American Made
A charismatic airline pilot turns covert CIA operative and reluctant cocaine courier, racing to keep his family safe while outmaneuvering a ruthless cartel and a relentless DEA hunt.
“It's not a felony if you're doing it for the good guys.”
Synopsis
It is a true account of pilot Barry Seal, who transported contraband for the CIA and the Medellín cartel during the 1980s.
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How many hands made this film
The scale of the collaboration
A crew of 970+ credited
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This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.
Craft leads on file
Edited by Andrew MondsheinShot by Cesar CharloneScored by Christophe BeckDesigned by Dan WeilSound by Robert C BigelowCostumes by Jenny GeringStunts by Robert AlonzoVFX by Ariel Altman
Box Office
2017 · Box office
✅ Made its money back — grossed 2.7× its budget
Why 2.5×?
Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).
Worldwide gross
$133.5M
US & Canada: $51.3M — 38% of worldwide · International: $82.2M (62%)
Opening weekend: $16.8M — 33% of its US run.
Opening week (7-day): $22.4M — 44% of its US & Canada run.
Peak 3,024 theaters
Full synopsis
Also known as
- Barry Seal - Drogen für Amerikade
- Barry Seal: Only in Americade
- Menaes
- Barry Seal: American Trafficfr
- Barry Seal - Una storia americanait
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Cast & Crew
970 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Tom Cruise
as Barry Seal
Domhnall Gleeson
as Monty 'Schafer'
Sarah Wright
as Lucy Seal
Jesse Plemons
as Sheriff Downing
Caleb Landry Jones
as JB
Lola Kirke
as Judy Downing
Jayma Mays
as Dana Sibota
Alejandro Edda
as Jorge Ochoa
Benito Martinez
as James Rangel
E Roger Mitchell
as Agent Craig McCall
Jed Rees
as Louis Finkle
Fredy Yate
as Carlos Lehder
Supporting cast
145Mauricio Mejia
as Pablo Escobar
Robert Farrior
as Oliver North
Morgan Hinkleman
as Christina
Alberto Ospino
as Manuel Noriega
Felipe Bernedette
as Translator
Daniel Lugo
as Adolfo Calero
Jayson Warner Smith
as Bill Cooper (Snowbird #1)
William Mark Mccullough
as Pete (Snowbird #2)
April Billingsley
as Stewardess
Lauren Boyd
as Secretary
Lauren Revard
as Teller
Marcus Hester
as Parka
Mike Pniewski
as Willie (State Police)
Frank Licari
as DEA Agent #1
Alex Collins
as ATF #1
Scott Poythress
as ATF #2
Connor Trinneer
as George W. Bush / Texan
Alpha Trivette
as Judge Linkletter
Kevin L Johnson
as Agent Horace Wainwright
Devere Jehl
as Plains Clothed Man
Emilio Sierra
as Héctor (Colombian Driver)
Leon Lamar
as Elderly Man
Tony Guerrero
as Federico Vaughan
Maria Howell
as NSC Woman
Darla Delgado
as Customs Agent
Justice Leak
as DEA Agent Winter
Robert Pralgo
as Gary (Cubicle Mate)
Mickey Sumner
as North's Aide Fawn Hall
Daniel Thomas May
as CIA Man
Chloe Swan Sparwath
as LeAnn
Alex Quarles
as Aaron
Trip Mccarthy
as Dean
Zachary Powell
as Dean
Daniel Diaz
as Sandinista Soldier
Byron Wigfall
as Contra #1
Matt Mercurio
as FBI Analyst
Carlos Lopez Jr
as CIA Station Chief
Jairo Ordonez
as Scar
Jeff Olsen
as State Trooper
Stephen Conroy
as Military Police / Advisor
Juan Esteban Ramirez Toro
as Antonio (Bull Fighter)
Lara Grice
as Female Reporter (uncredited)
Sharon Conley
as DEA Agent Grace (uncredited)
Emmy Allin
as Flight Attendant Anna
Chris Gann
as Donor #2 (uncredited)
Chris Angerdina
as Airport Passenger
Johnny Otto
as Pilot (uncredited)
Nargis Aniston
as Flight Attendant
Kayla Perkins
as Waitress (uncredited)
John L Armijo
as Honduran Soldier
Michael Mercaldi
as Sandinista (uncredited)
Jon Arthur
as Federal Agent
Dan Southworth
as Agent Winters (uncredited)
Se Ba
as Motel Girl
Bill Billions
as Radar Op. #1 (uncredited)
Gralen Bryant Banks
as Radio Host #1
Ronald Reagan
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tony Beard
as CIA Agent
Muhammad Ali
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Brett Beoubay
as DEA Agent
Nancy Reagan
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Na Bil
as Motel Boy
Carter Birchwell
as Young Dean
Jb Blaine
as Flight School Boy
Mikhaiah Blake
as Parisienne Stewardess
Brad Blanchard
as NSA Agent
Bradley Bowen
as US Customs Officer Cunningham
Dawlish Carmauta
as Passanger
Derek Carver
as FBI Agent
Cuyle Carvin
as Phil
Carl A Chauvin
as Day Laborer
Michelle L Clarke
as Fundraising Patron
Alissa Collins
as Flight Attendant
William Curtis Coppersmith
as NSC Agent
Steve Coulter
as Buzz Sawyer (Snowbird #4)
Leslie Danielsen
as Flight Attendant
Stephen Dean
as CIA Agent
Javier Diaz
as Truck Driver
Dino Dos Santos
as Contra
John Duley
as Baton Rouge Passenger
Calen Curtis Edwards
as DEA Agent
Scott Everett
as Drug Dealer
Mario Fernandez
as Vagrant
Jason Fortuna
as Pawn Store Customer
William Frasca
as DEA Agent
Dudley Fuqua
as Vagrant
Fred Galle
as Senator National Security Committee
Juan Gaspard
as Day Laborer
Derrick Gilbert
as David Johnson
Jim Gleason
as Donor #1
Bob Hartnack
as CIA Agent
Robert Hatch
as Arkansas State Trooper
Billy James
as Drug Dealer
Alicia Davis Johnson
as Neighbor
Matthew Jolly
as Count Room Employee
Andrew R Kaplan
as Auctioneer
Kishan Khona
as CIA Agent
Steve Kish
as DEA Agent
Joe Knezevich
as Dan
Inder Kumar
as Middle Eastern Auction Bidder
Omar Lagudali
as Vaughn's Military Bodygaurd
Demetri Landell
as Pizza Delivery Guy
Douglas Laponzina
as FBI Agent
Robert Larriviere
as Radar Sup.
