On the Road

"The best teacher is experience."

Sal Paradise is a young writer whose life is shaken and ultimately redefined by the arrival of Dean Moriarty, a free-spirited, fearless, fast talking Westerner and his girl, Marylou. Traveling cross-country, Sal and Dean venture out on a personal quest for freedom from the conformity and conservatism engulfing them in search of the unknown, themselves, and the pursuit of “it” -- the pure essence of experience.

Garrett Hedlund

(Dean Moriarty / Neal Cassady)

Sam Riley

(Sal Paradise / Jack Kerouac)

Kristen Stewart

(Marylou / LuAnne Henderson)

Amy Adams

(Jane / Joan Vollmer)

Tom Sturridge

(Carlo Marx / Allen Ginsberg)

Danny Morgan

(Ed Dunkle / Al Hinkle)

Alice Braga

(Terry / Bea Franco)

Elisabeth Moss

(Galatea Dunkel / Helen Hinkle)

Kirsten Dunst

(Camille / Carolyn Cassady)

Viggo Mortensen

(Old Bull Lee / William S. Burroughs)

Steve Buscemi

(Tall thin salesman)

Terrence Howard

(Walter)

Joe Chrest

(Virginia Cop)

Sarah Allen

(Vicki)

Kim Bubbs

(Laura)

Eric Davis

(Paul)

Giselle Itié

(Tonia)

Giovanna Zacarías

(Puta Loca Roja)

Coati Mundi

(Slim Gaillard)

Kaniehtiio Horn

(Rita Bettancourt)

Rocky Marquette

(Alfred)

Daniel Kash

(Henry Glass)

Paul Dillon

(Montana Slim)

Michael Sarrazin

(Irish Catholic Priest)

Arthur Holden

(Maitre D)

Ximena Adriana

(Oaxacan Girl)

Clara Altimas

(Newlywed Woman)

Leif Anderson

(Chevy Owner)

Ricardo Andres

(Terry's Father)

Dan Beirne

(Newlywed Man)

Ayana O'Shun

(Walter's Wife (as Tetchena Bellange))

Glen Bowser

(Denver Police)

Doug Boyd

(Grocery Store Owner)

Jason Cavalier

(Disgruntled Driver)

Patrick Costello

(Chad King)

Larry Day

(New Jersey Policeman)

Janyève Denoncourt

(Joanie 17 months)

Sean J. Dillingham

(Cotton Foreman)

Joel Isaac Figueroa

(Victor)

Frank Fontaine

(Paul's Father)

Clara Furey

(Inez)

Isa Garcia

(Johnny)

Kyle Gatehouse

(Migrant Worker)

Omoze Idehenre

(Black Woman)

Barbara Glover

(Okie Woman)

David Gow

(Parking Lot Boss)

Marie-Ginette Guay

(Ma Paradise)

Imogen Haworth

(Nin Paradise)

Robert Higden

(Sam Pharmacy)

Joey Klein

(Tom Saybrook)

Greg Kramer

(Mississippi Gene)

Neil Kroetsch

(Denver Barber)

Jake La Botz

(Okie Hitchhiker)

Roc LaFortune

(Hotel Clerk)

Adam LeBlanc

(Remi Boncoeur)

Terry Leonard

(Pecos Truck Driver)

Alison Louder

(Dorie)

Bronwen Mantel

(Paul's Mother)

Lilia Mendoza

(Venezuelan Girl)

Luc Morissette

(Old Tramp)

George Morris

(Old Bartender)

Felix Pennell

(Blond Kid)

Chris Ratz

(Migrant Truck Driver)

Niko Romberg

(Migrant Worker)

Andaluz Russell

(Dona Gregoria)

Barry Del Sherman

(Dynamite Truck Driver)

Mark Trafford

(Broadway Sam)

Madison Wolfe

(Dodie Lee (8))

Moira Wylie

(Paul's Old Aunt)

Daniela Wong

(Whorehouse Girl 1)

Gina Vargas

(Whorehouse Girl 2)

Jenessa Grant

(Farmer’s Daughter (uncredited))

John Burnside

(Ghostly Hobo (uncredited))