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Terry Gilliam: Director of Brazil, as well as the films Jabberwocky, Time Bandits, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, and The Fisher King. Gilliam also co-directed Monty Python and the Holy Grail with Terry Jones. Gilliam is renowned for his animation work with Monty Python's Flying Circus, as well as the opening segment of the film The Meaning of Life, "The Crimson Permanent Assurance."
Tom Stoppard: co-scriptwriter of Brazil, tragicomic playwright well known for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, as well as for working on the screenplays of Billy Bathgate and The Russia House.
Charles McKeown: co-scriptwriter and Lime, Lowry's annoying co-worker in Information Retrieval. Responsible for many of the propaganda signs throughout the film. Also co-wrote The Adventures of Baron Munchausen.
Arnon Milchan: producer of Brazil. Recently known for funding Oliver Stone's latest projects. Had a fall out with Gilliam before the production of Munchausen.
Sidney Sheinberg: president of Universal studios during production of Brazil. Called for studio edits of not only Brazil, but Mask and Legend.
Roger Pratt: Director of Photography. Also worked on The Fisher King and Mona Lisa.
Julian Doyle: Editor
Michael Kamen: Composer of Brazil's orchestral score. Also worked on The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Die Hard I & II, Lethal Weapon 1, 2 & 3, Polyester, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, The Wall, among many others.
Sam Lowry: the main character, an anesthetized bureaucrat who works for the Ministry of Information filing records. Later chases after his dream girl, Jill Layton. Played by Jonathan Pryce, known for his performances as Mr. Dark in Something Wicked This Way Comes and in Glengarry Glen Ross, Jumpin' Jack Flash, The Ploughman's Lunch, and the Broadway production of Miss Saigon, among many others.
Archibald "Harry" Tuttle: A renegade heating engineer who is sought after by the Ministry of Information for "Freelance Subversion". Allies with Sam after fixing Sam's heating system. Played by Robert De Niro, best known for Raging Bull, The Deer Hunter, GoodFellas, Taxi Driver among many others.
Ida Lowry: Sam's youth-obsessed mother, responsible for getting Sam's promotion. Played by Katherine Helmond, who performed in Time Bandits, and is best known for the TV series Soap and Who's the Boss.
Kurtzmann: Sam's nervous supervisor at the Department of Records. Played by Ian Holm. Also in Time Bandits, Kafka, Naked Lunch, Alien among many others.
Spoor & Dowser: Department of Works employees who end up trashing Sam's flat and getting a "sticky end". Spoor is played by Bob Hoskins, best known for Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Mona Lisa, A Prayer for the Dying. Dowser is played by Derrick O'Connor, also in Jabberwocky, Lethal Weapon 2, and The Missionary.
Jack Lint: Friend of Sam and Ministry of Information officer 412/L, who interrogates Sam at the end of the film. Played by Michael Palin, best known for his work with Monty Python. Also in Jabberwocky, A Fish Called Wanda, and Time Bandits.
Warrenn: Head of Information Retrieval, played by Ian Richardson. Also in: Cry Freedom, M. Butterfly, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Whoops Apocalypse among many others.
Helpmann: Deputy Prime Minister, offers Sam the promotion to Information Retrieval. Played by Peter Vaughan. Also in Time Bandits, The Missionary among many others.
Jill Layton: Sam's dream girl, and supposed terrorist. Played by Kim Griest. Also in: Punchline, Throw Momma from the Train, Manhunter among many others.
Dr. Jaffe: Ida Lowry's plastic surgeon, "the knife man." Played by Jim Broadbent. Also in: The Crying Game, Enchanted April, among others.
Mrs. Terrain: Ida Lowry's friend, destroyed by her cosmetic surgery, and mother of Shirley. Played by Barbara Hicks. Also in: Howard's End, Petticoat Pirates among others.
Shirley: Mrs. Terrain's daughter, gets "set up" with Sam at Mrs. Lowry's party. Played by Kathryn Pogson. Also in: The Company of Wolves.
Spiro: Maitre D' at the restaurant where Sam, Ida, Mrs. Terrain and Shirley have lunch. Played by Bryan Pringle. Also in: 3 Men and a Little Lady, Jabberwocky, Drowning by Numbers among others.
Mrs. Buttle: Wife of Mr. Buttle, Shoe Repair Operative, who makes an agonized plea to Sam when he delivers her refund check for her dead husband. Played by Sheila Reid. Also in: The Dresser and Othello (1965).
T.V. Interviewer/Salesman: performed by John Flanagan. Also in: The Medusa Touch, Arthur's Hallowed Ground.
Technician: Kills a beetle, which ends up killing Mr. Buttle. As well as Jill Layton, for that matter. Played by Ray Cooper. Also in: The Adventures of Baron Munchausen.
Mr. Buttle: Arrested early in the film, confused for Archibald Tuttle. Accidentally killed during his interrogation. Played by Brian Miller.
Boy Buttle & Girl Buttle: Played by Simon Nash & Prudence Oliver.
Arresting Officer: arrests Mr. Buttle. Played by Simon Jones, best known as Arthur Dent from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and Walter Raleigh in Blackadder II. Also in Green Card.
Bill & Charlie: Department of Works employees, they attempt to plug the hole in Mrs. Buttle's ceiling. Charlie is played by Nigel Planer, formerly of the Young Ones, and Eat the Rich. Bill is played by Derek Deadman, also in: National Lampoon's European Vacation, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, among others.
M.O.I. Lobby Porter: Requires that Jill have the proper stamps on her paperwork. Played by Gordon Kaye, of 'allo 'allo, and Jabberwocky.
Neighbor in Clerks pool: Tells Sam that Casablanca is on the tele. Played by Tony Portacio.
Samurai Warrior: Played by Winston Dennis. Also in: The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The Commitments, and Nuns on the Run.
Telegram Girl: Sings Sam's invitation at the pitch of a dog whistle. Played by Diana Martin.
Dr. Chapman: Cosmetic Surgeon, "the acid man." A midget. Played by Jack Purvis. Also in: Time Bandits, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, and the Star Wars Trilogy.
Alison/Barbara Lint: Does not wear false ears. Played by Elizabeth Spender.
Porter at Information Retrieval: Played by Antony Brown, also in Under Siege.
Typist in Jack's Office: Transcribes interrogation sections. Played by Myrtle Devenish. Also in: Tug of Love.
Holly: One of Jack Lint's triplets. Played by Holly Gilliam, Terry Gilliam's daughter.
Basement Guard: Played by John Pierce Jones. Also in: The Wicked Lady.
Old Lady With Dog: Dog has an interesting bum. Played by Ann Way (the old lady, that is), also in Haunted Honeymoon, Once Upon a Crime, and more. Burning Trooper: Played by Terry Forrestal.
Black Maria Guards: Played by Don Henderson of The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Star Wars and more, and Howard Lew Lewis, of Chaplin and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.
Interview Official: Played by Oscar Quitak.
Cell Guard: Played by Patrick Connor. Also in: Lifeforce, Ragtime, among others.
Priest: Played by Roger Ashton-Griffiths. Also in King Ralph, Young Sherlock Holmes, Dreamchild, among others.
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