The Wrestler (2008) - Credits and Details

The Wrestler Credits and Details

Directed by
	Darren Aronofsky
Written by
	Robert Siegel	...	written by
Cast
	Mickey Rourke	...	Randy 'The Ram' Robinson
	Marisa Tomei	...	Cassidy
	Evan Rachel Wood	...	Stephanie
	Mark Margolis	...	Lenny
	Todd Barry	...	Wayne
	Wass Stevens	...	Nick Volpe
	Judah Friedlander	...	Scott Brumberg
	Ernest Miller	...	The Ayatollah
	Dylan Keith Summers	...	Necro Butcher (as Dylan Summers)
	Tommy Farra	...	Tommy Rotten
	Mike Miller	...	Lex Lethal
	Marcia Jean Kurtz	...	Admissions Desk Woman
	John D'Leo	...	Adam
	Ajay Naidu	...	Medic
	Gregg Bello	...	JAPW Promoter Larry Cohen
	Scott Siegel	...	Greg
	Maurizio Ferrigno	...	Spotter
	Donnetta Lavinia Grays	...	Jen
	Andrea Langi	...	Alyssa
	Armin Amiri	...	Dr. Moayedizadeh
	Vale Anoai	...	Pharmacist (as Lynn Tovale Anoa'i)
	Ryan Lynn	...	Strip Club Best Man
	Michael Drayer	...	Strip Club Bachelor
	Alyssa Bresnahan	...	Cheeques Bartender
	Jeff Chena	...	Hotel Bartender
	Vernon Campbell	...	Big Chris (as Vernon W. Campbell)
	Felice Choi	...	Beautician
	Bernadette Penotti	...	Tanning Salon Owner
	Johnny Valiant	...	The Legend Johnny Valiant
	Ron Killings	...	Ron 'The Truth' Killings
	Giovanni Roselli	...	Romeo Roselli
	Robert Siegel	...	Autograph Fan #1
	Scott Franklin	...	Autograph Fan #2
	Sylvia Kauders	...	Hudson Acres Lady at Deli Counter
	Alissa Reisler	...	Young Housewife at Deli Counter
	Willy Rosner	...	Touchdown Man at Deli Counter
	Rebecca Darke	...	German Potato Salad Lady at Deli Counter
	E.J. Carroll	...	Teamster at Deli Counter
	Abraham Aronofsky	...	Annoyed Man at Deli Counter
	Charlotte Aronofsky	...	Annoyed Woman at Deli Counter
	T.J. Kedzierski	...	Jameson (as T.J. Kedzieerski)
	Jen Cohn	...	Get a Room Lady
	Tyrone Scott	...	WXW Announcer (as Maven Bentley)
	Douglas Crosby	...	WXW Referee
	Larry Mercer	...	CZW Announcer (as Larry Legend)
	Nick Tygielski	...	CZW Referee (as Nick Papagerio)
	Kevin Kelly	...	ROH Announcer (as Kevin Foote)
	Jon Patrick Trosky	...	ROH Referee (as Jon Trosky)
	Andrew Anderson	...	Wrestler
	Daniel Solwold	...	Wrestler (as Austin Aries)
	Brian Heffron	...	Wrestler (as Blue Meanie)
	Nicky Benz	...	Wrestler
	Brolly	...	Wrestler
	Lamar Braxton Porter	...	Wrestler
	Claudio Castagnoli	...	Wrestler (as Claudio Castignoli)
	Cobian	...	Wrestler
	Doc Daniels	...	Wrestler
	Bobby Dempsey	...	Wrestler
	Billy Dream	...	Wrestler
	Rob Strauss	...	Wrestler (as Rob Eckos)
	Nate Hatred	...	Wrestler
	Kit Cope	...	Wrestler (as Havoc)
	David John Markland	...	Wrestler (as DJ Hyde)
	Danny Gimondo	...	Wrestler (as Inferno)
	Jess Liaudin	...	Wrestler (as Joker)
	Judas	...	Wrestler
	Kid U.S.A.	...	Wrestler
	Lloyd Anoai	...	Wrestler (as LA Smooth)
	Toa Maivia	...	Wrestler (as Toa Mairie)
	Kevin Matthew Mcdonald	...	Wrestler (as Kevin Matthews)
	Charles Renner	...	Wrestler (as Devon Moore)
	Pete Nixon	...	Wrestler
	Paul E. Normous	...	Wrestler
	Dimitrios Papadoniou	...	Wrestler (as Papadon)
	Darnell Kittrell	...	Wrestler (as Sabian)
	Jay Santana	...	Wrestler
	Sugga	...	Wrestler
	Larry Sweeney	...	Wrestler
	Mark Pantalone	...	Wrestler (as Whacks)
Uncredited Cast
	Olivia Baseman	...	Alyssa's Roommate
	Sakinah Bingham	...	Ring Girl
	Peter Bond	...	Pete Nixon
	Laura Lee Cebrick	...	Striper
	Peter Conboy	...	Fans at Table
	Mike Coughlin	...	Promoter
	Bobby Cruise	...	Bobby Cruise
	Brandon DiCamillo	...	Audience Member
	Jared Blake DiCroce	...	Strip Club Bachelor #2
	Bennett Dunn	...	Ringside Fan
	Anna-Karin Eskilsson	...	Girl in Supermarket
	Jonathan Feria-Moreno	...	Wrestling Fan
	Evan Ginzburg	...	Fan at Convention
	Richard Graves	...	Fan
	Joe Huu	...	Strip Club Patron
	Michael Anthony Joy	...	Wrestling Fan
	David Juskow	...	Ring Announcer
	Cory Kastle	...	Wrestler
	Piper Kenny	...	DJ
	Deejay Khalil	...	Fan
	Henry Kwan	...	Strip Club Patron
	Marca Leigh	...	Wrestling Fan
	Jill Lord	...	Autograph Mom
	Michael Marino	...	Medic #2
	Albert Marks	...	Fan
	Helena Mayhem	...	Self
	Ryan McGonagle	...	Wrestler
	Kathrina Miccio	...	Mary (bartender)
	Rafaela Ochoa	...	Wrestling Fan
	Kameron Omidian	...	Front Row Fan
	Robert Oppel	...	Wrestler
	Arthur E. Pittman Jr.	...	Samoan Wrestler in CZW Locker Room
	Robert Rosen	...	Ring Announcer (voice)
	Joe Ruby	...	Wrestler
	Vincent James Russo	...	Wrestling Fan
	Eric Santamaria	...	Vendor
	Cameo Sherrell	...	Ring Girl
	Mathew Shoemaker	...	Big Red
	Erika Dawn Smith	...	Dancer
	Marlene Smith	...	Nurse with Needle
	Paul Thornton	...	Strip Club Patron
	Ryan Tygh	...	Fan
	Gabriel Valentino	...	Patron
