--- title: "Backdraft: cast and crew" canonical: "https://film.one/film/backdraft/cast-and-crew" title_page: "https://film.one/film/backdraft" cast: 35 crew: 97 licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Backdraft (1991): cast and crew 35 cast and 97 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order. ## Cast - [Kurt Russell](https://film.one/person/kurt-russell.md) as Stephen McCaffrey - [William Baldwin](https://film.one/person/william-baldwin.md) as Brian McCaffrey - [Robert De Niro](https://film.one/person/robert-de-niro.md) as Donald Rimgale - [Donald Sutherland](https://film.one/person/donald-sutherland.md) as Ronald Bartel - [Jennifer Jason Leigh](https://film.one/person/jennifer-jason-leigh.md) as Jennifer Vaitkus - [Scott Glenn](https://film.one/person/scott-glenn.md) as John 'Axe' Adcox - [Rebecca De Mornay](https://film.one/person/rebecca-de-mornay.md) as Helen McCaffrey - [Jason Gedrick](https://film.one/person/jason-gedrick.md) as Tim Kirzminski - [J. T. Walsh](https://film.one/person/j-t-walsh.md) as Alderman Marty Swayzak - [Anthony Mockus Sr.](https://film.one/person/anthony-mockus-sr.md) as Chief John Fitzgerald - [Cedric Young](https://film.one/person/cedric-young.md) as Grindle - [Juan Ramírez](https://film.one/person/juan-ramirez.md) as Ray Santos - Kevin Casey as Nightingale - [Jack McGee](https://film.one/person/jack-mcgee.md) as Schmidt - [Mark Wheeler](https://film.one/person/mark-wheeler.md) as Pengelly - Richard Lexsee as Washington - Beep Iams as Sean McCaffrey - Ryan Todd as Brian, Age 7 - John Duda as Stephen - Age 12 - Robert Swan as Willy - Bartender - [Clint Howard](https://film.one/person/clint-howard.md) as Ricco, Pathologist - Ron West as Alan Seagrave - [Kevin Crowley](https://film.one/person/kevin-crowley.md) as Candidate - Carlos Sanz as Candidate - Jane Jenkins as Woman Psychiatrist - David Crosby as '70s Hippie - [W. Earl Brown](https://film.one/person/w-earl-brown.md) as Paramedic - [James Ritz](https://film.one/person/james-ritz.md) as Mannequin Fire Reporter - [Irma P. Hall](https://film.one/person/irma-p-hall.md) as Nurse - Nydia Rodriguez Terracina as Nurse - Dennis Liddiard as Party Brawler - David Luckenbach as Security Officer - Gregory Lundsgaard as High-Rise Fireman - Dan Tullis Jr. as Engine 17 Firefighter - Peter C. Hobert as Probie ## Directing - [Ron Howard](https://film.one/person/ron-howard.md): Director - Sioux Richards: Script Supervisor - Jack Gallagher: First Assistant Director - [Todd Hallowell](https://film.one/person/todd-hallowell.md): Second Unit Director - Jeff Okabayashi: Second Second Assistant Director ## Writing - [Gregory Widen](https://film.one/person/gregory-widen.md): Writer - Mark Moore: Storyboard ## Production - [Brian Grazer](https://film.one/person/brian-grazer.md): Executive Producer - [Richard B. Lewis](https://film.one/person/richard-barton-lewis.md): Producer - [Raffaella De Laurentiis](https://film.one/person/raffaella-de-laurentiis.md): Executive Producer - [Pen Densham](https://film.one/person/pen-densham.md): Producer - Larry DeWaay: Co-Producer, Unit Production Manager - Jane Jenkins: Casting - Janet Hirshenson: Casting - [John Watson](https://film.one/person/john-watson.md): Producer - [Todd Hallowell](https://film.one/person/todd-hallowell.md): Associate Producer - Jacqueline King: Casting Associate - [Jim Morris](https://film.one/person/jim-morris.md): Executive In Charge Of Production - [Michael J. Malone](https://film.one/person/michael-j-malone.md): Location