John Papsidera
- Casting director
- casting_department
- Producer
John Papsidera is a casting director based in Los Angeles, California. He is known for his film and television work, especially with some of the industry's most successful directors, including Christopher Nolan, Ruben Fleischer, Jason Reitman, Roland Emmerich, and James Gunn. Backstage described him as Nolan's "go-to casting director." He has received sixteen Artios Awards nominations and has won four times. He has also been nominated for seven Primetime Emmy awards and has won twice. Before becoming a casting director, he was an actor. His casting credits in film include The Dark Knight, Inception, Interstellar, Memento, Enchanted, Final Destination, Zombieland, Venom, Jurassic World and The Suicide Squad. Papsidera is also the casting director for the 2025 DC Studios film Superman. On television, his credits include Westworld, The Expanse (seasons 1 and 2), Peacemaker, Wednesday, Yellowstone, and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 1). Description above from the Wikipedia article John Papsidera, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography · 159 credits
- 2027Man of Tomorrow · Casting director
- 2027F.A.S.T. · Casting director
- 2026The Odyssey · Casting director
- 2026Mercy · Casting director
- 2026Scary Movie · Casting director
- 2025Superman · Casting director
- 2025Happy Gilmore 2 · Casting director
- 2025Nuremberg · Casting director
- 2025Back in Action · Casting director
- 2025Karate Kid: Legends · Casting director
- 2025Den of Thieves: Pantera · Casting director
- 2025Dead of Winter · Casting director
- 2025Shadow Force · Casting director
- 2024Twisters · Casting director
- 2024Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire · Casting director
- 2024Saturday Night · Casting director
- 2024Role Play · Casting director
- 2024Cellar Door · Producer
- 2024Cellar Door · Casting director
- 2024Lola · Casting director
- 2023Oppenheimer · Casting director
- 2023To Catch a Killer · Casting director
- 2023Sick Girl · Producer
- 2023American Outlaws · Casting director
- 2022Uncharted · Casting director
- 2022Moonfall · Casting director
- 2022I Want You Back · Casting director
- 2022The Last Manhunt · Casting director
- 2021The Suicide Squad · Casting director
- 2021Ghostbusters: Afterlife · Casting director
- 2021Army of the Dead · Casting director
- 2021Reminiscence · Casting director
- 2020Tenet · Casting director
- 2020Project Power · Casting director
- 2020Bloodshot · Casting director
- 2020Words on Bathroom Walls · Casting director
- 2019Zombieland: Double Tap · Casting director
- 2019Honey Boy · Casting director
- 2019A Dog's Journey · Casting director
- 2019A Dog's Way Home · Casting director
- 2019Seberg · Casting director
- 2019Jacob's Ladder · Casting director
- 2019Braking for Whales · Casting director
- 2018Venom · Casting director
- 2018Den of Thieves · Casting director
- 201812 Strong · Casting director
- 2018How It Ends · Casting director
- 2018The Darkest Minds · Casting director
- 2018Life Itself · Casting director
- 2018The Front Runner · Casting director
- 2018The Domestics · Casting director
- 2018Candy Jar · Casting director
- 2018Discarnate · Casting director
- 2017Dunkirk · Casting director
- 2017The Fate of the Furious · Casting director
- 2017Baywatch · Casting director
- 2017Power Rangers · Casting director
- 2017A Dog's Purpose · Casting director
- 2017Father Figures · Casting director
- 2017Same Kind of Different as Me · Casting director
- 2016War Dogs · Casting director
- 2016Independence Day: Resurgence · Casting director
- 2016The Great Wall · Casting director
- 2016Nerve · Casting director
- 2016Alice Through the Looking Glass · Casting director
- 2016Gods of Egypt · Casting director
- 2016Pride and Prejudice and Zombies · Casting director
- 2016Ben-Hur · Casting director
- 2016Monster Trucks · Casting director
- 2015Jurassic World · Casting director
- 2015The Last Witch Hunter · Casting director
- 2015Mortdecai · Casting director
- 2015Point Break · Casting director
- 2015Truth · Casting director
- 2015Kidnapping Mr. Heineken · Casting director
- 2015Mojave · Casting director
- 2015The World Made Straight · Casting director
- 2014Interstellar · Casting director
- 2014Transcendence · Casting director
- 2014Taken 3 · Casting director
- 2014Draft Day · Casting director
- 2014Men, Women & Children · Casting director
- 2014Boychoir · Casting director
- 2014Murder of a Cat · Casting director
- 2013Ender's Game · Casting director
- 2013White House Down · Casting director
- 2013Gangster Squad · Casting director
- 2013Oz the Great and Powerful · Casting director
- 2013In a World... · Casting director
- 2013The Numbers Station · Casting director
- 2013A Case of You · Casting director
- 2013Haunt · Casting director
- 2012The Dark Knight Rises · Casting director
- 2012Premium Rush · Casting director
- 2012Stuck in Love. · Casting director
- 2012House at the End of the Street · Casting director
- 2011Source Code · Casting director
- 2011The Grey · Casting director
- 2011The Details · Casting director
- 2010Inception · Casting director
- 2010Life as We Know It · Casting director
- 2010The Crazies · Casting director
- 2010Unthinkable · Casting director
- 2010Burlesque · Casting director
- 2010Waiting for Forever · Casting director
- 2009Zombieland · Casting director
- 2009Drag Me to Hell · Casting director
- 2009Dragonball: Evolution · Casting director
- 200912 Rounds · Casting director
- 2008The Dark Knight · Casting director
- 2008Ghost Town · Casting director
- 2008The Informers · Casting director
- 2007Enchanted · Casting director
- 2007Bobby Z · Casting director
- 2007Primeval · Casting director
- 2007The Girl in the Park · Casting director
- 2006The Prestige · Casting director
- 2006Final Destination 3 · Casting director
- 2006My Super Ex-Girlfriend · Casting director
- 2006Black Christmas · Casting director
- 2006Zoom · Casting director
- 2006The Woods · Casting director
- 2006First Snow · Casting director
- 2005Batman Begins · Casting director
- 2005The Longest Yard · Casting director
- 2004Secret Window · Casting director
- 2004Catwoman · Casting director
- 2004Club Dread · Casting director
- 2004Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London · Casting director
- 2003Final Destination 2 · Casting director
- 2003Scary Movie 3 · Casting director
- 2003Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd · Casting director
- 2003Agent Cody Banks · Casting director
- 2003My Boss's Daughter · Casting director
- 2003Willard · Casting director
- 2003Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star · Casting director
- 2002Slackers · Casting director
- 2002Sorority Boys · Casting director
- 2001The One · Casting director
- 2001Bubble Boy · Casting director
- 2001Impostor · Casting director
- 2001What's the Worst That Could Happen? · Casting director
- 2000Memento · Casting director
- 2000Final Destination · Casting director
- 2000Boiler Room · Casting director
- 2000The Crow: Salvation · Casting director
- 1999Idle Hands · Casting director
- 1999Drop Dead Gorgeous · Casting director
- 1999A Slipping-Down Life · Casting director
- 1999Clubland · Casting director
- 1998Urban Legend · Casting director
- 1998Another Day in Paradise · Casting director
- 1998Bongwater · Casting director
- 1997Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery · Casting director
- 1997Chicago Cab · Casting director
- 19962 Days in the Valley · Casting director
- —An Innocent Girl · Casting director
- —Untitled Fallon Fox Biopic · Producer
- —One Attempt Remaining · Casting director