	Ben Van Bergen	...	Deli Customer
	Bill Walters	...	Wrestling Fan
	Emmanuel Yarborough	...	Sumo Wrestler
	John Zandig	...	Wrestler
Produced by
	Darren Aronofsky	...	producer
	Scott Franklin	...	producer
	Evan Ginzburg	...	associate producer
	Ari Handel	...	associate producer
	David Harfield	...	executive producer
	Mark Heyman	...	co-producer
	Vincent Maraval	...	executive producer
	Agnès Mentre	...	executive producer
	Jennifer Roth	...	executive producer
Original Music by
	Clint Mansell
Special Effects by
	Drew Jiritano	...	special effects
	Andrew Mortelliti	...	special effects technician
Visual Effects by
	Adam Avitabile	...	flame artist
	Chad Buehler	...	digital compositor
	Jessica Elvin	...	conform editor
	Randall Furino	...	videogame programmer
	Kristyn Hume	...	main title sequence / videogame imagery
	Barbara Jean Kearney	...	digital intermediate executive producer
	Eric Leverenz	...	digital retouching
	Morgan Miller	...	digital retouching
	Jesse Morrow	...	fire artist
	Erin L. Nelson	...	digital restoration
	Joseph Ryals	...	digital film scanning and recording
	Chad Schott	...	digital compositor
	Dan Schrecker	...	visual effects supervisor
	Daniel Silverman	...	digital film scanning and recording
	Andy Simonson	...	visual effects coordinator
	Wilson Tang	...	digital restoration
	Niko Tavernise	...	visual effects
Stunts
	Heather Arthur	...	stunts
	Jonathan Arthur	...	stunts
	Jared Burke	...	assistant stunt coordinator
	Armond Cecere	...	stunt double
	Douglas Crosby	...	stunt coordinator
	Brandon DiCamillo	...	stunts
	Jake Ellenberger	...	Stunts
	Rocco Forgione	...	stunts / utility stunts
	Kevin Matthew Mcdonald	...	stunt performer
	Robert Oppel	...	stunts
	Jon Patrick Trosky	...	assistant stunt coordinator
Thanks
	Eric Adamz	...	thanks
	Afa Anoai	...	the producers wish to thank: WXW and Wild Samoan Pro-Wrestling Center
	Lynn Anoai	...	the producers wish to thank: WXW and Wild Samoan Pro-Wrestling Center
	Tony Atlas	...	thanks
	Brian Balch	...	thanks
	Nikita Breznikov	...	thanks
	Terry Brunk	...	thanks
	King Kong Bundy	...	thanks
	Gino Caruso	...	thanks
	Antonio Cortes	...	thanks
	John Curse	...	thanks
	Glenn Delgado	...	the producers wish to thank
	Flesh Eaters	...	thanks
	Sidney Eick	...	the producers wish to thank: ROH
	Scott Epstein	...	thanks
	Thomas Finer	...	the producers wish to thank: Rahway Hospital
	Serafina Fiore	...	the producers wish to thank
	Chris Ford	...	thanks
	Franco Frassetti	...	thanks
	Jay Jay French	...	the producers wish to thank
	Dory Funk Jr.	...	thanks
	Joey G.	...	thanks
	Ken Gelman	...	thanks
	Sheldon Goldberg	...	thanks
	Joe Gomez	...	thanks
	Mike Greenblatt	...	thanks
	Abe Guzman	...	thanks
	Jonathan Hoffman	...	the producers wish to thank: Orbit Digital
	Anne Hubbell	...	the producers wish to thank: Eastman Kodak
	Shane Ingersoll	...	the producers wish to thank
	Kevin Johnston	...	the producers wish to thank: Avid Technology
	Marlon Kalkai	...	thanks
	Mambo King	...	thanks
	Frank Ladeavia	...	the producers wish to thank: JAPW
	Ed Leslie	...	thanks
	Georgiann Makropoulos	...	thanks
	Jim Manley	...	thanks
	Donna Manusco	...	the producers wish to thank: Rahway Hospital
	Juan Marrero	...	the producers wish to thank: Equinox
	Memphitz	...	the producers wish to thank
	Scott Miller	...	the producers wish to thank
	Tony Pellicone	...	thanks
	Josip Peruzovic	...	thanks
	Nicole Phillips	...	the producers wish to thank: Eastman Kodak
	Louie Ramos	...	thanks
	Jay Reso	...	thanks
	Bobby Riedel	...	thanks
	Johnny Rodz	...	thanks
	John Rojas	...	the producers wish to thank
	Axl Rose	...	very special thanks
	Stuart Rosenberg	...	in memory of
	Richie Rotten	...	thanks
	Czarina Russell	...	the producers wish to thank
	Gabe Sapolsky	...	thanks
	Tyrone Scott	...	the producers wish to thank: CZW
	John Shane	...	thanks
	Jeff Shapiro	...	the producers wish to thank: JAPW
	Cary Silkin	...	thanks / the producers wish to thank: ROH
	Bill Smyth	...	the producers wish to thank: Able Equipment
	Robert Smyth	...	the producers wish to thank
	Jimmy Snuka	...	thanks
	Paul Strawn	...	the producers wish to thank: Avid Technology
	Adrian Street	...	the producers wish to thank
	Linda Street	...	the producers wish to thank
	Chris Tarantino	...	the producers wish to thank
	Kellan Thomas	...	thanks
	Twisted Sister	...	the producers wish to thank
	Glenn Ulrich	...	the producers wish to thank: BWO
	Greg Valentine	...	thanks
	Chad Weiner	...	the producers wish to thank
	Ronnie Weiner	...	the producers wish to thank
	Matt West	...	thanks
	John Zandig	...	the producers wish to thank: CZW

