Directed by Guillermo del Toro   Written by Travis Beacham   Guillermo del Toro   Cast Charlie Hunnam ... Raleigh Becket Diego Klattenhoff ... Yancy Becket Idris Elba ... Stacker Pentecost Rinko Kikuchi ... Mako Mori Charlie Day ... Dr. Newton Geiszler Burn Gorman ... Herman Gottlieb Max Martini ... Herc Hansen Robert Kazinsky ... Chuck Hansen (as Rob Kazinsky) Clifton Collins Jr. ... Ops Tendo Choi Ron Perlman ... Hannibal Chau Brad William Henke ... Construction Foreman Larry Joe Campbell ... Construction Worker Mana Ashida ... Young Mako Santiago Segura ... Wizened Man Joe Pingue ... Captain Merrit Milton Barnes ... McTighe Brian Frank ... 1st Officer Ellen McLain ... Gipsy Danger AI (voice) David Fox ... Old Man on Beach Jake Goodman ... Child Robin Thomas ... American UN Representative Julian Barnes ... British UN Representative David Richmond-Peck ... Canadian UN Representative (as David Richmond Peck) Charles Luu ... Wei Tang Triplet Lance Luu ... Wei Tang Triplet Mark Luu ... Wei Tang Triplet Robert Maillet ... Lt. S. Kaidanovsky Heather Doerksen ... Lt. A. Kaidanovsky Joshua Peace ... Officer (as Josh Peace) Sebastian Pigott ... Engineer Victoria Sawal ... Chinese Girl in Anti-Kaiju Refuge Roger Wong ... Man in Anti-Kaiju Refuge J.C. Kenny ... TV Reporter (as JC Kenny) Jane Watson ... Raleigh and Yancy's Mom Robert Morse ... Raleigh and Yancy's Dad Paul Michael Wyers ... Young Raleigh (as Paul Wyers) Tyler Stevenson ... Young Yancy Mike Chute ... Saltchuck Crew Duncan McLeod ... Saltchuck Crew Louis Paquette ... Saltchuck Crew Matthew G. Taylor ... Saltchuck Crew Terry Belleville ... UN Representative Frank Nakashima ... UN Representative Farzad Sadrian ... UN Representative Mishu Vellani ... UN Representative Clive Walton ... UN Representative Peter Kosaka ... Young Mako's Father Yiren Stark ... Young Mako's Mother Hugh Tran ... Asian Boy Trek Buccino ... Young Newt Drew Adkins ... Young Gottlieb Kelvin Lum ... Hannibal Chau Thug Soo David Chum Ling ... Hannibal Chau Thug Randy Lee ... Hannibal Chau Thug Jung-Yul Kim ... Hannibal Chau Thug Kaelyn Wong ... Hannibal Chau Thug Uncredited Cast Mark Baldesarra ... Construction Worker Kayla Bechor ... Girl under monster Jason Bigio ... Construction Worker Jimmy Chimarios ... Marine Daniella Evangelista ... Cadet Scott Martin Gershin ... Kaiju Sound Effects Timothy Gibbs ... Marine Derek Herd ... Construction Worker Peter Hewitt ... Marine Phi Huynh ... Mechanic Mike Jutan ... Helipad worker Justin Major ... Marine Sunil Narkar ... Journalist Eoin O'Brien ... Jaeger Test Pilot Don Shirey ... News Anchor Cindy Sit ... Mechanic Bonnie Siu ... LOCCENT Tech Alan Tang ... Cadet #2 Toni Torres ... Rosie Joe Vercillo ... Marine Neil Whitely ... UN Representative Clara Wong ... Alien Model Emerson Wong ... Cadet #3 William S. Wong ... Engineer Norman Garcy Yap ... Husband Produced by Chen-On Chu   Guillermo del Toro   Callum Greene   Jon Jashni   Mary Parent   Jillian Share   Thomas Tull   Original Music by Ramin Djawadi

Additional Info Premiere: July 01, 2013 Theatrical Release: July 12, 2013 DVD Release: October 15, 2013 Blu-ray Release: October 15, 2013 Country: Distributor: Warner Brother Studios Websites: Production Companies Warner Bros. (presents) (as Warner Bros. Pictures) Legendary Entertainment (presents) (production) Double Dare You (DDY) (production) Distributors Warner Bros.   (2013) (USA) (theatrical) Warner Home Video   (2013) (USA) (Blu-ray) Warner Home Video   (2013) (USA) (DVD) Warner Home Video   (2016) (USA) (all media) (Ultra HD Blu-ray) Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.9 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #279 / 21,031 Site Ranking #275 The Pursuit Of Happyness (2006) #276 X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) #277 Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom (1984) #278 Hot Fuzz (2007) #279 Pacific Rim (2013) #280 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) #281 Split (2016) #282 Zootopia (2016) #283 Venom (2018)