (1999), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) and recently Everwood (2002), and has been cast in some of the most successful productions in that ...
John Prewett
15. Johnny Strong
Actor | Black Hawk Down
Johnny Strong is an enigmatic American artist. Johnny's career as an artist has touched various forms of expression; An Actor, Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Painter, Writer, Director, Composer, and Martial Artist.
Johnny's Film credits include; Get Carter, The Fast and Furious, Black Hawk Down, to ...
Henderson Smith
16. Tyler Jon Olson
Actor | Midnight in the Switchgrass
Tyler Jon Olson is known for Midnight in the Switchgrass (2021), Force of Nature (2020) and The Big Bang Theory (2007).
Dick Shelby
17. Josh Wiggins
Actor | Max
Josh Wiggins was born on November 2, 1998 in Houston, Texas, USA. He is an actor, known for Max (2015), Walking Out (2017) and Mean Dreams (2016).
John Dorsey
18. Jeff Schine
Actor | Marvel's Avengers
Jeff Schine is known for Marvel's Avengers (2020), Mafia III (2016) and The Walking Dead: A New Frontier (2016).
Charlie Brown
19. Michael Papajohn
Actor | Jurassic World
A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Michael graduated from Vestavia Hills High School in 1983.
The Texas Rangers drafted him in 1985, but he chose instead to attend Louisiana State University on a baseball scholarship. He was the starting center-fielder on the first LSU team to go to the College World ...
Billy Carr
20. Ben Schnetzer
Actor | Pride
Ben Schnetzer was born in New York, to actors Stephen Schnetzer and Nancy Snyder. He began acting in his teens, appearing in the TV drama Happy Town (2010), but, in his own words, wanted to give acting "a proper shot" and moved to London in 2010 to study drama at the Guildhall School of Music and ...
John Gunn
21. Evan Jones
Actor | 8 Mile
Evan Jones was born on April 1, 1976 in College Station, Texas, USA. He is an actor, known for 8 Mile (2002), Den of Thieves (2018) and The Book of Eli (2010).
Wilson
22. Edward Furlong
Actor | Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Edward Walter Furlong was born in Glendale, California. His mother, Eleanor (Tafoya), is from a Mexican family, and worked at a youth center. Furlong had no acting ambitions until he was approached by casting agent Mali Finn, who was looking for a young actor to play the role of John Connor in what...
Glanton gang member (there's a lot of them who aren't named but obviously they would be given here)
23. Shane Taylor
Actor | Band of Brothers
Shane was born on the south coast of England, although his family line is also Scottish and American. He attended the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Arts in London and received the Cameron Mackintosh Scholarship Award.
Shane's extensive screen credits include the regular role of Cpl. Eugene "Doc...
Glanton gang member
24. Michael Paré
Actor | The Virgin Suicides
Michael Kevin Paré was born on October 9, 1958 in Brooklyn, New York City, to Joan (Moroney) and Francis Paré, who owned print shops. His father died of leukemia when Paré was five, leaving his mother to raise their large family of children. Paré was working as a chef in New York City when an agent...
Glanton gang member
25. Ethan Embry
Actor | Sweet Home Alabama
Ethan Embry was born Ethan Philan Randall on June 13, 1978, in Huntington Beach, California, to Karen and Charles Randall. Before he started acting in movies, Ethan appeared in more than 100 TV and radio commercials. In 1991, at the age of 13, he appeared in three films and has continued acting ...
Glanton gang member
26. Brett Zimmerman
Actor | Call of Duty: WWII
Brett Earl Zimmerman "BEZ" was born in Rock Hill, South Carolina to Kathy Zimmerman (née Ghent, now Patterson), a nurse and David Zimmerman, a Principal Level III of Ultrasonics at Duke Energy. He was raised through the years in the Carolinas as his family relocated first to Charlotte, North ...
Glanton gang member
27. Rick Gomez
Actor | Silo
Rick Gomez was born in Bayonne, New Jersey on June 1st. He is the first-born son and was born on his father's birthday. In 1987 the family moved to South Plainfield, New Jersey where Rick went to school. He graduated from South Plainfield High School and promptly moved to New York City to pursue ...
Juan Miguel
28. Troy Garity
Actor | Ballers
Troy Garity is an actor known for his diverse body of work. Though his breakout film performance came when he starred opposite Bruce Willis, Cate Blanchett and Billy Bob Thorton in Barry Levinson's "Bandits", he is perhaps best known for his role as Isaac in the "Barbershop" film franchise. A role ...
John Jackson
29. Luke Goss
Actor | Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Luke Goss started his acting career playing 'Danny Zuko' in the smash hit musical Grease, on London's West End, and later toured with the production throughout the United Kingdom. He established himself as a screen actor in 2002 with performances in two very different features: David Goyer's ...
Grannyrat Chambers
30. Forrest Goodluck
Actor | The Revenant
Making his big screen debut, Forrest Goodluck appears opposite Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domnhall Gleeson and Will Poulter in FOX's epic drama, "The Revenant." Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, the movie centers on legendary hunter, Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio), who is left for dead by...
