Leonaro DiCaprio
Leonardo DiCaprio is an American actor who had already transformed from a teen idol into a household name before starring in Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island (2010). Scorsese had also worked with DiCaprio four years prior while making The Departed (2006). DiCaprio stars as Teddy Daniels, a man struggling to come to terms with past trauma involving his deceased ex-wife. DiCaprio starred in a similar role in Christopher Nolan's Inception (2010), released the same year as Shutter Island.
Mark Ruffalo
Mark Ruffalo is an American actor and producer who plays Chuck Aule, Teddy's partner who is later revealed to be his psychiatrist. Ruffalo first earned major praise after starring in Kenneth Lonergan's drama You Can Count On Me (2000), and gained wider recognition for playing Bruce Banner / The Hulk in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films. He has been nominated for an Academy Award three times.
Ben Kingsley
Ben Kingsley is a British actor who plays Dr. John Crawley. Kingsley began acting on the British stage and gained worldwide fame for portraying Mohandas Gandhi in Richard Attenborough's Gandhi (1982), a role for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Shutter Island remains his only collaboration with Martin Scorsese to date.
Max von Sydow
Max von Sydow is a Swedish actor who originally became famous for his many collaborations with director Ingmar Bergman, who first cast the actor in the 1957 film The Seventh Seal. Sydow later starred in Hollywood films like John Huston's The Kremlin Letter (1970) and William Friedkin's The Exorcist (1973).
Michelle Williams
Michelle Williams is an American actress who first became well-known for her role as Jen Lindley in Dawson's Creek before settling into a career playing roles in small-scale independent film. Williams earned her first Academy Award nomination for her role as Alma Del Mar in Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain (2005) before starring as Dolores Chanal in Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island.
