Cast
- Jim Carrey as Andy Kaufman/Tony Clifton
- Danny DeVito as George Shapiro
- Courtney Love as Lynne Margulies
- Paul Giamatti as Bob Zmuda/Tony Clifton
- Vincent Schiavelli as Maynard Smith
- Gerry Becker as Stanley Kaufman
- Jerry Lawler as himself
- David Letterman as himself
- Norm Macdonald as Michael Richards
- Leslie Lyles as Janice Kaufman
- Peter Bonerz as Ed. Weinberger
- George Shapiro as Mr. Besserman
- Tom Dreesen as Wiseass Comic
- Richard Belzer as himself
- Dr. Isadore Rosenfeld as NBC Executive
- Gerry Robert Byrne as Taxi AD/Stage Manager
- Bob Zmuda as Jack Burns
- Jim Ross as Lance Russell, Memphis Wrestling play-by-play commentator
The film stars Danny DeVito as Kaufman's manager George Shapiro, Courtney Love as girlfriend Lynne Marguiles, and Paul Giamatti as Bob Zmuda. Carrey and Giamatti both played Tony Clifton. Many of Kaufman's real life friends and co-stars also appear in the film (although not all as themselves), including Zmuda, Shapiro, Chad Whitson, Margulies, David Letterman, Paul Shaffer, professional wrestler Jerry Lawler, Memphis wrestling TV personality Lance Russell, Budd Friedman, Jeff Conaway, Marilu Henner, Carol Kane, Judd Hirsch, Christopher Lloyd, and Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels. Michael Richards is played by Norm Macdonald in a recreation of the Fridays show skit.
Members of the current bands for the Late Show with David Letterman (including Paul Shaffer) and Saturday Night Live were used in their respective scenes, as were members of the current Rockettes. While other cast members portraying themselves are made to resemble their then-look, Shaffer and David Letterman are completely unaltered, though both had longer hair and Letterman had contacts when the original incident occurred in 1982. Kaufman's real-life granddaughter, meanwhile, portrays the younger version of his sister, Carol, in the scenes showing his early life.
"Little" Andy Kaufman is portrayed by child actor Bobby Boriello, who had previously portrayed the 8-year-old Howard Stern, an admirer of Kaufman, in Private Parts. Boriello would also play young Tony Soprano, on The Sopranos 1999 episode, "Down Neck".
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