Hotel For Dogs (film) - Cast

Cast

• Emma Roberts as Andi: A 16-year old orphan who, along with her brother Bruce, has lived with a number of foster parents before ending up with Lois and Carl Scudder. Roberts was cast in late 2007 and "knew as soon as soon as she started reading the script for Hotel for Dogs, she wanted to be part of the movie."
• Jake T. Austin as Bruce: Andi’s 11-year-old brother who has a knack for mechanics. His inventions help keep the stray dogs living at the hotel fed and entertained while he and his sister are away. Nearly 80 boys tried out for the part before Austin was cast as Bruce.
• Johnny Simmons as Dave: The young manager of a local pet store who helps Andi and Bruce rescue stray dogs and care for them at the hotel.
• Don Cheadle as Bernie Wilkins: A sympathetic social worker who tries his best to find a home for Andi and Bruce and to prevent them from being placed with separate foster families. Cheadle joined the cast in September 2007. He described the film as "an opportunity to do a film that my kids can see" and praised both Emma Roberts and Jake T. Austin as being "really professional. They showed up to do the work and were serious and took it seriously and had acting coaches and everything."
• Robinne Lee as Carol Wilkins: Bernie's wife who initially tells her husband not to get too emotionally involved with the children he works with.
• Troy Gentile as Mark: A young kid who lives near Andi and Bruce and is eager to help with the dogs at the hotel.
• Kyla Pratt as Heather: An employee at the pet store who also wants to help rescue stray dogs. Pratt joined the film after she learned that Don Cheadle was also working on the project. She said in an interview that, "They were telling me about all the different people who were gonna be in it, and I saw Don Cheadle's name, and I'm like, oh, absolutely." She also said of her co-star Emma Roberts that, "Emma is so much fun to be around and she's hilarious. Emma's great because I wasn't sure how everything was going to be, because I was older than the other actors in the movie."
• Lisa Kudrow as Lois Scudder: Andi's and Bruce's controlling, wannabe rock star foster mother. Kudrow signed up for the film in October 2007. It was her first time working with dogs in a film. She said that her co-star Emma Roberts "was one of the draws for me to do this."
• Kevin Dillon as Carl Scudder: Andi's and Bruce's foster father and an aging rocker who refuses to give up on his dreams of becoming a star. Dillon was cast in November 2007. Dillon said in an interview that singing and playing guitar during the band practice scenes was "one of the things that was the most fun" while filming.

• Yvette Nicole Brown* as Ms. Camwell, was seen as either Mark's mom or boss