Filming Locations: Westwood Village, Westwood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Earnings
Opening Weekend: $23,527,839 (USA) (1 August 2010)
Gross: $72,980,108 (USA) (10 October 2010)
Cast
Actor
Character
Steve Carell
Barry
Paul Rudd
Tim
Zach Galifianakis
Therman
Jemaine Clement
Kieran
Stephanie Szostak
Julie
Lucy Punch
Darla
Bruce Greenwood
Lance Fender
David Walliams
Müeller
Ron Livingston
Caldwell
Larry Wilmore
Williams
Kristen Schaal
Susana
P.J. Byrne
Davenport
Andrea Savage
Robin
Nick Kroll
Josh
Randall Park
Henderson
Lucy Davenport
Birgit
Chris O'Dowd
Marco - Blind Swordsman (as Christopher O'Dowd)
Jeff Dunham
Lewis the Ventriloquist
Octavia Spencer
Madame Nora - Pet Psychic
Patrick Fischler
Vincenzo - Vulture Lover
Rick Overton
Chuck - Beard Champion
Eric Winzenried
Patrick
Nicole LaLiberte
Christina - Bird Girl (as Nicole Laliberte)
Maria Zyrianova
Monique - Bird Girl
Scott Weintraub
Maitre D'
Tyler Cole
Fire Fighter
Alex Borstein
Red Hair Woman (uncredited)
Cole Coleman
Art Dealer In Art Gallery (uncredited)
Gatsby Coram
Mansion Waiter (uncredited)
Natalie Goldwin
Accident Witness (uncredited)
Richard Hochman
Waiter (uncredited)
Douglas Huber
Doug Jacobsen (uncredited)
Aaron Michael McElligott
Waiter (uncredited)
Hunter James Mckeever
Boy Running From Vulture (uncredited)
Rachel Paquin
Mystery Woman (uncredited)
Sandra Plazinic
Groupie (uncredited)
Blanca Soto
Catherine
Luke Walker
Analyst (uncredited)
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Trivia
While in Kieran's house, Barry notices a picture of Kieran standing next to Nelson Mandela, and confuses Mandela with Morgan Freeman. Freeman portrayed Nelson Mandela a year before in Invictus (2009).
Jeff Dunham, who plays Lewis the Ventriloquist and his "wife" Debbie, is a popular comedian known for his ventriloquism. Debbie, renamed Diane, went on to appear as part of his act in Dunham's Identity Crisis Tour in 2010.
When Mueller is filled in about the purpose of the dinner, he says that he has a similar event called "Dinner for Unterschlagen". Unterschlagen is a German word for embezzler or a underhanded person.