The Founder

He took someone else's idea and America ate it up.

The true story of how Ray Kroc, a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers’ speedy system of making the food and saw franchise potential. He maneuvered himself into a position to be able to pull the company from the brothers and create a billion-dollar empire.

Michael Keaton

(Ray Kroc)

Nick Offerman

(Dick McDonald)

John Carroll Lynch

(Mac McDonald)

Linda Cardellini

(Joan Smith)

B.J. Novak

(Harry J. Sonneborn)

Laura Dern

(Ethel Kroc)

Justin Randell Brooke

(Fred Turner)

Kate Kneeland

(June Martino)

Patrick Wilson

(Rollie Smith)

Griff Furst

(Jim Zien)

Wilbur Fitzgerald

(Jerry Cullen)

David de Vries

(Jack Horford)

Andrew Benator

(Leonard Rosenblatt)

Cara Mantella

(Myra Rosenblatt)

Randall Taylor

(Owner (Ed's Drive-In))

Lacey King

(Car Hop Girl (Ed's Drive-In))

Jeremy Madden

(Dennis)

Rebecca Ray

(Car Hop Girl (Joe's Drive-In))

Adam Rosenberg

(Employee (San Bernadino))

Jacinte Blankenship

(Woman (San Bernadino))

Charles Green

(Loan Officer #1)

David Silverman

(Loan Officer #2)

Mike Pniewski

(Harvey Peltz)

Catherine Dyer

(Mrs. Horford)

Susan Williams

(Mrs. Cullen)

Franco Castan

(Art Wolodarsky)

Kenny Alfonso

(Kroc Corporate Lawyer)

Kabby Borders

(Cheerleader #1)

Nicolette Goetz

(Cheerleader #2)

Lauren Denham

(Cheerleader #3)

Abbey Ferrell

(Cheerleader #4)

Justin Alvarez

(Photographer)

Victor McCay

(Kroc Divorce Lawyer)

Steve Coulter

(Doctor Reeves)

Ric Reitz

(Will Davis (LA Times Reporter))

Joy Glover Walters

(Mother (San Bernadino))

Makabe Ganey

(Little Boy)

Jody Thompson

(Customer (Schaumburg))

Chris Greene

(Grand Opening Customer)

Kimberly Banta

(Bingo Caller)

Devon Ogden

(Gorgeous Blonde)

Gerald Duckworth

(Owner (Joe's Drive-In))

Jen Cohen

(Female Passenger)

David Zyler

(Dr. Nelson)

Joseph Sanfelippo

(McDonald's Announcer (voice))

Conrad Whitaker

(Limo Driver (uncredited))