Additional Info
Premiere:	September 05, 2008
Theatrical Release:	January 30, 2009
DVD Release:	April 21, 2009
Blu-ray Release:	April 21, 2009
Countries:
Distributor:	Fox Searchlight
Websites:

Ratings
7.9 / 10	7.9 / 10	80 / 100

Production Companies
Wild Bunch
Protozoa Pictures
Saturn Films
Top Rope

Distributors
Fox Searchlight Pictures (2008) (United States) (theatrical)
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2009) (United States) (DVD)
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2009) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
Home Box Office (HBO) (2009) (United States) (TV)
HBO Zone (2023) (United States) (TV)

Filming Locations
1230 East Linden Avenue, Linden, New Jersey, USA
Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA
Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
Convention Hall, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA
Dover Ballroom, Dover, New Jersey, USA (Final Match)
Dover, New Jersey, USA
Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
Frenchy's Bar & Grill, Roselle Park, New Jersey, USA (Bar scene)
Garfield, New Jersey, USA
Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, USA (Match vs Tommy Rotten)
Linden, New Jersey, USA (Cheeques)
Martha Washington Apartments, Clifton, New Jersey, USA
Mieleville Home Park, Hazlet, New Jersey, USA (Mobile Home)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Rahway, New Jersey, USA
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Rahway, New Jersey, USA
Stiletto Club, Carlstadt, New Jersey, USA (Cheeques)

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