Directed by:
Peter WeirScreenplay:
Tom SchulmanCinematography:
John SealeComposer:
Maurice JarreCast:
Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles, Gale Hansen, Dylan Kussman, Allelon Ruggiero, James Waterston, Norman Lloyd, Kurtwood Smith (more)Plots(1)
Williams stars as English professor John Keating, a passionate iconoclast who changes his students' lives forever when he challenges them to live life to the fullest and "Carpe Diem" -- seize the day! Keating's unconventional approach meets with irrepressible enthusiasm from his students, but the faculty at staid, exclusive Welton Academy prep school is, to put it mildly, not amused. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Robin Williams](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/996/163996828_09b209.png)
Robin Williams
USA
Best movies:
Le Destin de Will Hunting (1997)
Awakenings (1990)
Dead Poets Society (1989)
![Robert Sean Leonard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/730/162730276_fa4f60.png)
Robert Sean Leonard
USA
Best movies:
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Swing Kids (1993)
Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
![Ethan Hawke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/971/163971464_837bda.jpg)
Ethan Hawke
USA
Best movies:
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Lord of War (2005)
Gattaca (1997)
![Josh Charles](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/801/164801463_23acbf.jpg)
Josh Charles
USA
Best movies:
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Threesome (1994)
Memory (2023)
Gale Hansen
USA
Best movies:
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Zelig (1983)
Under Surveillance (1991)
![Dylan Kussman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/988/160988975_97391b.jpg)
Dylan Kussman
Best movies:
Dead Poets Society (1989)
X-Men 2 (2003)
Richard Jewell (2019)
Allelon Ruggiero
USA
Best movies:
12 Monkeys (1995)
Dead Poets Society (1989)
The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
James Waterston
USA
Best movies:
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Live from Baghdad (2002) (TV movie)
Inventing Anna (2022) (series)
![Norman Lloyd](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/358/161358826_28c7d6.jpg)
Norman Lloyd
USA
Best movies:
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Limelight (1952)
Spellbound (1945)
![Kurtwood Smith](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270870_091ea1.jpg)
Kurtwood Smith
USA
Best movies:
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Girl, Interrupted (1999)
A Time to Kill (1996)
George Martin
USA
Best movies:
Léon: The Professional (1994)
Awakenings (1990)
Dead Poets Society (1989)
![Kevin Cooney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273343_6123c2.jpg)
Kevin Cooney
USA
Best movies:
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Dead Man Walking (1995)
Seven Pounds (2008)
![Melora Walters](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274110_066def.jpg)
Melora Walters
Saudi Arabia
Best movies:
The Butterfly Effect (2004)
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Cold Mountain (2003)
John Cunningham
USA
Best movies:
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Starship Troopers (1997)
Nixon (1995)
Keith Snyder
USA
Best movies:
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Emmett's Mark (2002)
Star Maps (1997)
![Jamie Kennedy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/342/163342502_35366c.jpg)
Jamie Kennedy
USA
Best movies:
Dead Poets Society (1989)
As Good as It Gets (1997)
Enemy of the State (1998)
![Alexandra Powers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/066/037/66037491_984cdd.jpg)
Alexandra Powers
USA
Best movies:
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Mask (1985)
The Player (1992)
![Debra Mooney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/677/162677526_9facc4.jpg)
Debra Mooney
USA
Best movies:
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Tootsie (1982)
Anastasia (1997)
Matt Carey
Best movies:
Dead Poets Society (1989)
James J. Christy
Best movies:
The Corner (2000) (series)
Dead Poets Society (1989)