Manager - Cheryl A. Stone: Production Accountant - Alecia LaRue: Production Coordinator - Scott Ross: General Manager - Joan Philo: Extras Casting Assistant - Paul Andresen: Production Assistant - Wileen Dragovan: Production Secretary - Stephen Andrzejewski: Assistant Location Manager - Louise C. Larson: Assistant Production Coordinator - Betsy Horning: Location Assistant ## Camera - [Mikael Salomon](https://film.one/person/mikael-salomon.md): Director of Photography - Gregory Lundsgaard: Steadicam Operator - [Josh Bleibtreu](https://film.one/person/josh-bleibtreu.md): First Assistant Camera - Dick Dova: Key Grip - Robert L. Blatman: Camera Operator - Phillip V. Caruso: Still Photographer - John S. Robertson: Key Grip - Robert Hill: Assistant Camera - Joe Carroll: Second Assistant Camera - Chris Freres: Dolly Grip - Mollie S. Mallinger: Additional Second Assistant Camera - Bill Barr: Best Boy Grip ## Editing - [Mike Hill](https://film.one/person/mike-hill.md): Editor - [Daniel P. Hanley](https://film.one/person/daniel-p-hanley.md): Editor - [Roger Tweten](https://film.one/person/roger-tweten.md): First Assistant Editor - David Orr: Color Timer - Guy Barresi: Assistant Editor - Louis Rivera: Negative Cutter - Tom Rovak: Colorist ## Sound and music - [Hans Zimmer](https://film.one/person/hans-zimmer.md): Original Music Composer - Dennis Leonard: Sound Engineer - Curt Frisk: Sound Mixer - Jeffrey A. Williams: Boom Operator - Becky Mancuso-Winding: Music Supervisor - [Shirley Walker](https://film.one/person/shirley-walker.md): Orchestrator, Conductor - Jay Rifkin: Scoring Mixer - Richard Hymns: Supervising Sound Editor - Rob Fruchtman: ADR Editor - Sandina Bailo-Lape: Foley Editor - Diana Pellegrini: Foley Editor - [Vivien Hillgrove](https://film.one/person/vivien-hillgrove.md): ADR Editor - Marilyn McCoppen: ADR Editor - Dennie Thorpe: Foley Artist - Sara Bolder: Dialogue Editor - Michael Silvers: Dialogue Editor - Mary Helen Leasman: Foley Editor - Marnie Moore: Foley Artist - Christopher Boyes: Foley Recordist - Ed Golya: ADR Mixer - Celest Ray: Music Coordinator - Gary Rydstrom: Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Designer - Gary Summers: Sound Re-Recording Mixer - Randy Thom: Sound Re-Recording Mixer ## Art - Garrett Lewis: Set Decoration - Steve A. Hagberg: Construction Coordinator - [Albert Brenner](https://film.one/person/albert-brenner.md): Production Design - Gregory A. Weimerskirch: Assistant Art Director - Anthony Joseph Fatigato: Painter - Alan Broadbent: Standby Painter - [Carol Winstead Wood](https://film.one/person/carol-winstead-wood.md): Art Direction - Larissa Supplitt: Location Scout - Richard Bryan Douglas: Construction Foreman - David Conaghan: Leadman - Gary Baugh: Set Designer - Steve Homa: Greensman - [Peter Ramsey](https://film.one/person/peter-ramsey.md): Production Illustrator - Robert E. Knight: Sign Painter - Dennis J. Parrish: Property Master - Gary Isbell: Set Dresser - Michael D. Gianneschi: Construction Buyer - Wayne Fitzgerald: Title Designer - Walter J. Piers: Swing ## Costume and make-up - [Jodie Lynn Tillen](https://film.one/person/jodie-lynn-tillen.md): Costume Design - John Casey: Costume Supervisor - Ilona Herman: Hairstylist - Dennis Liddiard: Makeup Artist - Jane Blank: Seamstress - [Denise Wingate](https://film.one/person/denise-wingate.md): Assistant Costume Designer - Linda Rizzuto: Key Hair Stylist --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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