Delaware #1
31. Eddie Spears
Actor | DreamKeeper
Eddie Spears was born on November 29, 1982 in Chamberlain, South Dakota, USA. He is an actor, known for DreamKeeper (2003), Hell on Wheels (2011) and Bone Tomahawk (2015).
Delaware #2
32. Zahn McClarnon
Actor | Into the West
Zahn Tokiya-ku McClarnon is an American actor known for his performances in the Western crime drama series Longmire, the second season of Fargo, and the second season of Westworld. In 2022 he plays the lead role in the AMC series Dark Winds. He also features in the 2021 FX on Hulu series ...
Delaware #3
33. Lochlyn Munro
Actor | Freddy vs. Jason
Lochlyn Munro started his acting career after a serious sports injury ended his dream of playing professional hockey. A talented musician, Lochlyn turned his attention to the performing arts. While playing music in various clubs around Vancouver, British Columbia, Lochlyn studied drama and ...
Grimly
34. Owen Teague
Actor | It
Owen Teague was born on December 8, 1998 in Tampa, Florida, USA. He is an actor, known for It (2017), It Chapter Two (2019) and Bloodline (2015).
Sloat
35. Chris Mulkey
Actor | The Power
Award-winning American actor, writer and director, Chris Mulkey has a long and diverse career in film, television and stage. Chris is best known for On the Basis of Sex (2018), Whiplash (2014), Captain Phillips (2013), Twin Peaks (1990), Castle Rock (2018), Broken Trail (2006), Any Day Now (1998) ...
Frank Carroll
36. Dominic Fumusa
Actor | 13 Hours
Dominic Fumusa is best known for playing "Kevin Peyton" opposite Edie Falco on Showtime's acclaimed show "Nurse Jackie" which ran for seven seasons from 2009-2015. Fumusa's film work includes playing the real life hero John "Tig" Tiegen in "13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi" directed by ...
Sanford
37. Gunner Wright
Actor | Underwater
Gunner plays astronauts, police officers, lawyers, space mechanics, & bad boys with hearts of gold once you get to the third act. He's two parts Steve McQueen, a pinch of Paul Newman, a slice of Jimmy Stewart, and a dash of Peter Pan. He rides a Ducati to set and a Vespa to the grocery store.
Gilchrist
38. James C. Burns
Actor | Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
James was the Player / Coach for HERENTALS HYC Professional Ice hockey Club which won the Belgium National Championship in 1983-84 Season. IN 1986 he was cast as in WHEATIES COMMERCIAL...As as hockey player.
From 1986 to 1989 James was the lead singer for a NYC rock band called RUNNER. They weren't ...
Captain White
39. Joe Anderson
Actor | Across the Universe
Joe Anderson was born on March 26, 1982 in England, UK. He is an actor, known for Across the Universe (2007), The Crazies (2010) and The Ruins (2008). He is married to Elle.
Sergeant Trammel
40. Mike Vogel
Actor | The Help
Mike Vogel was born on July 17, 1979 in Abington, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Help (2011), Cloverfield (2008) and She's Out of My League (2010). He has been married to Courtney Renee Raborg since January 4, 2003. They have three children.
Hayward
41. Mel Rodriguez
Actor | Little Miss Sunshine
Mel Rodriguez was born in Miami, Florida, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Little Miss Sunshine (2006), The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) and Panic Room (2002).
Candelario
42. Joe Cole
Actor | A Prayer Before Dawn
Joe Cole is an English actor, born in Kingston-upon-Thames, London. He has four younger siblings, including fellow actor Finn Cole.
Cole was taught acting by the National Youth Theatre. He started his career with theatrical roles. In 2010, he had guest star roles in the police procedural "The Bill" ...
Sproule
43. Matt Gerald
Actor | Daredevil
Matt Gerald was born in Miami, Florida, USA. He is known for Daredevil (2015), Avatar (2009) and Dexter (2006).
Earl
44. Jacob Vargas
Actor | Mr. Iglesias
Jacob Vargas began his acting career when he was discovered breakdancing in a schoolyard at age 12. His introduction to acting came with a bit part as a breakdancer on the hit TV show Diff'rent Strokes (1978). In 1995 he won the very first ALMA Award (for Emerging Artist of the Year) for his work ...
Magician father
45. Merle Dandridge
Actress | Half-Life 2
Merle was born in Okinawa, Japan to a mother of Korean and Japanese descent and an African-American father serving in the U.S. Air Force. After graduating high school in Papillion, Nebraska, she attended the Theatre Conservatory at Roosevelt University in Chicago on a full-ride scholarship and ...
Magician mother
46. Martin Sensmeier
Actor | The Magnificent Seven
Martin Sensmeier is an American Actor and Producer from the Alaskan Native Tribes, Tlingit as well as Koyukon-Athabascan. He was raised in the village of Yakutat, Alaska.
He is best known for his roles in the Magnificent Seven, Wind River, Yellowstone and Westworld. He next can be seen in Netflix' ...
