Cast

Alot of these actors in this film were beginners but however alot of them moved on to have a successful career and some of them have even acted in other film projects together!

Jason London (Randall Pink Floyd) Jason London who played the wisest but frusterated Randall who was always being hassled by his football coach to sign up for the next season's game and not do any drugs of any sort has a successful acting career. In 1996 he was chosen on People magazine as one of the most beautiful people in the world. He carried on with his acting career in TV and film and another film he was noted for being in was The Rage: Carrie 2 in 1999 (He also starred in many other horror flicks) and he was also remembered in the TV movies Jason & the Argonauts and The Hound of the Baskervilles and in the motion pictures Out Cold, Luke the new Dracula II: Acsention and Dracula III: Legacy, Grind, The Prophecy: Uprising. He can be seen occasionally in the TV series Wings He is also the twin brother of actor Jeremy London and is now married to B-film cult actress Charlie Spradling with a daughter.
"To play Pink, I had to lose alot of maturity that I gained... lose lovers, lose experiences... I had to go back to being that unaware person again". - on his role in Dazed and Confused

Joey Lauren Adams (Simeone Kerr) Joey who played the girlfriend of Randall "Pink Floyd" earned a place in television history as the woman who took Bud Bundy's virginity in FOX's "Married... with Children" which the character she played led to a spin off of two shows "Top of the Heap" and "Vinnie & Bobby". After Dazed & Confused she had roles in film's such as Mallrats, Bio-Dome, Drawing Flies, Chasing Amy, Big Daddy, Bruno and had a role in the short-lived TV series "Second Noah" and did the voice of Electra in the short-lived animated "Hercules" As well as parts in the motion pictures Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back and Julia Hyde in Beeper. She recently appeared in the film's The Big Empty and A Promise Kept. Unfortunately she was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving in San Diego on December 2003. Just recently however, she moved from Los Angeles to Biloxi, Mississippi and wrote and directed the film, Come Early Morning, selected from 1700 submissions that is among 16 that will play and premiere in Sundance's U.S. dramatic competition.

Milla Jovovich (Michelle Burroughs) Milla who played Michelle who enjoys playing the accoustic guitar started modelling at the tender age of 9 and her screen debut was in Return to the Blue Lagoon in 1991 based on the popular black & white film. She also played Maya Carlton in the action/comedy Kuffs (starring Christian Slater) shortly before she took on her role in Dazed & Confused. While filming the movie Dazed and Confused, she eloped with her fellow actor in the film Shawn ('Kevin Pickford') Andrews to Las Vegas. Since Milla was only 16 at the time, her mother had the marriage annulled. She was missing in action after that in the acting field for 4 years and then returned to the big screen by playing Leeloo in the film The Fifth Element (starring Bruce Willis). During that time she married the director of that film Luc Besson. She filed for a divorce in 1999 but apparently they are still presently married. She appeared in the recent film's You Stupid Man, The House on Turk Street, and Resident Evil and the sequel Resident Evil: Apocalypse. Milla played Violet in Ultraviolet that just came to DVD. She is once again playing Alice for the third time in Resident Evil: Extinction which is now being shot.

Rory Cochrane (Ron Slater) Rory Cochrane who played the stoned out hippie Ron Slater, was born in New York on February 28, 1972, but spent his childhood in England. He then returned to the United States and was educated in New York City and trained in the drama department of NYC's LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts. His first roles included a part in a docudrama about drugs on Saturday Night with Connie Chung in 1989 (talk about type casting) and an appearance in an episode of H.E.L.P. in 1990. He then made his film debut (with about fifteen seconds screen time) in A Kiss Before Dying (starring Matt Dillon), followed by his first substantial role as Jeff Goldblum's son in Fathers and Sons and after that leaped right into his role in Dazed & Confused. He also had roles in The Low Life, Empire Records, Dogtown and Sunset Strip and Harts War (starring Bruce Willis) which received a quick theatrical release. He appeared in the crime/mystery TV series C.S.I. Miami for two seasons and recently appeared in two motion pictures this year of 2006 titled Right at Your Door and A Scanner Darkly (Which also starred Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson, Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder) as it's in pre-production.

