--- title: "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs: cast and crew" canonical: "https://film.one/film/the-ballad-of-buster-scruggs/cast-and-crew" title_page: "https://film.one/film/the-ballad-of-buster-scruggs" cast: 55 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." --- # The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018): cast and crew 55 cast and 97 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order. ## Cast - [Tim Blake Nelson](https://film.one/person/tim-blake-nelson.md) as Buster Scruggs (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs") - [Willie Watson](https://film.one/person/willie-watson.md) as The Kid (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs") - [Clancy Brown](https://film.one/person/clancy-brown.md) as Curly Joe (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs") - [Danny McCarthy](https://film.one/person/danny-mccarthy.md) as Curly Joe's Brother (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs") - [David Krumholtz](https://film.one/person/david-krumholtz.md) as Frenchman (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs") - [Thomas Wingate](https://film.one/person/thomas-wingate.md) as Gun Check Man (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs") - [Tim de Zarn](https://film.one/person/tim-dezarn.md) as Mean-Eyed Card Player (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs") - [E. E. Bell](https://film.one/person/e-e-bell.md) as Piano Player (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs") - [Alejandro Patiño](https://film.one/person/alejandro-patino.md) as Cantina Bartender (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs") - [Tom Proctor](https://film.one/person/tom-proctor.md) as Cantina Bad Man (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs") - [Clinton Roberts](https://film.one/person/clinton-roberts.md) as Cantina Scum (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs") - [Matthew Willig](https://film.one/person/matthew-willig.md) as Cantina Scum (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs") - Jesse Youngblood as Cantina Scum (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs") - J.J. Dashnaw as Cantina Scum (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs") - [James Franco](https://film.one/person/james-franco.md) as Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones") - [Stephen Root](https://film.one/person/stephen-root.md) as Teller (segment "Near Algodones") - [Ralph Ineson](https://film.one/person/ralph-ineson.md) as Posse Leader (segment "Near Algodones") - Mike Watson as Posse (segment "Near Algodones") - Brian Brown as Posse (segment "Near Algodones") - Ryan Brown as Posse (segment "Near Algodones") - Richard Bucher as Posse (segment "Near Algodones") - Jesse Luken as Drover (segment "Near Algodones") - Michael Cullen as Judge (segment "Near Algodones") - Austin Rising as Bailiff (segment "Near Algodones") - James 'Scotty' Augare as Comanche Chief (segment "Near Algodones") - [Liam Neeson](https://film.one/person/liam-neeson.md) as Impresario (segment "Meal Ticket") - [Harry Melling](https://film.one/person/harry-melling.md) as Artist (segment "Meal Ticket") - Jiji Hise as The Bawd (segment "Meal Ticket") - [Paul Rae](https://film.one/person/paul-rae.md) as Chicken Impresario (segment "Meal Ticket") - [Tom Waits](https://film.one/person/tom-waits.md) as Prospector (segment "All Gold Canyon") - Sam Dillon as Young Man (segment "All Gold Canyon") - Bill Heck as Billy Knapp (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled") - [Zoe Kazan](https://film.one/person/zoe-kazan.md) as Alice Longabaugh (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled") - Grainger Hines as Mr. Arthur (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled") - Jefferson Mays as Gilbert Longabaugh (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled") - Prudence Wright Holmes as Boarding House Landlady (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled") - Eric Petersen as Boarder (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled") - Doris Hargrave as Boarder (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled") - Jackamoe Buzzell as Boarder (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled") - Ethan Dubin as Matt (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled") - Jordy Laucomer as Whipped Boy (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled") - Thea Lux as His Mother (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled") - Bret Hughson as His Father (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled") - [Rod Rondeaux](https://film.one/person/rod-rondeaux.md) as Sioux Chief (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled") - Raymond Kurshals as Puppet Dancer (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled") - [Jonjo O'Neill](https://film.one/person/jonjo-oneill.md) as Englishman (segment "The Mortal Remains") - [Brendan Gleeson](https://film.one/person/brendan-gleeson.md) as Irishman (segment "The Mortal Remains") - [Saul