Speed Racer (film) - Cast

Cast

  • Emile Hirsch as Speed Racer. Actors Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Shia LaBeouf were previously considered for the role. To prepare for the role, Hirsch watched every Speed Racer episode and visited Lowe's Motor Speedway, where he met with driver Jimmie Johnson.
    • Nicholas Elia as young Speed Racer.
  • Christina Ricci as Trixie, Speed's girlfriend. Ricci was chosen over Elisha Cuthbert and Kate Mara.
    • Ariel Winter as young Trixie.
  • Matthew Fox as Racer X. Keanu Reeves turned down the role.
  • Rain (Bi/Jeong Ji-hoon) as Taejo Togokahn, a rookie racer.
  • John Goodman as Pops Racer, Speed's father.
  • Susan Sarandon as Mom Racer, Speed's mother.
  • Scott Porter as Rex Racer, Speed's older brother.
  • Paulie Litt as Spritle Racer, Speed's younger brother .
  • Kick Gurry as Sparky, Speed's mechanic and best friend.
  • Chim Chim, Spritle's pet chimpanzee and best friend is portrayed by two chimpanzees in the film: "Kenzie" and Willy".
  • Nayo Wallace as Minx, a scientist and Racer X's girlfriend.
  • Benno Fürmann as Inspector Detector, head of the Corporate Crimes Division, Central Intelligence Bureau.
  • Togo Igawa as Tetsuo Togokahn, Taejo and Haruko's father, and a corporate rival to both Royalton and Musha.
  • Yu Nan as Horuko Togokahn, Taejo Togokhan's sister.
  • Roger Allam as E.P. Arnold Royalton, the corrupt owner and CEO of Royalton Industries. Time magazine critic Richard Corliss claimed that Allam was "channeling Brit pundit Christopher Hitchens as his most pompestuous", a comparison made by several other reviews.
  • Hiroyuki Sanada as Mr. Musha, president and CEO of Musha Motors.
  • John Benfield as Cruncher Block, a gang leader.
  • Ralph Herforth as Jack 'Cannonball' Taylor, a superstar racer sponsored by Royalton Industries.
  • Christian Oliver as Snake Oiler, a leading racer of Team Hydra-Cell.
  • Jana Pallaske as Delila, a leading racer of Team Flying Foxes.
  • Werner Daehn as Colonel Colon, a leading racer of Team Sempre Fi-Ber.
  • Komi Togbonou as a leading racer of Team Thor-Axine.
  • Moritz Bleibtreu as Grey Ghost, another top racer.
  • Milka Duno as Gearbox, yet another top racer.
  • Joe Mazza as Nitro Venderhoss, still yet another top racer.
  • Leila Rozario as another Team Hydra-cell Driver
  • Richard Roundtree as Ben Burns, a race commentator and former racing champion.
  • Melvil Poupaud as Johnny 'Goodboy' Jones, a race commentator at the Casa Cristo.
  • Peter Fernandez, the voice-actor for Speed Racer in the original 1960s English dub, as another race commentator.
  • Andres Cantor, famed (real-world) soccer commentator, as a Spanish-speaking race commentator at the Grand Prix.
  • Art LaFleur as Fiji race commentator

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