Adam Goldberg (Mike Newhouse) Adam who played Mike Newhouse, the one who hung around with Tony Olson and Cynthia Dunn plus he was always putting both feet into his mouth and getting into trouble, is a writer, director, editor and actor. Adam has worked with some of the same actors in other movies too. He first started acting when he was 14 with Tracy Roberts. Then a year later, he enrolled in Lee Strasberg Institute in LA. After high school, Adam continued acting at Sarah Lawrence for a year. Then he went back to LA and studied acting with Lynette Katselas. He played Leo in the comedy TV series Double Rush and Doug in the short-lived Relativity and now plays Adam Mitchell in The Street. His film's include roles in The Prophecy, Scotch & Milk, Saving Private Ryan (starring Oscar winner Tom Hanks), Sunset Strip (with Rory Cochrane) and most recently the award winning Ron Howard film A Beautiful Mind (Starring Russel Crowe and his fellow buddy film actor Anthony Rapp), The Salton Sea (Starring Val Kilmer), The Hebrew Hammer, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Lucky 13, the movie of the week Frankenstein (Which Parker Posey had a part in as well), Man About Town (Starred O'Bannion himself Ben Affleck). He can sometimes be seen as Jimmy in the romantic comedy TV show Joey A successful actor indeed!

Anthony Rapp (Tony Olson) Anthony Rapp played the intelligent and most mature Tony Olson, who was dating the head freshamn girl and hung out with Newhouse and Dunn. Anthony started his career at the age of six, and received his first professional job at the age of nine. His breakout came when he originated the role of Mark in Jonathan Larson's production of the Broadway musical Rent. He can be heard on the original cast recording. He also starred in "Nocturn", a play about a young man who accidentally kills his sister. It is written by his brother, Adam. He appeared in the 80's comedy Adventure's in Babysitting and has had many film credit. He was also in Twister, Road Trip , A Beautiful Mind and recently in the short musical film Paradisco. He also appeared in the musical motion picture Open House which rode the film festival circuit and is now on DVD. He also performed in the film version of Rent. He has been busy performing at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. He also works as a singer in a band and has released some CD's. He is pursuing his career in more independent films to add to his credit.

Sasha Jenson (Don Dawson) Sasha Jenson played the Vinnie Barbarino type womaniser Don Dawson. Dazed & Confused was his first real break although he has had many supporting roles in numerous 80's cheesy B-films (mostly horror) such as Ghoulies 2, Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, Deadly Stranger, Deadly Weapon, Dream Trap and Buffy the Vampire Slayer to name some. After Dazed & Confused he appeared in Twisted Love, Nature of the Beast and Dilinger & Capone (starring Martin Sheen) all in 1995. Then he was missing in action but however he returned in 2001 to appear in a movie called Venice Beach (starring cheesy B-movie cult actress Linnea Quigley) as well as recently playing Daryl in A Little Crazy which played at the Method Fest Independent Film Festival on April 13, 2003 and was released nationwide on November 1 of that same year. He also had a supporting role as Greg in Grind (Which also featured Jason London). He is also the son of stuntman/actor Roy Jenson. He also worked as a stuntman in films like his father Roy Jenson did. Sasha was the best actor in Dazed & Confused. He remains close friends with Jason London.

Marissa Ribisi (Cynthia Dunn) Marissa played Cynthia, the girl who's head was always in the clouds and wanted to go out with David Wooderson and hung out with Newhouse and Olson. This was her first film then she went on to appear in other films and TV shows. She was also remembered for her supporting role in The Brady Bunch Movie. She was also in Encino Woman, Changing Habits, Some Girl, Pleasantville and True Crime (starring Clint Eastwood). Her new film's include Don's Plum, Lip Service and According to Spencer. Marissa just completed a movie titled Lightfield's Home Video which is now completed and stars her husband Award winning rock singer Beck as they both have a baby boy at the end of last August named Cosimo Henri. She also played Sharri in the short-lived TV series back in 1999 titled "Grown Up's". Marissa is also the twin sister of actor Giovanni Ribisi.

