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.
Videos
Watch Providers
Casting arrow_drop_down
Jesse Eisenberg as Walt Berkman
Jeff Daniels as Bernard Berkman
Owen Kline as Frank Berkman
Laura Linney as Joan Berkman
Halley Feiffer as Sophie Greenberg
Anna Paquin as Lili
William Baldwin as Ivan
David Benger as Carl
Molly Barton as Graduate Student
Bo Berkman as Graduate Student
Matthew Kaplan as Graduate Student
Simon Kaplan as Graduate Student
Matthew Kirsch as Graduate Student
Daniella Markowicz as Graduate Student
Elizabeth Meriwether as Graduate Student
Ben Schrank as Graduate Student
Amy Srebnick as Graduate Student
Josh Srebnick as Graduate Student
Emma Straub as Graduate Student
Alan Wilkis as Graduate Student
James Hamilton as Man with Joan
Adam Rose as Otto
Henry Glovinsky as Lance
Eli Gelb as Jeffrey
Wayne Lawson as Talent Show Judge
Michael Santiago as Talent Show Judge
Juan Torriente as Talent Show Judge
Patricia Towers as Talent Show Judge
Peggy Gormley as Mrs. Greenberg
Peter Newman as Mr. Greenberg
Greta Kline as Greta Greenberg
Melissa Meyer as Professor
Benjamin Smolen as Student with Puppets
Michael Countryman as Mr. Simic
Alexandra Daddario as Pretty Girl
Nico Baumbach as Jeb Gelber
Maryann Plunkett as Ms. Lemon
Hector Otero as Hector
Ken Leung as School Therapist
Jo Yang as Nurse
Jonathan Baumbach as Man Outside Ms. Lemon's Office (uncredited)
Andrew Kaempfer as Valet (uncredited)
Britta Phillips as Talent Show Audience Member (uncredited)
Bobby Shue as Student (uncredited)
Dean Wareham as Talent Show Audience Member (uncredited)