Directed by David Fincher   Written by Andrew Kevin Walker   Cast Morgan Freeman ... Somerset Andrew Kevin Walker ... Dead Man at 1st Crime Scene (as Andy Walker) Daniel Zacapa ... Detective Taylor at First Murder Brad Pitt ... Mills Gwyneth Paltrow ... Tracy John Cassini ... Officer Davis Bob Mack ... Gluttony Victim Peter Crombie ... Dr. O'Neill Reg E. Cathey ... Dr. Santiago R. Lee Ermey ... Police Captain George Christy ... Workman at Door of Somerset's Office Endre Hules ... Cab Driver Hawthorne James ... George the Night Guard at the Library William Davidson ... First Guard at the Library (as Roscoe Davidson) Bob Collins ... Second Guard at the Library Jimmy Dale Hartsell ... Library Janitor Richard Roundtree ... Talbot Charline Su ... TV News Reporter Dominique Jennings ... TV News Reporter Allan Kolman ... First Forensic Man in the Law Office Beverly Burke ... TV Anchor Woman Gene Borkan ... Eli Gould - Greed Victim Julie Araskog ... Mrs. Gould Mario Di Donato ... Fingerprint Forensic Man in Law Office Alfonso Freeman ... Fingerprint Technician John C. McGinley ... California (as John C. Mcginley) Harrison White ... Cop on SWAT Team Bob Stephenson ... Cop on SWAT Team (as Robert Stephenson) Michael Reid MacKay ... Victor - Sloth Victim (as Michael Reid Mackay) Kevin Spacey ... John Doe Richard Portnow ... Dr. Beardsley Tudor Sherrard ... Coupon Man Outside Pizza Parlor Mark Boone Junior ... Greasy F.B.I. Man Pamala Tyson ... Thin Vagrant by John Doe's Apartment Lennie Loftin ... Policeman Who Takes Statement from Vagrant Sarah Reinhardt ... Police Sketch Artist (as Sarah Hale Reinhardt) Emily Wagner ... Detective Sara at John Doe's Apartment Martin Serene ... Wild Bill Michael Massee ... Man in Booth at Massage Parlor David Correia ... First Cop at Massage Parlor Ron Blair ... Second Cop at Massage Parlor Jennifer Mueller ... Lust Victim (as Cat Mueller) Leland Orser ... Crazed Man in Massage Parlor Lexie Bigham ... Sweating Cop at Massage Parlor Evan Mirand ... Paramedic at Massage Parlor (as Evan Miranda) Paul Eckstein ... Paramedic at Massage Parlor (as Paul S. Eckstein) Harris Savides ... 911 Operator Rachel Flanagan ... Additional 911 Operator (as Rachel Schadt) Heidi Schanz ... Pride Victim Brian Evers ... Duty Sergeant Shannon Wilcox ... Woman Cop Behind Desk Richard Schiff ... Mark Swarr James Deeth ... Helicopter Pilot (as Jim Deeth) John Santin ... Helicopter Pilot Charles A. Tamburro ... SWAT Helicopter Pilot (as Charles Tamburro) Richmond Arquette ... Delivery Man Duffy Gaver ... Marksman in Helicopter Uncredited Cast Charles S. Dutton ... Cop Gregory Fennell ... Los Angeles SWAT Rick Lyon ... Ritchie Valens Impersonator Arthur Max ... Man in Library Produced by Stephen Joel Brown   Phyllis Carlyle   William C. Gerrity   Nana Greenwald   Lynn Harris   Dan Kolsrud   Anne Kopelson   Arnold Kopelson   Gianni Nunnari   Sanford Panitch   Michele Platt   Richard Saperstein   Original Music by Howard Shore

Additional Info Premiere: September 22, 1995 DVD Release: March 26, 1997 Blu-ray Release: September 14, 2010 Country: Distributor: New Line Studios Websites: Alternate Titles Seven Production Companies Cecchi Gori Pictures Juno Pix New Line Cinema Distributors New Line Cinema   (1995) (USA) (theatrical) Alliance Video   (1996) (USA) (VHS) (widescreen) New Line Home Video   (1996) (USA) (video) (laserdisc) Sirius Publishing   (1996) (USA) (video) (Movie CD) The Criterion Collection   (1996) (USA) (video) (laserdisc) Turner Home Entertainment   (1996) (USA) (VHS) (For New Line Home Video) New Line Home Video   (1997) (USA) (video) (laserdisc) (Digital Surround Sound) New Line Home Entertainment   (2004) (USA) (DVD) MGM Worldwide Television   (2006) (USA) (TV) (syndication) (for New Line Television) Warner Home Video   (2013) (USA) (DVD) (Included in "4 Film Favorites: Brad Pitt") Fox Network   (1999) (USA) (TV) HBO Max   (2020) (USA) (video) (VOD) Rating Stats Overall Rating 8.3 / 10 Our Rating 7.9 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 7.8 / 10 Female Users 6.4 / 10 Site Ranking #25 / 21,035 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 10 total ratings Almost Perfect 5 total ratings Mediocre 1 total rating Site Ranking #21 The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring (2001) #22 The Godfather (1972) #23 The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King (2003) #24 The Dark Knight Rises (2012) #25 Se7en (1995) #26 The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers (2002) #27 Django Unchained (2012) #28 Inglourious Basterds (2009) #29 The Wolf Of Wall Street (2013)