The Polar Express

When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.

Discover

Tom Hanks

Hero Boy / Father / Conductor / Hobo / Scrooge / Santa Claus

Leslie Zemeckis

Sister Sarah / Mother

Eddie Deezen

Know-It-All

Nona Gaye

Hero Girl (voice)

Peter Scolari

Billy - Lonely Boy

Michael Jeter

Smokey / Steamer

Josh Hutcherson

Hero Boy (motion capture)

Daryl Sabara

Hero Boy (voice)

Jimmy Bennett

Lonely Boy (voice)

Tinashe

Hero Girl (motion capture)

Brendan King

Pastry Chef

Andy Pellick

Pastry Chef

Josh Eli

Waiter

Jon Scott

Waiter

Sean Scott

Waiter

Gordon Hart

Waiter

Chris Coppola

Toothless Boy / Elf

Julene Renee

Red Head Girl / Elf

Charles Fleischer

Elf General

Steven Tyler

Elf Lieutenant / Elf Singer

Dante Pastula

Little Boy

André Sogliuzzo

Smokey / Steamer (voice)

Isabella Peregrina

Sister Sarah (voice)

Eric Newton

Acrobatic Elf

Aidan O'Shea

Acrobatic Elf

Aaron Hendry

Acrobatic Elf

Kevin C. Carr

Acrobatic Elf

Bee Jay Joyer

Acrobatic Elf

Jena Carpenter

Acrobatic Elf

Karine Mauffrey

Acrobatic Elf

Bill Forchion

Acrobatic Elf

Devin Henderson

Acrobatic Elf

Sagiv Ben-Binyamin

Acrobatic Elf

Ashly Holloway

Sister Sarah

Hayden McFarland

Lonely Boy

Connor Matheus

Toothless Boy

Evan Sabara

Young Boy

Jack Angel

Wolves (uncredited)

Rodger Bumpass

Wolves (uncredited)

Dylan Cash

Boy (voice) (uncredited)

Cody Klop

Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)

Patrick Stogner

(uncredited)

