The Polar Express

"This holiday season... believe."

When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.

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Tom Hanks

Hero Boy / Father / Conductor / Hobo / Scrooge / Santa Claus

Leslie Zemeckis

Sister Sarah / Mother

Eddie Deezen

Know-It-All

Nona Gaye

Hero Girl (voice)

Peter Scolari

Billy - Lonely Boy

Michael Jeter

Smokey / Steamer

Josh Hutcherson

Hero Boy

Daryl Sabara

Hero Boy (voice)

Jimmy Bennett

Lonely Boy (voice)

Brendan King

Pastry Chef

Andy Pellick

Pastry Chef

Josh Eli

Waiter

Mark Mendonca

Waiter

Rolondas Hendricks

Waiter

Mark Goodman

Waiter

Jon Scott

Waiter

Gregory Gast

Waiter

Sean Scott

Waiter

Gordon Hart

Waiter

Chris Coppola

Toothless Boy / Elf

Julene Renee

Red Head Girl / Elf

Charles Fleischer

Elf General

Steven Tyler

Elf Lieutenant / Elf Singer

Phil Fondacaro

Elf

Debbie Lee Carrington

Elf

Mark Povinelli

Elf

Ed Gale

Elf

Dante Pastula

Little Boy

André Sogliuzzo

Smokey / Steamer (voice)

Isabella Peregrina

Sister Sarah (voice)

Eric Newton

Acrobatic Elf

Aidan O'Shea

Acrobatic Elf

Aaron Hendry

Acrobatic Elf

Kevin C. Carr

Acrobatic Elf

Bee Jay Joyer

Acrobatic Elf

Jena Carpenter

Acrobatic Elf

Karine Mauffrey

Acrobatic Elf

Elisabeth P. Carpenter

Acrobatic Elf

Bill Forchion

Acrobatic Elf

Devin Henderson

Acrobatic Elf

Sagiv Ben-Binyamin

Acrobatic Elf

Ashly Holloway

Sister Sarah

Jimmy 'Jax' Pinchak

Know-It-All

Chantel Valdivieso

Hero Girl

Hayden McFarland

Lonely Boy

Connor Matheus

Toothless Boy

Evan Sabara

Young Boy

Jack Angel

Wolves (uncredited)

Rodger Bumpass

Wolves (uncredited)

Dylan Cash

Boy (voice) (uncredited)

Cody Klop

Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)

Patrick Stogner

(uncredited)

Tinashe

Hero Girl (motion capture)

William Broyles Jr.