Hayley H Long
as George H. Bush's Secretary
Rhes Low
as NSC Guy
John Archer Lundgren
as Airline Passenger
Walter Mall
as DEA Pilot #1
Dorry Marie
as Passenger
Edward Marrero
as Contra
Hans Marrero
as Colombian Assassin #1
Miguel Angel Marrero
as Contra
Eric Mccrea
as Winter Passenger
Rickye Mcgowan
as Passenger
Noel Mirabal
as Vaughn's Body Guard
Robert Lloyd Moore
as DEA Agent
Duane Moseley
as Day Laborer
Shawn Mousavi
as Sheik
Rob Muller
as NSC Agent
Jody Mullins
as DEA Pilot #2
Mandy Oakes
as Airport Passenger
Jay Oliver
as Chubbys Chicken Patron
Cameron Padgett
as CIA Agent
Anna Phillips
as Stewardess
George Pringle
as State Trooper
Carolina Roberts
as Pablo Escobar's Wife
Luis Sanchez
as El Paso Passenger
Shaker Sangam
as Aeroplane Bidder
Patti Schellhaas
as Airplane Passenger
David Silverman
as Seedy Man
Chris Smith
as Airline Passenger
Jonathan Tabler
as CIA Chief
John Teal Jr
as DEA Agent
Corey Jason Thomas
as Actor (Airport Scene Background)
Mateo Uribe
as Sandinista
Christopher Van Escobar
as Business Man
Ruben Vidal
as Vaughn Body Guard #1
Eli Wanounou
as Middle Eastern Bidder
Andrew Ward
as Military Truck Driver, soldier
Wes Weems
as Arkansas State Trooper
Bobby Jojo White
as Homeless Clerance
Aaron Wiggins
as FBI Agent
Callan Wilson
as Young Barry
Jonathan Yaskoff
as DEA Agent
David Zalkind
as Radio Host
Directors
1Writers
2Producers
40Alex Brownley
dailies producer: additional photography
Alison Winter
associate producer
Allen Liu
co-executive producer
Andres Calderon
co-executive producer: Dynamo
Beely Lee
co-executive producer
Brandt Andersen
executive producer
Brian Grazer
Producer
Brian Oliver
Producer
Christopher Woodrow
co-executive producer
Daniel Cohen
visual effects producer: FuseFX
Daniel Lanmi
co-executive producer
Doug Davison
Producer
Eric Greenfeld
executive producer
Eric J Robertson
visual effects producer: Mr. X Gotham
Gary Spinelli
executive producer
Gayle Busby
visual effects producer
James H Pang
co-executive producer
Jason Seagraves
co-producer: Cross Creek Pictures
Jean Luc De Fanti
co-executive producer
Jill Ahrens
co-executive producer
Johnny Lin
executive producer
Joshua Skurla
executive producer
Juliana Florez
Line Producer (Colombia Unit)
Lauren Selig
co-executive producer
Leo Shi Young
co-executive producer
Lindsay Seguin
visual effects producer: FuseFX
Marcos Tellechea
executive producer
Matt Cameron
assistant visual effects producer: Mr. X
Michael Bassick
executive producer
Michael Finley
executive producer
Michael Plank
executive producer
Paris Kassidokostas Latsis
executive producer (as Paris Kasidokostas Latsis)
Philip Moross
executive producer
Ray Angelic
Producer
Ray Chen
executive producer
Ryan Ahrens
co-executive producer
Sarah Mcmurdo
visual effects producer: Mr. X
Scott Salamon
dailies producer
Terry Dougas
executive producer
Tyler Westen
score producer
Other crew
784Christian Hernando Hortua
a dolly grip: Colombia
Sofia Thomasson
accounting clerk
Daniel Stanley
accounting clerk: Georgia, reshoot
Milton Holman
action vehicles coordinator
Stewart Homan
action vehicles coordinator
Aimee Pierson
additional 2nd assistant director
Abby Coyne
additional costumer
Leslie Acton
additional costumer
Valerie Martin
additional costumer
Matt Evans
additional digital utility
Dylan Tichenor
additional editor
Saar Klein
additional editor
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