Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents' divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s.
Jeff Daniels
Bernard Berkman
Laura Linney
Joan Berkman
Jesse Eisenberg
Walt Berkman
Owen Kline
Frank Berkman
William Baldwin
Ivan
Halley Feiffer
Sophie Greenberg
Anna Paquin
Lili
David Benger
Carl
Molly Barton
Graduate Student
Bo Berkman
Matthew Kaplan
Simon Kaplan
Matthew Kirsch
Daniella Markowicz
Elizabeth Meriwether
Ben Schrank
Amy Srebnick
Josh Srebnick
Emma Straub
Alan Wilkis
James Hamilton
Man with Joan
Adam Rose
Otto
Henry Glovinsky
Lance
Eli Gelb
Jeffrey
Wayne Lawson
Talent Show Judge
Michael Santiago
Juan Torriente
Patricia Towers
Peggy Gormley
Mrs. Greenberg
Peter Newman
Mr. Greenberg
Greta Kline
Greta Greenberg
Melissa Meyer
Professor
Benjamin Smolen
Student with Puppets
Michael Countryman
Mr. Simic
Alexandra Daddario
Pretty Girl
Nico Baumbach
Jeb Gelber
Maryann Plunkett
Ms. Lemon
Hector Otero
Hector
Ken Leung
School Therapist
Jo Yang
Nurse
Jonathan Baumbach
Man Outside Ms. Lemon's Office (uncredited)
Andrew Kaempfer
Valet (uncredited)
Britta Phillips
Talent Show Audience Member (uncredited)
Bobby Shue
Student (uncredited)
Dean Wareham
Noah Baumbach
Director, Writer
Charlie Corwin
Producer
Clara Markowicz
Wes Anderson
Dec 15, 1916
Dec 9, 2021
Aug 5, 1987
Oct 17, 1961
Oct 9, 1992
May 23, 1984
Dec 12, 1991
Dec 20, 1971
Jul 21, 2017
Sep 13, 2002
Apr 4, 2025
May 13, 1994
Apr 21, 2023
Oct 18, 2002
Feb 7, 1997
Apr 18, 2014
Original Media
US
American Empirical Pictures
Peter Newman/Interal
Ambush Entertainment
Taurus Film
DE
Andrew Lauren Productions
Destination Films
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Sony Pictures
United States
English