Michelle Burke (Jodi Kramer) Michelle Burke played the older popular sister Jodi Kramer of one of the freshmen named Mitch who dated one of her friends. She started out in the film Coneheads and then Dazed & Confused. She recently played Sharri in National Lampoon's Van Wilder and Michelle in Maid in Manhattan. She played Sarah Valentine in the series Notorious 7 and Jo Bhaer in the short-lived Little Men. Her recent television appearances include Diagnosis Murder. Apparently she never took acting classes as she was a natural. Michelle is currently married to singer and songwriter Scott Thomas of Ringside and has three children named Jill Burke, Jude Thomas and Sadie.

Wiley Wiggins (Mitch Kramer) Wiley Wiggin's played the head highschool freshman that the seniors called junior and the younger brother of Jodi and the one that planned his revenge from being tormented (along with his friends) to get even with O'Bannion by dumping a bucket of white paint on him. This was Wiley's first film and he also works as a short story writer, panelist, producer and sketch artist and painter, a creative fellow indeed! He was featured in the film Boys (starring Wiona Ryder) and was most recently in Frontier four years back. Wiley is currently seeking writing and/or public speaking opportunities as well as any work that furthers his knowledge of and experience in media and interaction design.

Matthew McConnaughey (David Wooderspoon) Matthew McConnaghey was the older dope smoking stoner that hung around the highschool kids by the name of David Wooderson. He loved highschool girls even if he was twice their age. But his saying was "That's what I love about these high school girls, man. I get older, they stay the same age". He also thinks it's alot cooler if highschool freshamn carried around joints and loves fast cars. He was a true rebel without a cause. Even though he was a little messed up he had a big heart as he always let his friends know where to find good seats for the upcoming Aerosmith concert and always broke up a fight when someone gets real out of line. Matthew was another actor that rose to fame shortly after Dazed & Confused. In the movie history it says his first acting gig was the awful slasher flick The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation which was filmed in 1994 then had a quick theatrical release in 1997 and also starred Rene Zellweger which they both tried to prevent the movie from being released and I wished they had. But Dazed & Confused was his first film that he had a supporting role in. He first attended the University of Texas in Austin, originally wishing to be a lawyer. But when he discovered an inspirational Og Mandino book The Greatest Salesman in the World before one of his final exams, he suddenly knew he had to change his major from law to film. He began his acting career in 1991, appearing in student films and commercials (AS his first professional acting gig was a beer commercial) in Texas and directed short films as Chicano Chariots. He also guest starred in an episode of "Unsolved Mysteries" in 1992. Once in his hotel bar in Austin he met the casting director and producer Don Phillips who introduced him to director Richard Linklater for his next project which was of course this one but at first Linklater thought Matthew was too handsome to play the role of a guy chasing high school girls in his coming-of-age drama Dazed and Confused, but cast him after Matthew grew out his hair and mustache. His character was initially in three scenes but the role grew to more than 300 lines as Linklater encouraged him to do some improvisations. Other films he was in afterwards were Judgement, The Lone Star, A Time to Kill, Larger Than Life, Scorpion Spring and then he struck gold in films like Contact (starring Jodie Foster), The Newton Boys, The Rebel, U-571, Frailty, Reign of Fire, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (with Adam Goldberg), Sahara, Two for the Money and Failure to Launch. He also starred in an independent film called Tiptoes playing the lead role of course named Steven which was shown at the Deauville Film Festival in France on September 8, 2003. He will be in six upcoming motion pictures that's still in the works. He also hosted "Saturday Night Live" just rdue to his fame and also works as a director from time to time.

