Directed by:
Jim JarmuschScreenplay:
Jim JarmuschCinematography:
Robby MüllerComposer:
Neil YoungCast:
Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer, Lance Henriksen, Michael Wincott, Mili Avital, Crispin Glover, Gabriel Byrne, John Hurt, Alfred Molina, Eugene Byrd, Robert Mitchum (more)Plots(1)
Dead Man is the story of a young man's journey, both physically and spiritually, into very unfamiliar terrain. William Blake (Johnny Depp) travels to the extreme western frontiers of America sometime in the 2nd half of the 19th century. Lost and badly wounded, he encounters a very odd, outcast Native American, named 'Nobody' (Gary Farmer), who believes Blake is actually the dead English poet of the same name. The story, with Nobody's help, leads William Blake through situations that are in turn comical and violent. Contrary to his nature, circumstances transform Blake into a hunted outlaw, a killer, and a man whose physical existence is slowly slipping away. Thrown into a world that is cruel and chaotic, his eyes are opened to the fragility that defines the realm of the living. It is as though he passes through the surface of a mirror, and emerges into a previously-unknown world that exists on the other side. (Madman Entertainment)
(more)Cast
![Johnny Depp](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/748/163748098_919c0e.jpg)
Johnny Depp
USA
Best movies:
Platoon (1986)
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
![Gary Farmer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269327_3036d7.jpg)
Gary Farmer
Canada
Best movies:
Dead Man (1995)
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
Police Academy (1984)
![Lance Henriksen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/615/162615985_efdbcd.png)
Lance Henriksen
USA
Best movies:
Aliens (1986)
The Terminator (1984)
Dead Man (1995)
![Michael Wincott](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267619_4b749f.jpg)
Michael Wincott
Canada
Best movies:
The Doors (1991)
Dead Man (1995)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
![Mili Avital](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/396/396110_07df8a.jpg)
![Crispin Glover](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269281_cf8c09.jpg)
Crispin Glover
USA
Best movies:
Back to the Future (1985)
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
The Doors (1991)
![Gabriel Byrne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267692_e3074f.jpg)
Gabriel Byrne
Ireland
Best movies:
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Enemy of the State (1998)
Dead Man (1995)
![John Hurt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/843/160843644_e3b5c4.png)
John Hurt
UK
Best movies:
Alien (1979)
The Elephant Man (1980)
Vincent (1987)
![Alfred Molina](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/778/162778232_cc0818.png)
Alfred Molina
UK
Best movies:
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Dead Man (1995)
Magnolia (1999)
![Eugene Byrd](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/281/281185_8b2cee.jpg)
Eugene Byrd
USA
Best movies:
Sleepers (1996)
Dead Man (1995)
Amish Grace (2010) (TV movie)
![Robert Mitchum](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/709/162709963_988ed4.jpg)
Robert Mitchum
USA
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
Dead Man (1995)
![Iggy Pop](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274179_20e3e4.jpg)
Iggy Pop
USA
Best movies:
Persepolis (2007)
Dead Man (1995)
Private Parts (1997)
Michelle Thrush
Canada
Best movies:
Dead Man (1995)
DreamKeeper (2003)
Prey (2022)
![Jared Harris](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273130_524651.jpg)
Jared Harris
UK
Best movies:
Chernobyl (2019) (series)
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
![Billy Bob Thornton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/522/166522531_9d76a6.jpg)
Billy Bob Thornton
USA
Best movies:
Love Actually (2003)
Sling Blade (1996)
Dead Man (1995)
Jimmie Ray Weeks
USA
Best movies:
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Hot Shots! (1991)
Dead Man (1995)
Richard Boes
Best movies:
Night on Earth (1991)
Dead Man (1995)
Down by Law (1986)
Mark Bringelson
USA
Best movies:
Dead Man (1995)
The Fisher King (1991)
Heathers (1988)
![Steve Buscemi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267418_5887f4.jpg)
Steve Buscemi
USA
Best movies:
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
Todd Pfeiffer
Best movies:
Dead Man (1995)
House of D (2004)