Directed by Garth Jennings   Written by Douglas Adams   Karey Kirkpatrick   Cast Bill Bailey ... The Whale (voice) Anna Chancellor ... Questular Rontok Warwick Davis ... Marvin Yasiin Bey ... Ford Prefect (as Mos Def) Zooey Deschanel ... Trillian Su Elliot ... Pub Customer (as Su Eliott) Martin Freeman ... Arthur Dent Stephen Fry ... Narrator / The Guide (voice) Richard Griffiths ... Jeltz (voice) Dominique Jackson ... Fook Simon Jones ... Ghostly Image Thomas Lennon ... Eddie the Computer (voice) Mark Longhurst ... Bulldozer Driver Kelly Macdonald ... Reporter John Malkovich ... Humma Kavula Ian McNeice ... Kwaltz (voice) Helen Mirren ... Deep Thought (voice) Bill Nighy ... Slartibartfast Steve Pemberton ... Mr. Prosser / Additional Vogon Voices (as The League of Gentlemen) Alan Rickman ... Marvin (voice) Sam Rockwell ... Zaphod Beeblebrox Jack Stanley ... Lunkwill Mark Gatiss ... Additional Vogon Voices (as The League of Gentlemen) Reece Shearsmith ... Additional Vogon Voices (as The League of Gentlemen) Mak Wilson ... Vogon Interpreter (voice) Albie Woodington ... Barman Mason Ball ... Creature Performer Sarah Bennett ... Creature Performer Danny Blackner ... Creature Performer Hayley Burroughs ... Creature Performer Cecily Fay ... Creature Performer (as Cecily Faye) Aron Freeman ... Creature Performer Ian Kay ... Creature Performer Nikki Bond ... Creature Performer (as Nikki McInness) Mohsen Nouri ... Creature Performer Oliver Parham ... Creature Performer (as Ollie Parham) Nigel Plaskitt ... Creature Performer Lynn Robertson Bruce ... Creature Performer (as Lynne Robertson Bruce) Jerome St. John Blake ... Vogon Soldier (as Jerome Blake) Milo Bodrozic ... Vogon Soldier Martin Dawson ... Vogon Soldier Dan Ellis ... Vogon Soldier Steve Grindle ... Vogon Soldier Art Hewitt ... Vogon Soldier Simon Hibbs ... Vogon Soldier Rob Horseman ... Vogon Soldier Mike Lewis ... Vogon Soldier Paul Nathaniel ... Vogon Soldier Tim Perrin ... Vogon Soldier Jessie Riley ... Vogon Soldier Tucker Stevens ... Vogon Soldier Ashley Stuart ... Vogon Soldier Benjamin Uttley ... Vogon Soldier (as Ben Uttley) Patrick Walker ... Vogon Soldier Spencer Wilding ... Vogon Soldier William Wollen ... Vogon Soldier Uncredited Cast Polly Jane Rocket Adams ... London Citizen Alex Argenti ... Alien Jane Belson ... Extra Peter Burroughs ... Marvin Ray Donn ... Humma Worshiper Garth Jennings ... Frankie Mouse (voice) Rich Johnston ... Congregation Zoe Kubaisi ... Benjy Mouse (voice) Jim Lynn ... London Citizen Jason Schwartzman ... Gag Halfrunt Alisha Smith ... Trillian DBL Mark Rhino Smith ... Pall Bearer Sean Sollé ... London Citizen Mark Stevenson ... Native American James Thrift ... London Citizen Emma Timms ... Humma Worshipper Susie Valerio ... Daewoo Driver Edgar Wright ... Deep Thought Technician Produced by Douglas Adams   Todd Arnow   Gary Barber   Roger Birnbaum   Derek Evans   Jonathan Glickman   Nick Goldsmith   Caroline Hewitt   Jay Roach   Rebekah Rudd   Robbie Stamp   Original Music by Joby Talbot

Additional Info Premiere: April 20, 2005 Theatrical Release: April 29, 2005 DVD Release: September 13, 2005 Blu-ray Release: January 23, 2007 Countries: Distributor: Touchstone Pictures Websites: Production Companies Touchstone Pictures (present) Spyglass Entertainment (present) Everyman Pictures Hammer & Tongs Distributors Buena Vista Pictures   (2005) (USA) (theatrical) Buena Vista Home Entertainment   (2005) (USA) (DVD) Buena Vista Home Entertainment   (2007) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD) Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.3 / 10 Our Rating 5.8 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 5.2 / 10 Female Users 5.9 / 10 Site Ranking #962 / 21,035 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 4 total ratings Almost Perfect 4 total ratings Average 2 total ratings Mediocre 2 total ratings Crap 2 total ratings Site Ranking #958 Carrie (1976) #959 Falling Down (1993) #960 Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) #961 Upgrade (2018) #962 The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (2005) #963 Scream 2 (1997) #964 The Mummy (2017) #965 Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) #966 Jarhead (2005)