Ben Affleck (Fred O'Bannion) Ben Affleck played the typical asshole Fred O'Bannion who failed a grade in senior high so he can be a dick to highschool freshmen twice in a row. He loves to bust them with his paddle whacking them real hard. Also he prays on the weak. Well the freshmen of 76 got the last laugh when they set him up with a prank. Affleck is now a top movie star and made numerous appearances on the late night talk show Late Night with Craig Kilborn. After Dazed & Confused he did mostly independent films like Mallrats and Chasing Amy which were great for Ben's career, receiving renowned appreciation for his works at the Sundance film festival. But the success he was having in independent films didn't last much longer and things got a little shaky for Ben. He was living in an apartment with his brother Casey and friend Matt, getting tired of being turned down for the big roles in films and being given the forgettable supporting ones. Since Matt was having the same trouble they decided to write their own script, where they could call all the shots. So, after finishing the script for Good Will Hunting, which they gave it to their agent Patrick Whitesell who showed it to a few Hollywood studios, finally being accepted by Castlerock. It was great news for the two but Castlerock wasn't willing to give Ben and Matt the control over the project they were hoping for. It was his friend Kevin Smith who took it to the head of Miramax who bought the script giving Ben and Matt the control they wanted and in December of 1997 Good Will Hunting was released, making the two unknown actors famous. The film marked Ben's breakthrough role, in which he was given for the first time the chance to choose roles instead of having to go through grueling auditions constantly. He chose such roles in the blockbusters Armageddon (starring Bruce Willis and Liv Tyler), Shakespeare in Love and Pearl Harbor. With these hits to his credit, Hollywood can't seem to get enough of Ben, with directors wanting him in their movies and companies wanting his screenplays. His inspirational story of hard work and amazing climb to the top has brought him what he deserves and Ben Affleck has shown no sign of slowing down. He was recently in Changing Lanes and has recently been in numerous films such as The Sum of all Fears, Daredevil, The Third Wheel, Jersey Girl, Paycheck, Surviving Christmas, Man About Town and Clerks II. Affleck has several more motion picture's to come as as we speak and due to his huge success in motion pictures he has hosted Saturday Night Live three times ever since the new millenium.

Cole Hauser (Benny O'Donnell) Cole Hauser played Benny O'Donnell who was almost as much as a prick as O'Bannion. He was buds with O'Bannion, Dawson and Floyd in the film. He also starred with Ben Affleck and Anthony Rapp in the film School Ties before they all did Dazed & Confused together. Plus he is close friends with Affleck in real life too. Cole grew up with a family of actors as his father is the B-movie actor/writer Wings Hauser, his mother the actress/dancer, and his grandfather was the writer and producer the late Dwight Hauser and his great grandfather, the late Harry M. Warner was the founder of Warner Brothers Studios. He dropped out of highschool while growing up in Santa Barbara, California where he pursued acting full time. After his fame in Dazed & Confused, he also appeared in other films such as Frame II: The Cover Up, Skins (starring Wings Hauser and Linda Blair), Good Will Hunting (starring Robin Williams and Ben Affleck), Scotch & Milk, Pitch Black, A Shot at Glory, Harts War and White Oleander, Tears of the Sun (starring Bruce Willis) and 2 Fast 2 Furious. Cole starred in the short-lived crime-drama TV series High Incident as Officer Randy Willitz. Recently too he also had a 3 guest spot role in the series ER and lead roles in the motion pictures Paparazzi, The Cave and The Break-Up. Like his father, he became a name for himself in the entertainment world. Right now Cole is formerly engaged to model and former Sweet Valley High TV actress Cynthia Daniel and both share a baby boy whom was born September of 2004.

Esteben Powell (Carl Burnett) Esteben played one of Mitch's freshmen buddies who got away from being whacked by O'Bannion when his mother pulled a shotgun on him. He still stays quite active in TV & film as Dazed & Confused was his first acting gig and he's a native in Texas which was where the movie was filmed. After the film he graduated from the Houston's High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and then he had roles in the film's Powder, Late Bloomers, Deal of a Lifetime and even played the role of Def Leppard's guitarist Phil Collen in their biography movie of the week Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story, Scream at the Sound of the Beep, Paper Cut, Runaways, The Last Run, Paper Cut and recently supporting roles in Little Athens and Love, Fear and Rabbits. He will be playing having another supporting role in the comedy-drama Little Athens which is soon to be out. He also played Jargon in the short-lived TV series "Level 9" and guested in the shows "Beverly Hills 90210", "Walker Texas Ranger", "Touched by an Angel", "Dawson's Creek", "Gilmore Girls" and "Charmed".

