My cast and crew of Tower of Terror
by Thecoltkid | created - 20 Apr 2013 | updated - 23 Dec 2014 | PublicWalt Disney Pictures & Jerry Bruckheimer Films present A Valhalla Motion Pictures production In association with Saturn Films A Lightstorm Entertainment production A James Cameron film Rated PG-13 for intense sci-fi terror, frightening images, thematic elements and language.
1. Nicolas Cage
Actor | Face/Off
Nicolas Cage was born Nicolas Kim Coppola in Long Beach, California, the son of comparative literature professor August Coppola (whose brother is director Francis Ford Coppola) and dancer/choreographer Joy Vogelsang. He is of Italian (father) and Polish and German (mother) descent. Cage changed his...
Buzzy Crocker/producer
2. John Cusack
Actor | Grosse Pointe Blank
John Cusack is, like most of his characters, an unconventional hero. Wary of fame and repelled by formulaic Hollywood fare, he has built a successful career playing underdogs and odd men out--all the while avoiding the media spotlight. John was born in Evanston, Illinois, to an Irish-American ...
Stanley Petterson
3. Helena Bonham Carter
Actress | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Helena Bonham Carter is an actress of great versatility, one of the UK's finest and most successful.
Bonham Carter was born May 26, 1966 in Golders Green, London, England, the youngest of three children of Elena (née Propper de Callejón), a psychotherapist, and Raymond Bonham Carter, a merchant ...
Jill Perry
4. Emma Roberts
Actress | We're the Millers
Emma Roberts was born in Rhinebeck, New York. She was a baby when her parents separated, and she grew up living with her mother, Kelly Cunningham. She was educated at Archer School for Girls in Los Angeles, California.
Emma is the daughter of Oscar-nominated actor Eric Roberts, and the niece of ...
Anna Petterson
5. Kelsey Grammer
Actor | Cheers
A six-time Emmy Award winner, Kelsey Grammer was born in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, to Sally (Cranmer), a singer, and Frank Allen Grammer, Jr., a musician and restaurateur, who were from the mainland. He was raised in New Jersey and Florida. Grammer was drawn to the works of William ...
Chris 'Q' Todd
6. Amanda Peet
Actress | 2012
Amanda Peet was born and raised in New York City. She is the daughter of Penny (Levy), a social worker, and Charles Peet, a lawyer, and has an older sister. Her father was of mostly English and German ancestry, and her mother was from a Jewish family (from Germany, Russia, and Hungary). Peet's ...
Patricia Petterson
7. Helen Mirren
Actress | The Queen
Dame Helen Mirren was born in Queen Charlotte's Hospital in West London. Her mother, Kathleen Alexandrina Eva Matilda (Rogers), was from a working-class English family, and her father, Vasiliy Petrovich Mironov, was a Russian-born civil servant, from Kuryanovo, whose own father was a diplomat. ...
Abigail Gregory
8. Christian Bale
Actor | The Dark Knight
Christian Charles Philip Bale was born in Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK on January 30, 1974, to English parents Jennifer "Jenny" (James) and David Bale. His mother was a circus performer and his father, who was born in South Africa, was a commercial pilot. The family lived in different countries ...
Gilbert
9. Jessica Chastain
Actress | Zero Dark Thirty
Jessica Michelle Chastain was born in Sacramento, California, and was raised in a middle-class household in a Northern California suburb. Her mother, Jerri Chastain, is a vegan chef whose family is originally from Kansas, and her stepfather is a fireman. She discovered dance at the age of nine and ...
Claire Poulet
10. Jane Leeves
Actress | Frasier
Jane Leeves has made her mark in the entertainment world, acting in television, theater, and film over the past 20 years.
She is most famous for her role as "Daphne" in the award-winning show Frasier (1993). Leeves played one of the five main characters of the sitcom, a live-in physical therapist ...
Emeline Partridge
11. Warwick Davis
Actor | Willow
English actor Warwick Davis was born in Epsom, Surrey, England, the son of Susan J. (Pain) and Ashley Davis, an insurance broker. Davis was born with the condition spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenital (SED), which caused his dwarfism. He was educated at City of London Freemen's School. When he ...
Dewey Todd
12. Chloë Grace Moretz
Actress | Kick-Ass
Moretz is best known for her work in the sci-fi thriller series The Peripheral, created by Scott B. Smith; the Mattson Tomlin-directed sci-fi thriller Mother/Android; Neil Jordan's thriller Greta; Roseanne Liang's Shadow in the Cloud, which claimed the Midnight Madness People's Choice Award at the ...
Sally Shine
13. Hailee Steinfeld
Actress | True Grit
Hailee Steinfeld was born on December 11, 1996 in Tarzana, California, to Cheri (Domasin), an interior designer, and Peter Steinfeld, a personal fitness trainer. She has a brother, Griffin. Her uncle is Jake Steinfeld, a fitness trainer, and her great-uncle is actor Larry Domasin. Her father is of ...
Young Abigail
14. Denise Chamian
Casting_director | Top Gun: Maverick
Denise Chamian is known for Top Gun: Maverick (2022), Elvis (2022) and Big Fish (2003).
Casting director
15. Ronna Kress
Casting_director | Moulin Rouge!
Ronna Kress was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Ronna is a casting director, known for Moulin Rouge! (2001), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) and The Fault in Our Stars (2014).
Casting director
16. Kathy Nelson
Music_department | Children of Men
Kathy Nelson is known for Children of Men (2006), Unbreakable (2000) and Armageddon (1998).
Music supervisor
17. Bob Badami
Music_department | Armageddon
Bob Badami was born on October 2, 1951 in San Diego, California, USA. He is an editor, known for Armageddon (1998), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) and The Rock (1996). He was previously married to Jennifer Nash.
