First Man

One giant leap into the unknown

A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.

Ryan Gosling

(Neil Armstrong)

Claire Foy

(Janet Shearon)

Jason Clarke

(Ed White)

Kyle Chandler

(Deke Slayton)

Corey Stoll

(Buzz Aldrin)

Patrick Fugit

(Elliot See)

Christopher Abbott

(David Scott)

Ciarán Hinds

(Robert R. Gilruth)

Olivia Hamilton

(Patricia White)

Pablo Schreiber

(Jim Lovell)

Shea Whigham

(Gus Grissom)

Lukas Haas

(Michael Collins)

Ethan Embry

(Pete Conrad)

Brian d'Arcy James

(Joseph A. Walker)

Cory Michael Smith

(Roger B. Chaffee)

Kris Rey

(Marilyn See)

Gavin Warren

(Young Rick Armstrong)

Luke Winters

(Older Rick Armstrong)

Connor Blodgett

(Mark Armstrong)

Lucy Stafford

(Karen Armstrong)

J.D. Evermore

(Christopher C. Kraft Jr.)

Leon Bridges

(Gil-Scott Heron)

Steve Coulter

(Guenter Wendt)

Skyler Bible

(Richard F. Gordon Jr.)

William Gregory Lee

(Gordon Cooper)

Choppy Guillotte

(John Young)

Braydyn Nash Helms

(Young Ed White Jr.)

Edmund Grant

(Older Ed White Jr.)

Callie Brown

(Young Bonnie White)

Claire Smith

(Older Bonnie White)

Brady Smith

(Butch Butchart)

John David Whalen

(John Glenn)

Matthew Glave

(Chuck Yeager)

Rodney J. Hobbs

(X-15 Flight Surgeon)

Kermit Rolison

(George Mueller)

Willie Repoley

(Jim Fucci)

Ben Owen

(John Hodge)

Jim Stearns

(David Hammock)

James H. Williams

(Pastor)

Helen S. Jackson

(Louise Sheron)

Ambrit Millhouse

(Syringe Tech)

Mark Armstrong

(Paul Haney)

Kevin Buttimer

(MSC Entrance Guard)

Dustin Lewis

(Ralph Morse)

Robert Hatch

(Joe Schmitt)

Anna Chazelle

(White House Staffer)

Tyner Rushing

(White House Staffer)

Myra Brown

(White House Attendant)

Ronald Hicks

(White House Attendee)

Lawrence Jonasson

(White House Attendee)

Irina Labouz

(White House Attendee)

Anthony Paolucci

(Jim)

Philip Boyd

(Reporter)

Stephanie Turner

(Kelsey)

Timothy Batten

(ABC Reporter)

Aurelien Gaya

(Agence France Reporter)

Todd Truley

(Houston Post Reporter)

Mark Kelly

(Reporter - Apollo 11)

Tim Olcott

(Reporter - Apollo 11)

Andrea Maria Hintermaier

(Hamburg Press)

Jamie Anne Allman

(Times Reporter)

Charles Carroll

(Senator)

Brian Mahoney

(Fire Inspector)

Donald Watkins

(Protestor)

Tess Oakland

(Diner Patron)

Michael Lee Kimel

(Bill Moon)

Ryan Clay Forbes

(Bill Anders)

Joshua Powell

(MC Engineer)

Thomas Clay Strickland

(MC Engineer)

Brad Kitchen

(Assistant Flight Director)

Tim Harper

(Flight Activities Director)

Andrew Armstrong

(Booster Flight Controller)

Kevin Johnson

(CSQ Agena Systems)

Damian Lovello

(CSQ Gemini Systems)

Nelson Bonilla

(NASA PAO)

Shawn Eric Jones

(Wally Schirra (uncredited))

Andrew Stahl

(Ken Mattingly)

Mark Kirkman

(MCC Fido)

Brian David McCay

(MCC Retro)

Mark Schlichting

(MCC GNC)

Mark Yurgil

(MCC EECOM)

Andrew Buckman

(MCC Guidance)

Christopher Sgubin

(MCC Network)

Greg Puckett

(Charles Berry (uncredited))

Perry Zulu Jr.

(Robert Lawrence (uncredited))

Kent Wagner

(Fred Haise (uncredited))

Katelyn Davis

(Sally See (uncredited))

George Linkenback

(Col. Frank Borman (uncredited))

Milton Saul

(Reporter (uncredited))

Aaron J. Brooks

(NASA Pilot (uncredited))

John F. Kennedy

(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))