Parker Posey (Darla Marks) Parker Posey who played the bitchy Darla Marks hails from Laurel, Mississippi the daughter of Chris Posey owner of Laurel's own Posey Chevrolet. Parker attended high school at North Carolina School of the Arts and college at the prestigious SUNY Purchase. While at SUNY she roomed with Sherry Stringfield of TV's ER. Posey started her acting career by playing Tess Shelby in a season of the daytime soap As the World Turns. She also appeared in Coneheads. She also had small, supporting and lead roles in the films of Mixed Nuts, Sleep with Me (with Joey Lauren Adams), Frisk, Drunks, Clockwatchers, You've Got Mail (starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan), Dinner at Fred's, Scream 3, Josie and the Pussycats, Personal Velocity: Three Portraits, The Sweetest Thing, The Event, A Mighty Wind, Adam & Steve, Blade: Trinity (starring Wesley Snipes and Kris Kristofferson), The OH in Ohio and you can now see her in the blockbuster hit Superman Returns. She has tons of other roles in upcoming motion pictures to top it all off and is also appearing in the series Boston Legal. Last year Parker starred in the acclaimed off-Broadway revival of David Rabe's Hurlyburly which also starred Ethan Hawke, Bobby Cannavalle, Elizabeth Berkley, Wallace Shawn and Josh Hamilton. A little trivia here for you as in 1995 she was considered for the role of Dorothy Boyd in Jerry Maguire. She also played Connie Bradshaw in the mini-series Tales of the City, More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City.

Nikki Katt (Clint Bruno) Nicky played the school bully Clint Bruno who was in the mood to smoke up, drink up and kick ass at the beer bust and was enemies with Newhouse. He loves wearing 50's greaser type outfits and loved fancy cars. He started his acting career long before Dazed & Confused since he was the age of seven. He usually got type cast playing a bully or thug of some sort in other shows. He played Matthew MacLane in the very short-lived series "Herbie-the Love Bug" which only 5 episodes were made. He did not fall into the trap of many child actors that become identified with one famous role (because his child roles were as guest spots, or, as in the case of "Herbie: the Love Bug", were cancelled early on as mentioned above) or can't get work as adults and allow their lives to fall to pieces. He also played Sean Donovan in another short-lived series called "V". He also did the voice over's for the animated series "The Get-Along Gang" and guested in "Chips" and "Voyagers!" After Dazed & Confused he appeared in such films as American Yakuza, The Cure, Strange Days, The Doom Generation, A Time to Kill, SubUrbia, Batman & Robin, Phantoms (with Ben Affleck), Scotch & Milk (with Adam Goldberg and Cole Hauser), The Limey, Boiler Room, The Way of the Gun, Insomnia, Full Frontal, Secondhand Lions, I Love Your Work, The School of Rock and Riding the Bullet. Plus being a regular in two seasons of the series "Boston Public" from 2000 to 2002. Last year Nikki starred in the Woody Allen written and directed "A Second Hand Memory" off-Broadway playing the son of Dominic Chianese and the nephew of Michael McKean and is now in production of a new motion picture starring Jodie Foster and Terrence Howard titled The Brave One along with more numerous TV guest spots and other motion pictures to add to his credit. A successful and busy actor he is.

Christine Harnos (Kaye Faulkner) Christine Harnos played the beautiful Kaye Faulkner, the one that hung around with Jodi Kramer, Michelle Burroughs and Simeone Kerr. She was a recurring guest in the series "ER" since the show started till 2002. Her films include Denial, Judgement Night (starring Emilio Estevez, Stephen Dorff and Denis Leary), Hellraiser: Bloodline, Bloodhounds, Remembering Sex and Seventh Veil.