Directed by David Fincher   Written by Steven Zaillian   Stieg Larsson   Cast Daniel Craig ... Mikael Blomkvist Rooney Mara ... Lisbeth Salander Christopher Plummer ... Henrik Vanger Stellan Skarsgård ... Martin Vanger Steven Berkoff ... Frode Robin Wright ... Erika Berger Yorick van Wageningen ... Bjurman Joely Richardson ... Anita Vanger Geraldine James ... Cecilia Goran Visnjic ... Armansky Donald Sumpter ... Detective Morell Ulf Friberg ... Wennerström Bengt C.W. Carlsson ... Palmgren Tony Way ... Plague Per Myrberg ... Harald Josefin Asplund ... Pernilla Eva Fritjofson ... Anna Moa Garpendal ... Harriet Maia Hansson Bergqvist ... Young Anna (as Maia Hansson Bergkvist) Sarah Appelberg ... Young Cecilia Julian Sands ... Young Henrik Anna Björk ... Young Isabella Gustaf Hammarsten ... Young Harald Simon Reithner ... Young Martin David Dencik ... Young Morell Marcus Johansson ... Young Nilsson Mathilda von Essen ... Young Anita Mathias Palmér ... Young Birger Martin Jarvis ... Birger Inga Landgré ... Isabella Reza Dehban ... Hussein (as Reza Debahn) Anders Berg ... Young Frode Mats Andersson ... Nilsson Anders Jansson ... Doctor Jürgen Klein ... Gottfried Kalle Josephson ... Tech at MacJesus (as Karl Josephson) Sandra Andreis ... Photo Editor Arly Jover ... Liv Pierre Sjö Östergren ... Tattoo Artist Tess Panzer ... TV Newscaster Alastair Duncan ... Greger Alan Dale ... Detective Isaksson Julia Rose ... Nurse Peter Carlberg ... Hardware Clerk Jan Abramson ... Forsman Lena Strömdahl ... Mildred Matthew Wolf ... Tech Clerk Anne-Li Norberg ... Lindgren Leo Bill ... Trinity Marco Albrecht ... Junkie Martina Lotun ... Reporter at Vanger Anna Carlson ... FSA Official Yvonne Åstrand ... FSA Reporter Fredrik Dolk ... Wennerström's Lawyer Christian Heller ... Banker Werner Biermeier ... Banker Christine Adams ... Barbados TV Reporter Peter Hottinger ... Zurich TV Reporter Joyce Giraud ... Spain TV Reporter Bengt Wallgren ... Tailor Elodie Yung ... Miriam Wu Anna Charlotta Gunnarson ... Reporter Andreas Björklund ... Reporter Embeth Davidtz ... Annika Joel Kinnaman ... Christer Malm Karen E. Wright ... Magda Lovison Leah Shaw ... Book of Death Victim (as Leah Almada Harshaw) George Gerdes ... Udevalla Detective Uncredited Cast Magnus Af Sandeberg ... Mr. Brännlund Sheila Atkinson ... Actor in the Motion Capture Title Sequence Mitcho Batalov ... Wennerströms Lawyer Jenifer Brougham ... Murder Victim Roscoe the Cat ... Tjorven Melissa Ciesla ... Mari Holmberg Bern Collaço ... Bank Staff Amanda Dyar ... Bar Patron Laurence Fuller ... Hospital Visitor Henry Hereford ... TV Reporter (TV4) Patrick Leo Holland ... CNN Newscaster Darri Ingolfsson ... Karlstad Police Officer Maja Kin ... Young Mrs Brunnlund Shaun R.L. King ... Henning Manderstierna Ian Kitzmiller ... Swedish Police Charlotta Lövgren ... Norwegian Passenger Christopher Maleki ... Hanzel Annica McCrudden ... TV Reporter Cate Montgomery ... Liv 'Eva' Gustavsson, Murder Victim Alessandro Piersimoni ... Annika's Husband Sahlima ... Flight Attendant Lennart B. Sandelin ... Wennerström's Lawyer Britt Soderberg ... Millennium Employee Malin Toverud ... Abused woman Yasmine Vine ... Assyrian Immigrant Denise Wessman ... Harem Girl Mike Zehr ... The Locksmith Produced by Meret Burger   Eli Bush   Ceán Chaffin   Jim Davidson   Anni Faurbye Fernandez   Malte Forssell   Berna Levin   Scott Rudin   Rupert Smythe   Søren Stærmose   Ole Søndberg   Mikael Wallen   Steven Zaillian   Original Music by Trent Reznor   Atticus Ross

Additional Info Premiere: December 12, 2011 Theatrical Release: December 20, 2011 DVD Release: March 20, 2012 Blu-ray Release: March 20, 2012 Countries: Distributor: Sony Home Entertainment Websites: Production Companies Columbia Pictures (presents) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (presents) (as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures) Scott Rudin Productions (as Scott Rudin) Yellow Bird (as Yellow Bird Millennium US Rights AB) Film Rites Ground Control Distributors Columbia Pictures   (2011) (USA) (theatrical) (through Sony Pictures Releasing) Sony Pictures Releasing   (2011) (USA) (theatrical) (through) Sony Pictures Home Entertainment   (2012) (USA) (DVD) Sony Pictures Home Entertainment   (2012) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.8 / 10 Our Rating 5.4 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 5.4 / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #308 / 21,102 Ratings Breakdown Almost Perfect 1 total rating Site Ranking #304 Top Gun (1986) #305 It's A Wonderful Life (1946) #306 John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) #307 The Maze Runner (2014) #308 The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2011) #309 Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull (2008) #310 Avatar: The Way Of Water (2022) #311 The Wolverine (2013) #312 Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022)