Screenplay

Robert Presley

Director of Photography

Scot Boland

Casting

Joanna Johnston

Costume Design

Chris Van Allsburg

Executive Producer

Karen O'Hara

Set Decoration

William Teitler

Producer

Jack Rapke

Executive Producer

Robert Zemeckis

Screenplay

Victoria Burrows

Casting

Steve Starkey

Producer

Alan Silvestri

Original Music Composer

Robert Zemeckis

Director

Doug Chiang

Production Design

Rick Carter

Production Design

R. Orlando Duenas

Editor

Jeremiah O'Driscoll

Editor

Tom Hanks

Executive Producer

Robert Zemeckis

Producer

Don Burgess

Director of Photography

Gary Goetzman

Producer

Brian Magerkurth

Sound Recordist

Debbie Denise

Associate Producer

Steven J. Boyd

Co-Producer

Josh McLaglen

Associate Producer

Peter M. Tobyansen

Associate Producer

Scott Guitteau

Sound Effects Editor

Sean Phillips

Digital Effects Supervisor

David C. Hughes

Sound Effects Editor

Tom Johnson

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Andrew L. Jones

Assistant Art Director

Jim Wallis

Assistant Art Director

Rob Bredow

Digital Effects Supervisor

Diana Goodwin

Art Department Coordinator

Patrick B. O'Brien

Camera Operator

François Duhamel

Still Photographer

Mike Stassi

Assistant Art Director

David Schaub

Animation Supervisor

Mark Lambert

Digital Effects Supervisor

Tony Fanning

Art Direction

Luca Kouimelis

Script Supervisor

John Carrafa

Choreographer

Pamela Wise

Costume Supervisor

Dennis Leonard

Supervising Sound Editor

Kathryn Blondell

Hair Designer

Alison Learned Wolf

First Assistant Editor

James Hegedus

Art Direction

Randy Thom

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

John Villarino

Construction Coordinator

Alicia Maccarone

Art Direction

Erin Collins Butler

Art Department Coordinator

Norman Newberry

Art Direction

Scott Herbertson

Assistant Art Director

Dennis S. Sands

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

John P. Goldsmith

Assistant Art Director

Craig Sost

Visual Effects Producer

Alberto Menache

Digital Effects Supervisor

Martin A. Kline

Visual Effects Art Director

Josh McLaglen

Unit Production Manager

Rick Kelly

Second Assistant Director

Jeffrey Beck

Set Designer

Kenneth A. Larson

Set Designer

Todd Cherniawsky

Set Designer

Masako Masuda

Set Designer

Chris Van Allsburg

Book

Cathlyn Marshall

Set Designer

Randy Thom

Sound Designer

Smokey Stover

Set Designer

Jackson Bishop

Set Designer

Kseniya Hoppe

Set Designer

George Denes Suhayda

Visual Effects Art Director

Glen Ballard

Songs

Chris Juen

Digital Producer

Alex Olivares

First Assistant Editor

Josh McLaglen

First Assistant Director

Vladimir Todorov

Character Designer

Alan Silvestri

Songs

Deborah La Mia Denaver

Key Makeup Artist

Stephen M. Rickert Jr.