Music supervisor
18. Hans Zimmer
Composer | Gladiator
German-born composer Hans Zimmer is recognized as one of Hollywood's most innovative musical talents. He featured in the music video for The Buggles' single "Video Killed the Radio Star", which became a worldwide hit and helped usher in a new era of global entertainment as the first music video to ...
Music composer
19. John Powell
Composer | How to Train Your Dragon 2
John Powell was born on September 18, 1963 in London, England, UK. He is a composer, known for How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014), Happy Feet (2006) and Shrek (2001). He was previously married to Melinda Lerner.
Music composer
20. Deborah L. Scott
Costume_designer | Titanic
Deborah L. Scott was born in 1954. She is known for Titanic (1997), Minority Report (2002) and Avatar (2009). She is married to Tim Suhrstedt.
Costume designer
21. William Goldenberg
Editor | Argo
William Goldenberg was born on November 2, 1959 in the USA. He is an editor and director, known for Argo (2012), Zero Dark Thirty (2012) and Miami Vice (2006).
Editor
22. Chris Lebenzon
Editor | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Chris Lebenzon's career as an editor has spanned four decades and genres from action to drama, fantasy, musicals, comedy, and animation. He is known for his longtime collaborations with director Tim Burton and producer Jerry Bruckheimer. He has earned accolades including Oscar nominations for the ...
Editor
23. Michael Kahn
Editor | West Side Story
Michael Kahn was born on December 8, 1935 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an editor and cinematographer, known for West Side Story (2021), Jurassic Park (1993) and Minority Report (2002).
Editor
24. David Brenner
Editor | Independence Day
David Brenner was born on November 3, 1962 in Hollywood, California, USA. He was an editor, known for Independence Day (1996), Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) and Born on the Fourth of July (1989). He was married to Amber Brenner. He died on February 17, 2022 in West Hollywood, California, USA.
Editor
25. Dominic Watkins
Production_designer | Snow White and the Huntsman
Born in London and currently residing in Los Angeles, Production Designer Dominic Watkins has designed a dozen movies and hundreds of commercials.
Dominic started his career in New York and began working at the premier clubs in New York City like Danceteria, Palladium and The Tunnel as an Art ...
Production designer
26. Dariusz Wolski
Cinematographer | The Martian
Dariusz Wolski is a Polish film and music video cinematographer. He is best known for Crimson Tide (1995), Dark City (1998), the Pirates of the Caribbean film series, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), The Martian (2015) and All the Money in the World (2017).
Many of his ...
Cinematographer
27. Steven Spielberg
Producer | Schindler's List
One of the most influential personalities in the history of cinema, Steven Spielberg is Hollywood's best known director and one of the wealthiest filmmakers in the world. He has an extraordinary number of commercially successful and critically acclaimed credits to his name, either as a director, ...
Executive producer
28. Barry H. Waldman
Producer | Deja Vu
Barry Waldman was born and raised in New York, USA. He moved to Florida to study at the University of Miami, and a fter graduating served as a production assistant. He would soon become the UPM assistant director for many independent films. He moved to producing and production manager on such ...
Executive producer
29. Mike Stenson
Producer | Remember the Titans
Mike Stenson is known for Remember the Titans (2000), Deja Vu (2006) and National Treasure (2004).
Executive producer
30. Chad Oman
Producer | Remember the Titans
Chad Oman was born on May 15, 1965 in Wichita Falls, Texas, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for Remember the Titans (2000), Armageddon (1998) and Deja Vu (2006).
Executive producer
31. Bruce Hendricks
Production_manager | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Bruce Hendricks is a director/writer/producer. He is best known as President of Physical Production for the Walt Disney Motion Picture Group from 1992-2011. He is also known for directing 3D concert films. A graduate of The University of Texas Film Program, he received the University's ...
Executive producer
32. Rae Sanchini
Producer | True Lies
Rae Sanchini is known for True Lies (1994), Strange Days (1995) and Solaris (2002).
Executive producer
33. Jerry Bruckheimer
Producer | Top Gun: Maverick
Jerry Bruckheimer is a film and television producer born on September 21, 1943 in Detroit. He graduated from high school in 1961 before it was moving to Arizona. He started his career in 1968 to produce television commercials and advertising for the firm BBD&O in New York.
He left the commercial ...
Producer
34. Gale Anne Hurd
Producer | The Terminator
Gale Anne Hurd was born on October 25, 1955 in Los Angeles, California. After graduating from Stanford University, she joined New World Pictures as executive assistant to Roger Corman, the company president. She worked her way up through various administrative positions and eventually became ...
Producer
35. Jon Landau
Producer | Titanic
Jon Landau is an American film producer from New York City who produced a lot of films that James Cameron made since 1997's Titanic. He produced the 2009 hit film Avatar, Solaris, Alita: Battle Angel directed by Robert Rodriguez and co-produced Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and Dick Tracy. Titanic and ...
Producer
36. Norman Golightly
Producer | Knowing
Norman Golightly is a media veteran with over two decades of prolific experience in film, television and social media. From producing and executive producing films surpassing $2 billion in global box office, to his recent creation of multi-platform journalism and content company, Golightly has ...
Producer
37. D.J. MacHale
Writer | Are You Afraid of the Dark?
D.J. MacHale has created, written, directed, and produced many award-winning television series and movies for young people including Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Flight 29 Down, and Disney's Tower of Terror, as well as many others. As an author he has written the bestselling series Pendragon - ...
Creator
38. James Cameron
Writer | Avatar: The Way of Water
James Francis Cameron was born on August 16, 1954 in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada. He moved to the United States in 1971. The son of an engineer, he majored in physics at California State University before switching to English, and eventually dropping out. He then drove a truck to support his ...
Director/writer/editor/producer
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