

05/10/2005
Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents' divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s.

Jeff Daniels
as Bernard Berkman

Laura Linney
as Joan Berkman

Jesse Eisenberg
as Walt Berkman

Owen Kline
as Frank Berkman

William Baldwin
as Ivan

Halley Feiffer
as Sophie Greenberg

Anna Paquin
as Lili

David Benger
as Carl

Molly Barton
as Graduate Student

Bo Berkman
as Graduate Student

Matthew Kaplan
as Graduate Student

Simon Kaplan
as Graduate Student

Matthew Kirsch
as Graduate Student

Daniella Markowicz
as Graduate Student

Elizabeth Meriwether
as Graduate Student

Ben Schrank
as Graduate Student

Amy Srebnick
as Graduate Student

Josh Srebnick
as Graduate Student

Emma Straub
as Graduate Student

Alan Wilkis
as Graduate Student

James Hamilton
as Man with Joan

Adam Rose
as Otto

Henry Glovinsky
as Lance

Eli Gelb
as Jeffrey

Wayne Lawson
as Talent Show Judge

Michael Santiago
as Talent Show Judge

Juan Torriente
as Talent Show Judge

Patricia Towers
as Talent Show Judge

Peggy Gormley
as Mrs. Greenberg

Peter Newman
as Mr. Greenberg

Greta Kline
as Greta Greenberg

Melissa Meyer
as Professor

Benjamin Smolen
as Student with Puppets

Michael Countryman
as Mr. Simic

Alexandra Daddario
as Pretty Girl

Nico Baumbach
as Jeb Gelber

Maryann Plunkett
as Ms. Lemon

Hector Otero
as Hector

Ken Leung
as School Therapist

Jo Yang
as Nurse

Jonathan Baumbach
as Man Outside Ms. Lemon's Office (uncredited)

Andrew Kaempfer
as Valet (uncredited)

Britta Phillips
as Talent Show Audience Member (uncredited)

Bobby Shue
as Student (uncredited)

Dean Wareham
as Talent Show Audience Member (uncredited)
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