VFX Editor

Timothy Eaton

Visual Effects Editor

Mark P. Coo

Grip

Carlos Pedroza

Layout

Ryan Chan

Assistant Editor

Steven C. McGee

Chief Lighting Technician

Corey Hels

Layout

Maks Naporowski

Layout

Juan Gonzalez

Layout

Audrey L. Anzures

Key Hair Stylist

Robin L. Miller

Property Master

William Ross

Orchestrator

William B. Kaplan

Production Sound Mixer

Cary Weitz

Boom Operator

Randy Cantor

Transportation Coordinator

Sue Fox

Foley Editor

Terry Hager

Color Timer

Fernando Benítez

Layout

Daniel C. Striepeke

Makeup Artist

Bradlee Thomas Emmons III

Rigging Gaffer

Michael Lantieri

Special Effects Coordinator

Jane E. Russell

Unit Publicist

Josh Einsohn

Casting Assistant

Will Files

Sound Design Assistant

Jonathan Null

Dialogue Editor

Gabriela Ríos

Production Coordinator

Michael J. Coo

Key Grip

E. Larry Oatfield

Foley Editor

Joseph Thomas

Layout

Kenneth Karman

Music Editor

Conrad Pope

Orchestrator

Richard Robinson

Propmaker

Glen Gustafson

Lighting Artist

Ryan Cosgrove

Art Department Assistant

Anthony Almaraz

Set Costumer

David C. Potter

Leadman

Jep Hill

Sequence Supervisor

Scott Owen

Set Dressing Artist

Dana Gong

Post Production Assistant

Ronald A. Miller

Rigging Grip

Allen Robinson

Stunt Coordinator

Edward J. Cox

Best Boy Electric

John E. Sasaki

Digital Compositors

Timothy Loughran

Visual Effects Coordinator

Samuel R. Harrison III

Video Assist Operator

Susan Fried

Casting Associate

Mark Scoon

Executive In Charge Of Production

Martin L'Heureux

Animation

Ketty Gonzalez

Hairstylist

Paulie DiCocco

Driver

William B. Kaplan

Sound Mixer

Christopher Burdorf

Software Engineer

Oscar G. Castillo

Visual Effects

Jim Berney

Visual Effects Supervisor

Brian Feola

Construction Foreman

Enfys Dickinson

Creative Producer

Ken C. Wu

Set Production Assistant

Maureen Beatty

Storyboard

Mark Chadwick

Stunts

Gene Radzik

Dolby Consultant

Daryl C. Lefever

Production Accountant

Gabriela Ríos

Production Office Coordinator

Sande Scoredos

Production Supervisor

Oliver Scholl

Production Illustrator

Tom Armbruster

Motion Capture Artist

Ronald G. Roumas

Sound Recordist

Alex Tysowsky

Animation

David Howard

Camera Operator

W. Layne Mcdonald

Additional Editing

Keith Paciello

Animation

Marco Marenghi

Animation

Seth Hippen

Animation

Jon L. Hooper

Animation

Danny Wawrzaszek

Animation

Alice V. Kaiserian

Animation

Denis Samoilov

Animation

Michael Condro

3D Artist

Jeff Lin

Animation

Stéphane Couture

Animation

Robin Richesson

Costume Illustrator

Rob Engle

Digital Effects Supervisor

Roxane Griffin

Key Hair Stylist

Matt Cohen

Camera Operator

Frances Kumashiro

Lighting Artist

Dennie Thorpe

Foley

Daniel Kuehn

Digital Producer

Ben Radcliffe

Lighting Artist

Scott Parrish

Hairstylist

Edward Taylor IV

Character Modelling Supervisor

Leo Corey Castellano

Makeup Artist

Joseph Sullivan

Driver

Diana Wilson

Key Costumer

Eric Bradley

Musician

Adrian Iler

Sequence Supervisor

Joey Freitas

Driver

Tegan Taylor

Makeup Artist

M.B. Gordy

Musician

Min-Zhi Shao

Software Engineer

Zane Weiner

Executive In Charge Of Production

Jana Vance

Foley

Mitchell K. Hiniker

Grip

James Thatcher

Musician

David Hugghins

Stunts

Angie Wells

Makeup Artist

Dean Wolcott

Modeling

Kim Smith

Modeling

Gary Burritt

Negative Cutter

Joel McNeely

Orchestrator

Patricio Castillo

Musician

Wade Culbreath

Musician

Kevin Gillen

Special Effects

Cinzia Zanetti

Makeup Artist

Karen Westerfield

Makeup Artist

Nadege Schoenfeld

Makeup Artist

Mark Krentz

Modeling

Richard Blake Wester

Set Dresser

Bill Myer

Makeup Artist

Andrew Bain

Musician

George Doering

Musician

Brian Machleit

Stunts

Mark Lipsmeyer

Motion Capture Artist

Matt Chamberlain

Musician

Mark Hamilton

Lighting Artist

Nacoma Whobrey

Makeup Artist

Dustin Zachary

Modeling

Tyler Ely

Key Hair Stylist

Jane English

Makeup Artist

Robert Norin

Makeup Artist

Robert Ryan

Makeup Artist

Tony Bohorquez

Modeling

Marc Steinberg

Modeling

Mo Henry

Negative Cutter

Robert Winter

Sequence Supervisor

Dale Condit

Makeup Artist

Kevin Connolly

Musician

Donna Cicatelli-Lewis

Makeup Artist

Lisa Buono

Makeup Artist

Marcia Dickstein

Musician

Jordan Harris

Animation

Paul Jessel

Animation

Adam W. Erler

Grip

Jeff Frost

Modeling

David Parrish

Sequence Supervisor

Brian Hall

Software Engineer

J. Robert Ray

Software Engineer

Hae-Jeon Lee

Visual Effects

Matthew Rugetti

Stunts

Jarrod Nesbit

Visual Effects Coordinator

Daniel James Weber

Visual Effects Technical Director

Chris McLeod

Visual Effects Coordinator

Len White

Visual Effects

Nick Gray

Visual Effects

Ergin Kuke

VFX Artist

Kyudon Choi

Visual Effects

Lori Smallwood

Visual Effects

Brian C. Davis

Visual Effects

Jeff Evans

Stunts

John Clinton

Visual Effects Producer

Quentin Frost

Visual Effects Technical Director

Dan Kessler

VFX Artist

Rocco Pucillo

Visual Effects Coordinator

Shane Habberstad

Stunts

Ken Ralston

VFX Supervisor

Sandra Warren

Visual Effects

Avneet Kaur

Hairstylist

Michael Len

Motion Capture Artist

Ellen Heuer

Foley Artist

Steven Cueva

Assistant Camera

Judith Bouley

Additional Casting

Brian Ducharme

Digital Compositor

Dakau Jackson

Second Assistant Accountant

George Peterson Jr.

Foley Recordist

C. Marie Davis

Digital Intermediate Producer

Alan Silvestri

Conductor

Christian Feldhaus

First Assistant Accountant

Patrick Ballin

Visual Effects Assistant Editor

Craig Kohtala

Best Boy Grip

J.D. Cowles

Compositing Lead

Ann Knight

Set Buyer

Frank Rinella

Foley Mixer

Pete Billington

CG Artist

Michael Miller

ADR Mixer

Karen Brocco

Assistant Dialogue Editor

Angela Randazzo

Payroll Accountant

Steve Starkey

Second Unit Director

Dane Farwell

Stunt Double

Heather Wusterbarth

Key Set Production Assistant

Thomas Esmeralda

Matte Painter

Stefan Dechant

Storyboard Artist

Jonathan Null

ADR Editor

Antony Diamond

Second Assistant Camera

James Andrykowski

Assistant Editor

David Lucarelli

ADR Recordist

Joel Mitchell

Special Effects Technician

Andrew Titcomb

Layout Supervisor

Jan Yarbrough

Colorist

Kelvin Lee

Senior Animator

Zane Weiner

Production Executive

Jerome Chen

Senior Visual Effects Supervisor

James Andrykowski

Visual Effects Editor

Beth Tyszkiewicz

Visual Effects Production Assistant

Paul McGhee

Digital Intermediate Colorist

Josh Ernstrom

Production Assistant

Steve Guevara

Motion Capture Artist

James C.J. Williams

Head of Layout

Marc Gabbana

Concept Artist