Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby - Cast

Cast

  • Will Ferrell as Ricky Bobby, a NASCAR driver who only believes in winning throughout his career. He drives the #26 Wonder Bread car during his soar to the top of NASCAR, and the #62 "ME" car at the Talladega 500. The number of Ricky's Wonder Bread car, #26, was also the number used by Jamie McMurray during his time at Roush Racing from 2006 to 2009.
  • John C. Reilly as Cal Naughton, Jr., Ricky's best friend and teammate. By coincidence, Reilly also played a car chief in Days of Thunder, while Cal's sponsor, Old Spice, sponsored Tony Stewart from 2001 to 2010. Cal's car number, #47, is currently used in Sprint Cup racing by Bobby Labonte. Reilly would later reunite with Ferrell to co-write Step Brothers.
  • Sacha Baron Cohen as Jean Girard, Ricky's French Formula One arch-rival, whose dream is to eventually "move to Stockholm and design a currency for use by dogs and cats". Girard is described as "talented, eccentric, dominating" on the Formula One circuit in a SPEED broadcast segment. While challenging Ricky, Girard drives the #55 Perrier car, which is the car number currently used by Michael Waltrip and Mark Martin. Girard's appearance bears a loose resemblance to that of former French Formula One World Champion Alain Prost during the early 1990s.
  • Michael Clarke Duncan as Lucius Washington, Ricky's pit crew chief and close friend.
  • Leslie Bibb as Carly Bobby, Ricky's wife and later married to Cal after Ricky fails to regain a spot on his team.
  • Gary Cole as Reese Bobby, Ricky's father.
  • Jane Lynch as Lucy Bobby, Ricky's mother.
  • Amy Adams as Susan, Ricky's assistant and love interest.
  • Houston Tumlin and Greyson Russell as Walker and Texas Ranger Bobby, Ricky's two sons.
  • Adam McKay (the film's director) as Terry Cheveaux, an apathetic driver who Ricky replaces at the beginning of the film.
  • David Koechner, Ian Roberts, and Jack McBrayer as Hershell, Kyle, and Glenn, Ricky's three pit crew members.
  • Pat Hingle as Larry Dennit, Sr., original owner of Ricky's team, Dennit Racing. His son, Larry, Jr., takes over the team halfway through Ricky's career.
  • Greg Germann as Larry Dennit, Jr., the new owner of Dennit Racing, who is concerned only with season point totals and winning sponsors.
  • Molly Shannon as Mrs. Dennit, the younger Dennit's alcoholic wife.
  • Andy Richter as Gregory, the openly gay Girard's husband, and a world-class trainer of German Shepherds.
  • Ted Manson as Chip, Ricky's elderly, long-suffering father-in-law.
  • Rob Riggle as Jack Telmont, Speed Channel commentator.
  • Will Estell as trophy presenter to Cal at the winner's circle in Talladega 500 after Ricky and Girard are disqualified.
Cameos as themselves
  • Dale Earnhardt, Jr. in a crowd asking for Ricky's autograph. Earnhardt tells Ricky not to tell the other drivers his opinion of Ricky. He also appears in a deleted scene at the garage in Talladega.
  • Jamie McMurray loses to Ricky at Texas Motor Speedway when Ricky wins by driving in reverse, in which Ricky gives McMurray the finger, commenting that he got it at Target, which was a sponsor of the team McMurray raced for at the time (he is now with Earnhardt Ganassi Racing).
  • Mike Joy, NASCAR on Fox commentator
    • Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds, NASCAR on Fox color analysts. The FOX team appears during Ricky's race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, where Waltrip comments on the likelihood that Ricky will be black-flagged for driving around the track with a giant view-obstructing Fig Newtons sticker on his windshield.
    • Dick Berggren, NASCAR on Fox field reporter, seen interviewing Ricky in pit lane at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
  • Bill Weber, NASCAR on NBC commentator
    • Benny Parsons and Wally Dallenbach, Jr., NASCAR on NBC color analysts. They appear with Weber at the Talladega race. Parsons is heard commenting about a reporter who first claims to have spotted Kenny Rogers in the stands (which none of them believe), and Parsons believes the reporter has had a stroke when he mistakes a black man for Larry Bird
  • Elvis Costello and Mos Def, guests at Girard's party.
  • Bob Jenkins, Speed news anchorman.
  • Rick Benjamin, Speed news correspondent.
  • Greg Biffle, in a Special Feature but not credited.

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