Inglourios Basterds Cast From Wikipedia
The Allies
The Basterds (The Jewish Americans)
* Brad Pitt as 1st Lieutenant Aldo Raine aka "Aldo the Apache":[7] A fast-talking, thickly accented, vengeance-driven hillbilly from Maynardville, Tennessee, who puts together a team of eight Jewish American soldiers. He bears a rope burn on his neck, which is not mentioned in the film; the script hints that he might have survived a lynching. One of the film's main protagonists: the character has been described as "a voluble, freewheeling outlaw" similar to Jules Winnfield from Tarantino's Pulp Fiction.[8] His first appearance in the film is a subtle homage to George Carlin's The Indian Sergeant routine. The character's name is a tribute to the character actor Aldo Ray, who appeared as a tough soldier in many WWII films such as Battle Cry and What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?.
* Eli Roth as Staff Sergeant Donny Donowitz aka "The Bear Jew":[9] A huge and obnoxious "baseball bat-swinging Nazi hunter" from Boston who is known as "The Bear Jew" among Nazis.[10] Some of them seem to fear that Donowitz is in fact, a vengeful golem, summoned by an angry rabbi. The role was originally conceived for Adam Sandler, who was in talks with Tarantino before declining due to schedule conflicts with the film Funny People. Roth also directed the film-within-a-film, Nation's Pride, which alludes to Nazi wartime propaganda films.
* Til Schweiger as Hugo Stiglitz: A strange and quiet German-born psychopath, former Feldwebel in the Wehrmacht who is recruited by Aldo to kill other Nazis. The character's name is a tribute to the famous 70s B-movie mexploitation actor Hugo Stiglitz.[11]
* Gedeon Burkhard as Wilhelm Wicki: An Austro-German Jew[12] who immigrated to the United States, becoming a citizen as the Third Reich established itself in Europe. Wicki acts as the Basterds' translator.
* B. J. Novak as PFC Smithson Utivich aka "The Little Man"[13] - In an interview with Esquire Magazine, Novak theorizes that PFC Utivich came from a family that named their son Smithson in an attempt to integrate themselves into the WASP-y mainstream and that signing up to fight the Nazis is his attempt to reclaim his Jewish heritage.
* Omar Doom as PFC Omar Ulmer[14]
* Samm Levine as PFC Gerold Hirschberg[15]
* Paul Rust as PFC Andy Kagan: A character Tarantino added in after meeting Rust.[16]
* Michael Bacall as PFC Michael Zimmerman.
* Carlos Fidel as PFC Simon Sakowitz.[17]
The British
* Michael Fassbender as Lt. Archie Hicox: A "snappy and handsome British lieutenant" and a film critic in his pre-war civilian life. He is described in the script as a "young George Sanders type". One of the film's main protagonists, albeit introduced later in the movie. The character was originally intended to be played by Tim Roth, then later by Simon Pegg.
* Mike Myers as General Ed Fenech: A "legendary British military mastermind" who provides a plot to kill Nazi leadership.[18] Based on the older George Sanders.
* Rod Taylor as Winston Churchill: The then-Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.[19]
The Jews
* Mélanie Laurent as Shosanna Dreyfus: A young French-Jewish girl on the run. One of the film's main protagonists,[20] Tarantino states that Shosanna was "always a main character".[21]
* Cloris Leachman as Mrs. Himmelstein: An elderly Jewish woman living in Boston.[19] Although filmed, the scenes featuring Mrs. Himmelstein drinking tea with Donny Donowitz (and signing his trademark baseball bat afterwards) were cut from the final film. Tarantino says that he might use the footage in the prequel instead.
The Axis Powers
The Nazis
* Christoph Waltz as Standartenführer Hans Landa aka "The Jew Hunter": A romantic, yet utterly sinister pipe-smoking Nazi Waffen-SS-turned-SD officer so nicknamed in reference to his keen ability to locate Jews hiding throughout France.[13] Tarantino claims that if he had not found a perfect actor for the role, he "might have pulled the plug on the whole movie".[22] Tarantino also remarked that this might be the greatest character he's ever written. A linguistic genius (it is obvious from the dialogue that he speaks perfect English, German, French and Italian) and a charming detective, Colonel Hans Landa is the primary antagonist of the film. For his performance, Christoph Waltz won the Best Actor Award in the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.[23]
* Daniel Brühl as Gefreiter Fredrick Zoller: A young arrogant German Wehrmacht war hero starring in Joseph Goebbels' newest propaganda film entitled "Stolz der Nation" (which is actually directed by Eli Roth who is Jewish).[19][24] This character name shares similarities to producer Frederick Zollo for whom Eli Roth was an intern for while attending NYU.
* August Diehl as Sturmbannführer Dieter Hellstrom: A uniformed Gestapo officer.[19]
* Alexander Fehling as Wilhelm, a Nazi soldier celebrating the birth of his son at a French tavern.
* Sönke Möhring as Gefreiter Butz.[19]
* Richard Sammel as Feldwebel Werner Rachtman.[19]
* Sylvester Groth as Joseph Goebbels.[19]
* Martin Wuttke as Adolf Hitler.[19]
Other roles
* Diane Kruger as Bridget von Hammersmark: A popular film star in Nazi Germany and a spy for the Allies.[13]
* Samuel L. Jackson as The Raconteur
* Bo Svenson as American Colonel: Quentin Tarantino said he gave Svenson a small cameo that will be hard to recognise. He is the colonel in Nations Pride. He is seen briefly in in the movie but can be seen more close up in the Nations Pride trailer
* Julie Dreyfus as Francesca Mondino: Joseph Goebbel's mistress, French interpreter and favourite actress to appear in his films.[25]
* Ludger Pistor as Wolfgang:[19] A role Tarantino added specifically for him.
* Christian Berkel as Eric: The Barkeeper.[19]
* Maggie Cheung as Madame Ada Mimeux: Although her scenes were cut from the Cannes cut for length reasons,[26] Cheung played Madame Mimieux, a beautiful French woman who owned the cinema marquee in Paris where most of the movie is set.[27][28]
* Denis Menochet as Perrier LaPadite.[14]
* Jacky Ido as Marcel: Shosanna's beloved and a projectionist at Mimeux's cinema.[14] A man of quiet dignity.
* Jana Pallaske (rumored) as an unconfirmed character.[29]
* Enzo G. Castellari as Obergruppenführer: A nameless Nazi General, although strangely credited as "himself" in the film. Castellari had done a Nazi cameo in his own Inglorious Bastards and reprised the role in this movie as well, but under a different rank and SS organization.[30][31][32]
Harvey Keitel lends his voice as the Basterds' commanding officer, heard only over the radio in a call to Raine and Landa. Acording to IMDb, Tarantino is in the film as the voice of an American solider in Eli Roth's "Nation's Pride", and a dummy of him is the first dead nazi scalped in the film, and finally, he is also a fake shemp for Christoph Waltz's hands when (edited for poiler content). Tarantino originally talked to Simon Pegg about portraying Lt. Archie Hicox, but the actor was forced to drop out due to scheduling difficulties[33] having already agreed to appear in Spielberg's Tintin adaptation. However, Pegg did make Tarantino promise to cast him in his next film.[34] Also, Tarantino originally sought for Leonardo DiCaprio to be cast as Hans Landa,[35] a poetic Nazi colonel targeted by the resistance.[8] The director then decided to instead have the character played by a German actor.[10] The role ultimately went to Christoph Waltz, an Austrian actor who, according to Tarantino, "gave me my movie back."[36] Jack White & Adam Sandler were both rumored to play a pair of the Basterds at one point.