Art

Doug Chiang

Production Design

Rick Carter

Production Design

Karen O'Hara

Set Decoration

Diana Goodwin

Art Department Coordinator

Mike Stassi

Assistant Art Director

Norman Newberry

Art Direction

Scott Herbertson

Assistant Art Director

James Hegedus

Art Direction

Jim Wallis

Assistant Art Director

Alicia Maccarone

Art Direction

Erin Collins Butler

Art Department Coordinator

John Villarino

Construction Coordinator

Andrew L. Jones

Assistant Art Director

Tony Fanning

Art Direction

John P. Goldsmith

Assistant Art Director

Jeffrey Beck

Set Designer

Jackson Bishop

Set Designer

Masako Masuda

Set Designer

Smokey Stover

Set Designer

Robin L. Miller

Property Master

Todd Cherniawsky

Set Designer

Kenneth A. Larson

Set Designer

Cathlyn Marshall

Set Designer

Kseniya Hoppe

Set Designer

Oliver Scholl

Production Illustrator

Brian Feola

Construction Foreman

Ryan Cosgrove

Art Department Assistant

Richard B. Wester

Set Dresser

Stefan Dechant

Storyboard Artist

Ann Knight

Set Buyer

Marc Gabbana

Concept Artist

Camera

Don Burgess

Director of Photography

Robert Presley

Director of Photography

François Duhamel

Still Photographer

Patrick B. O'Brien

Camera Operator

Michael J. Coo

Key Grip

David Howard

Camera Operator

Matt Cohen

Camera Operator

Steven Cueva

Assistant Camera

Antony Diamond

Second Assistant Camera

Craig Kohtala

Best Boy Grip

James C.J. Williams

Head of Layout

Costume & Make-Up

Joanna Johnston

Costume Design

Kathryn Blondell

Hair Designer

Pamela Wise

Costume Supervisor

Deborah La Mia Denaver

Key Makeup Artist

Audrey L. Anzures

Key Hair Stylist

Daniel C. Striepeke

Makeup Artist

Ketty Gonzalez

Hairstylist

Anthony Almaraz

Set Costumer

Scott Owen

Set Dressing Artist

Robin Richesson

Costume Illustrator

Tyler Ely

Key Hair Stylist

Diana Wilson

Key Costumer

Roxane Griffin

Key Hair Stylist

Scott Parrish

Hairstylist

Nadege Schoenfeld

Makeup Artist

Jane English

Makeup Artist

Leo Corey Castellano

Makeup Artist

Robert Norin

Makeup Artist

Angie Wells

Makeup Artist

Robert Ryan

Makeup Artist

Cinzia Zanetti

Makeup Artist

Karen Westerfield

Makeup Artist

Donna Cicatelli-Lewis

Makeup Artist

Dale Condit

Makeup Artist

Nacoma Whobrey

Makeup Artist

Tegan Taylor

Makeup Artist

Bill Myer

Makeup Artist

Lisa Buono

Makeup Artist

Avneet Kaur

Hairstylist

Crew

Sean Phillips

Digital Effects Supervisor

Alberto Menache

Digital Effects Supervisor

Martin A. Kline

Visual Effects Art Director

John Carrafa

Choreographer

Mark Lambert

Digital Effects Supervisor

Rob Bredow

Digital Effects Supervisor

Michael Lantieri

Special Effects Coordinator

Chris Juen

Digital Producer

Randy Cantor

Transportation Coordinator

Jane E. Russell

Unit Publicist

Will Files

Sound Design Assistant

George Denes Suhayda

Visual Effects Art Director

Timothy Eaton

Visual Effects Editor

Tom Armbruster

Motion Capture Artist

Dana Gong

Post Production Assistant

Christopher Burdorf

Software Engineer

Jep Hill

Sequence Supervisor

Ken C. Wu

Set Production Assistant

Samuel R. Harrison III

Video Assist Operator

Allen Robinson

Stunt Coordinator

Rob Engle

Digital Effects Supervisor

Daniel Kuehn

Digital Producer

Brian Hall

Software Engineer

Adrian Iler

Sequence Supervisor

David Parrish

Sequence Supervisor

J. Robert Ray

Software Engineer

Robert Winter

Sequence Supervisor

Kevin Gillen

Special Effects

Min-Zhi Shao

Software Engineer

Mark Lipsmeyer

Motion Capture Artist

Jeff Evans

Stunts

Michael Len

Motion Capture Artist

James Andrykowski

Visual Effects Editor

Dane Farwell

Stunt Double

Joel Mitchell

Special Effects Technician

Steve Guevara

Motion Capture Artist

Directing

Luca Kouimelis

Script Supervisor

Corey Hels

Layout

Rick Kelly

Second Assistant Director

Josh McLaglen

First Assistant Director

Steve Starkey

Second Unit Director

Editing

Alison Learned Wolf

First Assistant Editor

Ryan Chan

Assistant Editor

Terry Haggar

Color Timer

Alex Olivares

First Assistant Editor

Jon Null

Dialogue Editor

W. Layne Mcdonald

Additional Editing

Gary Burritt

Negative Cutter

Mo Henry

Negative Cutter

Jan Yarbrough

Colorist

Paul McGhee

Digital Intermediate Colorist

James Andrykowski

Assistant Editor

C. Marie Davis

Digital Intermediate Producer

Lighting

Steven C. McGee

Chief Lighting Technician

Edward J. Cox

Best Boy Electric

Glen Gustafson

Lighting Artist

Ronald A. Miller

Rigging Grip

Ben Radcliffe

Lighting Artist

Mark Hamilton

Lighting Artist

Frances Kumashiro

Lighting Artist

Production

Steve Starkey

Producer

Chris Van Allsburg

Executive Producer

Tom Hanks

Executive Producer

Jack Rapke

Executive Producer

Gary Goetzman

Producer

Scot Boland

Casting

Peter M. Tobyansen

Associate Producer

Josh McLaglen

Associate Producer

Debbie Denise

Associate Producer

Steven J. Boyd

Co-Producer

Gabriela Ríos

Production Coordinator

Josh Einsohn

Casting Assistant

Josh McLaglen

Unit Production Manager

Gabriela Ríos

Production Office Coordinator

Susan Fried

Casting Associate

Mark Scoon

Executive In Charge Of Production

Sande Scoredos

Production Supervisor

Daryl C. Lefever

Production Accountant

Zane Weiner

Executive In Charge Of Production

Dakau Jackson

Second Assistant Accountant

Judith Bouley

Additional Casting

Josh Ernstrom

Production Assistant

Zane Weiner

Production Executive

Angela Randazzo

Payroll Accountant

Heather Wusterbarth

Key Set Production Assistant

Christian Feldhaus

First Assistant Accountant

Sound

Alan Silvestri

Original Music Composer

Brian Magerkurth

Sound Recordist

Tom Johnson

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

David C. Hughes

Sound Effects Editor

Randy Thom

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Dennis Sands

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Scott Guitteau

Sound Effects Editor

Dennis Leonard

Supervising Sound Editor

Randy Thom

Sound Designer

Cary Weitz

Boom Operator

Sue Fox

Foley Editor

William B. Kaplan

Production Sound Mixer

William Ross

Orchestrator

Kenneth Karman

Music Editor

Conrad Pope

Orchestrator

E. Larry Oatfield

Foley Editor

William B. Kaplan

Sound Mixer

Gene Radzik

Dolby Consultant

Ronald G. Roumas

Sound Recordist

Kevin Connolly

Musician

James Thatcher

Musician

Eric Bradley

Musician

Joel McNeely

Orchestrator

Andrew Bain

Musician

George Doering

Musician

M.B. Gordy

Musician

Wade Culbreath

Musician

David Lucarelli

ADR Recordist

Jon Null

ADR Editor

Frank Rinella

Foley Mixer

George Peterson Jr.

Foley Recordist

Michael Miller

ADR Mixer

Karen Brocco

Assistant Dialogue Editor

Ellen Heuer

Foley Artist

Alan Silvestri

Conductor

Writing

Robert Zemeckis

Screenplay

Maureen Beatty

Storyboard

Enfys Dickinson

Creative Producer