Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story (2025) | Full Cast

Laurent Bouzereau

DIRECTOR

Steven Spielberg

Self - Director

Janet Maslin

Self - Critic

Cameron Crowe

Self - Filmmaker

Greg Nicotero

Self - Filmmaker

James Cameron

Self - Filmmaker

J.J. Abrams

Self - Filmmaker

Guillermo del Toro

Self - Filmmaker

Steven Soderbergh

Self - Filmmaker

Emily Blunt

Self - Actor

Brian Skerry

Self - Ocean Filmmaker

Wendy Benchley

Self - Ocean Conservation Advocate

Robert Zemeckis

Self - Filmmaker

Quentin Tarantino

Self - Filmmaker (archiveFootage)

Jordan Peele

Self - Filmmaker

Sid Sheinberg

Self - President and COO, MCA Inc. & Universal Pictures (archiveFootage)

George Lucas

Self - Filmmaker

Peter Benchley

Self - Author (archiveFootage)

Tracy Benchley Turner

Self - Daughter of Peter and Wendy Benchley

Nat Benchley

Self - Brother of Peter Benchley

Ron Taylor

Self - Live Shark Footage, Jaws (archiveFootage)

Valerie Taylor

Self - Live Shark Footage, Jaws (archiveFootage)

Martin Scorsese

Self - Filmmaker (archiveFootage)

Francis Ford Coppola

Self - Filmmaker (archiveFootage)

Carl Gottlieb

Self - Screenwriter

Philippe Cousteau Jr.

Self - Ocean Restorationist

Gibbs Kuguru

Self - Shark Scientist

Greg Skomal

Self - Shark Biologist

Austin Gallagher

Self - Shark Expert

Joe Alves

Self - Production Designer

Robert A. Mattey

Self - Special Effects (archiveFootage)

Conrad Krumm

Self - Special Effects (archiveFootage)

David Brown

Self - Producer (archiveFootage)

Richard D. Zanuck

Self - Producer (archiveFootage)

Susan Backlinie

Self - 'Chrissie' (archiveFootage)

Jeffrey Kramer

Self - 'Hendricks'

Lorraine Gary

Self - 'Ellen Brody'

Jim Beller

Self - Jaws Collector

Jonathan Filley

Self - 'Cassidy'

Craig Kingsbury

Self - 'Ben Gardner' (archiveFootage)

Todd Rebello

Self - Background Artist

Carol Fligor

Self - On-Set Teacher

Jeffrey Voorhees

Self - 'Alex Kintner'

Stephen R. Palumbi

Self - Professor of Marine Biology, Standford University

Cynthia Wigren

Self - CEO & Co-Founder, Atlantic White Shark Conservancy

Richard Nixon

Self - President (archiveFootage)

Fidel Castro

Self - Former President of Cuba (archiveFootage)

Clayton Benchley

Self - Son of Peter and Wendy Benchley

René Ben David

Self - 'Estuary Kid'

Ted Grossman

Self - 'Estuary Victim' (archiveFootage)

Ian Shaw

Self - Actor

Verna Fields

Self - Film Editor (archiveFootage)

John Williams

Self - Composer

Ross Williams

Self - Founder, The Daily Jaws

John Milius

Self - Filmmaker (archiveFootage)

Candace Fields

Self - Shark Conservation Biologist

John Mandelman

Self - Chief Scientist

Ariana Grande

Self (archiveFootage)

James Corden

Self (archiveFootage)

Dan Aykroyd

Self (archiveFootage)

Hal Barwood

Self (archiveFootage)

Albert Brooks

Self (archiveFootage)

Helen Gurley Brown

Self (archiveFootage)

Joan Crawford

Self (archiveFootage)

Richard Dreyfuss

Self (archiveFootage)

Elliott Gould

Self (archiveFootage)

Murray Hamilton

Self (archiveFootage)

Goldie Hawn

Self (archiveFootage)

Janet Leigh

Self (archiveFootage)

Laraine Newman

Self (archiveFootage)

Matthew Robbins

Self (archiveFootage)

Roy Scheider

Self (archiveFootage)

Robert Shaw

Self (archiveFootage)

Joe Spinell

Self (archiveFootage)

Dennis Weaver

Self (archiveFootage)

John Belushi

Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)

Chevy Chase

Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)

Alfred Hitchcock

Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)

Jimmy Kimmel

Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)

Richard Pryor

Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)