Gomez
47. Andy Garcia
Actor | Ocean's Eleven
One of Hollywood's most private and guarded leading men, Andy Garcia has created iconic characters while at the same time staying true to his acting roots and personal projects.
Garcia was born Andrés Arturo García Menéndez on April 12, 1956, in Havana, Cuba, to Amelie Menéndez, a teacher of English...
Angel Trias
48. John Ortiz
Actor | Silver Linings Playbook
John Ortiz was born on November 21, 1969 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Silver Linings Playbook (2012), American Gangster (2007) and Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007). He is married to Jennifer Ortiz. They have one child.
Colonel Garcia
49. Benjamin Bratt
Actor | Miss Congeniality
The middle of five children, Bratt hails from a close-knit family. His mother, an indigenous Quechua Peruvian from Lima, moved to the U.S. at age 14. He grew up in San Francisco. He is known for his roles in the films Traffic (2000), Miss Congeniality (2000), and Despicable Me 2 (2013). He is ...
Caballo en Pelo
50. Benito Martinez
Actor | The Shield
Benito Martinez (actor/producer)
Benito has been busy in front of and behind the camera.
He is currently working as Executive Producer on the Amazon Prime feature A MILLION MILES AWAY starring Michael Peña as "José Hernandez." The film is based on the inspirational true story of an immigrant farm ...
Pascual
51. Danny Trejo
Actor | Machete
Danny Trejo was born Dan Trejo in Echo Park, Los Angeles, to Alice (Rivera) and Dan Trejo, a construction worker. A child drug addict and criminal, Trejo was in and out of jail for 11 years. While serving time in San Quentin, he won the lightweight and welterweight boxing titles. Imprisoned for ...
Pablo
52. Tom Berenger
Actor | Inception
Born in Chicago, Oscar nominee and Golden Globe and Emmy Award winner Tom Berenger was born Thomas Michael Moore and raised in a working class Roman Catholic family of Irish descent. His father was a printer for the Chicago Sun-Times. Tom attended the University of Missouri to study journalism. ...
Colonel Patterson
53. Tom Guiry
Actor | The Sandlot
Thomas Guiry was born October 12, 1981, in Trenton, New Jersey. His acting debut in a movie was in The Sandlot (1993), in 1993, when he was 11. This led to other films such as Lassie (1994), The Last Home Run (1996), Wrestling with Alligators (1998), Black Hawk Down (2001), and Justice (2003).
Doctor Lincoln
54. Eric Roberts
Actor | Runaway Train
Roberts is an Academy Award nominee for his role in Runaway Train, and a three-time Golden Globe nominee for Runaway Train, Star 80, and King of the Gypsies.
In addition, Roberts received acclaim at the Sundance Film Festival for his role in A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints and It's My Party. He ...
The Mennonite
55. Bates Wilder
Actor | Joy
Bates Wilder was born on October 14, 1961 in Weymouth, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor, known for Joy (2015), Tater Tot & Patton (2017) and The Great War (2019). He was previously married to Amy Wilder.
Reverend Green
56. Bill Camp
Actor | Sound of Freedom
Bill Camp was born on October 22, 1964 in Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Sound of Freedom (2023), 12 Years a Slave (2013) and The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017). He has been married to Elizabeth Marvel since September 4, 2004. They have one child.
The Hermit
57. Billy Zane
Actor | Titanic
William George Zane, better known as Billy Zane, was born on February 24, 1966 in Chicago, Illinois, to Thalia (Colovos) and William Zane, both of Greek ancestry. His parents were amateur actors and managed a medical technical school. Billy has an older sister, actress and singer Lisa Zane. Billy ...
Sidney
58. Warren Christie
Actor | Apollo 18
Warren Christie was born on November 4, 1975 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Apollo 18 (2011), Alphas (2011) and This Means War (2012). He has been married to Sonya Salomaa since 2007.
Callaghan
59. Boris Kievsky
Born in the former Soviet Union, Boris came to the United States at the age of 6. Boris is a product of the New York public school system, growing up in the Sheepshead Bay area of Brooklyn, and attending Stuyvesant High School.
Boris completed the BFA theatre program at Florida International ...
Speyer
60. Joe Penhall
Writer | The Road
Joe Penhall is known for The Road (2009), Mindhunter (2017) and Enduring Love (2004).
Screenplay/adaptation
61. Robert Richardson
Cinematographer | Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Robert Richardson has won three Academy Awards and earned seven Academy Award nominations for his cinematography. His work on director Oliver Stone's JFK earned him his first Oscar. His second and third came with The Aviator and Hugo directed by Martin Scorsese. These two films also garnered him ...
Cinematographer
62. Mel Gibson
Actor | Braveheart
Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson was born January 3, 1956 in Peekskill, New York, USA, as the sixth of eleven children of Hutton Gibson, a railroad brakeman, and Anne Patricia (Reilly) Gibson (who died in December of 1990). His mother was Irish, from County Longford, while his American-born father is ...
Director
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