Green Book

Green Book Cast List

Viggo Mortensen

Viggo Mortensen is an American actor who has been nominated for three Academy Awards. His first film was the Woody Allen film The Purple Rose of Cairo in 1985, but his scenes were deleted before the movie was released. He then landed a role as an Amish man in Peter Weir's Witness. His other films include The Portrait of a Lady, directed by Jane Campion, Prison, The Indian Runner, The Young Americans, Carlito's Way, Crimson Tide, G.I. Jane, A Perfect Murder, the remake of Psycho directed by Gus Van Sant, The Prophecy, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Hidalgo, A History of Violence, Eastern Promises (for which he was nominated for an Academy Award), The Road, A Dangerous Method, Captain Fantastic, and Green Book. In addition to acting, Mortensen is a fine artist, writer, and publisher with his own press, Perceval Press, committed to publishing "texts, images, and recordings that otherwise might not be presented."

Mahershala Ali

Mahershala Ali is an American actor and two-time Academy Award winner. After graduating from the graduate acting program at New York University, Ali got his start in television, before breaking into film with David Fincher's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and earning widespread recognition for his role on the television show House of Cards. His other films include The Hunger Games films, The Place Beyond the Pines, Predators, Free State of Jones, Hidden Figures, Moonlight (for which he won an Academy Award), and Green Book (for which he won his second Academy Award). Most recently, he starred as Detective Wayne Hays in the third season of the TV show True Detective.

Linda Cardellini

Linda Cardellini is an American actress who has been nominated for an Emmy Award as well as an Independent Spirit Award. She is perhaps best known for her work in television, first playing the teenage misfit Lindsay Weir on Freaks and Geeks, then Samantha Taggart on ER. She is also known for roles in Bloodline, and Mad Men.

Her films include Scooby-Doo, Dead Man on Campus, Strangeland, Good Burger, Legally Blonde, Brokeback Mountain, Grandma's Boy, and Return.

Sebastian Maniscalco

Sebastian Maniscalco is an American actor and comedian who got his start in standup. Green Book is his first film. His next film will be Martin Scorsese's The Irishman.

Iqbal Theba

Iqbal Theda is a Pakistani-American actor, best known for his television work on television shows like Married...with Children, ER, Alias, Nip/Tuck, Two and a Half Men, Roseanne, Arrested Development, The West Wing, Friends, Sister Sister, Seinfeld, Everybody Loves Raymond, Community, and Glee, for which he is widely recognizable for his role as Principal Figgins.

Dimiter D. Marinov

Dimiter Marinov is a Bulgarian-American actor, and was the first Bulgian to appear on the red carpet at the Academy Awards.

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