Rubinek](https://film.one/person/saul-rubinek.md) as Frenchman (segment "The Mortal Remains") - [Tyne Daly](https://film.one/person/tyne-daly.md) as Lady (segment "The Mortal Remains") - [Chelcie Ross](https://film.one/person/chelcie-ross.md) as Trapper (segment "The Mortal Remains") - Martin Palmer as Blubberer (segment "Near Algodones") (uncredited) - Billy Lockwood as Father (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled") (uncredited) - Stephen R. Estler as Gambler (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs") (uncredited) - Grace LeSueur as Pretty Girl at Gallows (segment "Near Algodones") (uncredited) - Bill Foster as Saloon Man (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs") (uncredited) ## Directing - Betsy Magruder: First Assistant Director - [Joel Coen](https://film.one/person/joel-coen.md): Director - [Ethan Coen](https://film.one/person/ethan-coen.md): Director - Zack Earl Edwards: Additional Second Assistant Director - David Tierney Lerner: Additional Second Assistant Director - Kevin Lumley: Second Assistant Director - Jeremy Reisig: Second Second Assistant Director - Paul Schmitz: Second Assistant Director - Zack Smith: Second Second Assistant Director ## Writing - Jack London: Author - Stewart Edward White: Author - [Ethan Coen](https://film.one/person/ethan-coen.md): Writer - [Joel Coen](https://film.one/person/joel-coen.md): Writer ## Production - [Joel Coen](https://film.one/person/joel-coen.md): Producer - [Ethan Coen](https://film.one/person/ethan-coen.md): Producer - [Megan Ellison](https://film.one/person/megan-ellison.md): Producer - Karen Ruth Getchell: Production Manager - Sue Naegle: Producer - Ellen Chenoweth: Casting - Susanne Scheel: Casting Associate ## Camera - [Bruno Delbonnel](https://film.one/person/bruno-delbonnel.md): "A" Camera Operator, Director of Photography - Andy Harris: First Assistant Camera - Joshua Gollish: Digital Imaging Technician - Artu Arin: Second Assistant "A" Camera - Paul Elliott: "B" Camera Operator - Liza Bambenek: First Assistant "B" Camera - Arlen Cooke: First Assistant "B" Camera - Alison Cohen Rosa: Still Photographer - Lobsang Tenzin: Camera Loader ## Editing - [Lucian Johnston](https://film.one/person/lucian-johnston.md): First Assistant Editor - [Joel Coen](https://film.one/person/joel-coen.md): Editor - [Ethan Coen](https://film.one/person/ethan-coen.md): Editor ## Sound and music - Davi Aquino: Foley Recordist - Craig Berkey: Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Re-Recording Mixer - Chelsea Body: Foley Recordist - Brian Bowles: Dialogue Editor - Nicholas Cochran: Sound Re-Recording Mixer - Blake Collins: ADR Mixer - Kelly Doran: Sound - Michael Feuser: Supervising Dialogue Editor - Matthew Haasch: Foley Editor - Randall L. Johnson: Boom Operator - Matthew Kay: Foley Mixer - Goro Koyama: Foley Artist - Peter Kurland: Sound Mixer - Andy Malcolm: Foley Artist - Igor Nikolic: Foley Supervisor - Greg Orloff: Sound Re-Recording Mixer - Wyatt Sprague: Foley Editor - Caleb Townsend: Assistant Sound Editor - [Carter Burwell](https://film.one/person/carter-burwell.md): Original Music Composer - Skip Lievsay: Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Supervising Sound Editor - David Rawlings: Songs - Gillian Welch: Songs ## Art - Zack Gonchor: Assistant Art Director - Chris Farmer: Supervising Art Director - Lance Cheatham: Set Dresser - Marisa Frantz: Set Designer - Jonathan Lheureux: Set Dresser - Richard Anthony Montoya: Set Dresser - Adam Mull: Set Designer - Chris Painter: Set Dresser - Greg Papalia: Set Designer - Alexis Pearlman-Flores: Set Dresser - Sara Philpott: Assistant Set Decoration - Siobhan Roome: Set Designer - Rachel Manera: Set Painter - [Jess Gonchor](https://film.one/person/jess-gonchor.md): Production Design - Nancy Haigh: Set Decoration - Stephen Christensen: Art Direction - Randall Balsmeyer: Title Designer ## Costume and make-up - Gretchen Bright: Makeup Artist - Bonnie Masoner: Makeup Artist - Mark Avery: Set Costumer - Lynda Foote: Costume Supervisor - Jennifer Gingery: Set Costumer - Brittnee Holmquist: Set Costumer - Robin Myriah Hatcher: Special Effects Makeup Artist - Cydney Cornell: Hair Department Head - Andreya Joseph: Hairstylist - K-Bobby: Hairstylist - Rolf John Keppler: Key Makeup Artist - Christien Tinsley: Makeup Department Head - Sheila Trujillo: Makeup Artist - Corey Welk: Key Makeup Artist - [Mary Zophres](https://film.one/person/mary-zophres.md): Costume Design ## Visual effects - John Bair: Visual Effects Supervisor - Leslie Chung: Visual Effects Supervisor - Julian Dimsey: Visual Effects Producer - Rebecca Dunn: Visual Effects Producer - Robin Scott Graham: Visual Effects Supervisor - John Kilshaw: Visual Effects Supervisor - Alex Lemke: Visual Effects Supervisor - Nathan Overstrom: Visual Effects Supervisor - Ron Pogue: Visual Effects Producer - Josh Simmonds: Visual Effects Supervisor ## Crew - Catherine Farrell: Post Production Supervisor --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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