Indiana Jones Cast: Every Actor and Director Across All Five Films

The Indiana Jones cast is built around Harrison Ford, who is billed first in all five main films, with each film adding its own co-lead and villain around him. The table lists the main actors by character, with the films they appear in.

In Raiders of the Lost Ark, Ford is joined by Karen Allen as Marion, Paul Freeman as the rival archaeologist Belloq, Ronald Lacey as Major Arnold Toht and Alfred Molina as Satipo. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom swaps in Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan and Amrish Puri, with Roshan Seth as Chattar Lal and Dan Aykroyd as Art Weber.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade has the heaviest hitters, adding Sean Connery as Indy's father, Julian Glover as Walter Donovan and River Phoenix as the young Indy in the 1912 prologue. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull brings in Ray Winstone as Mac, John Hurt as Professor Harold Oxley and Jim Broadbent as Dean Charles Stanforth. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny adds Boyd Holbrook, Toby Jones as Basil Shaw, Antonio Banderas as Renaldo and Ethann Isidore as Teddy.

For more on who plays what, see the Indiana Jones characters page, or the Indiana Jones character profile for the lead.

Steven Spielberg directed the first four Indiana Jones films, and James Mangold directed the fifth. Spielberg made Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), so one filmmaker shaped the saga across 27 years.

James Mangold directed Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023), the first film in the series without Spielberg behind the camera. It had its world premiere at Cannes on May 18, 2023, according to Euronews, opened in the US on June 30, 2023, and runs 155 minutes, the longest in the series.

John Williams is the credited composer on all five films. For Temple of Doom, Lucasfilm notes that he recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra. That continuity is a big reason the films sound like one saga, and the Indiana Jones soundtrack page covers the scores.

No cast or crew has been announced for a sixth film, and the latest status sits on the Indiana Jones 6 page.

Harrison Ford is the only actor to play adult Indiana Jones, so the lead has never been recast. The supporting roles change far more, and in my opinion that churn is part of what keeps each film distinct.

After Ford, the longest running returnees are John Rhys-Davies and Karen Allen, who each appear in three films. Rhys-Davies plays Sallah in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023). Allen plays Marion in Raiders, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) and Dial of Destiny. Denholm Elliott's Marcus Brody appears in Raiders and The Last Crusade, billed as Dr. Marcus Brody in the first and Marcus Brody in the second. For more on those parts, see Marion Ravenwood, Sallah and Marcus Brody.

Recasting happens only for younger versions of a character. River Phoenix plays Young Indy in The Last Crusade, while Alex Hyde-White plays Young Henry, the father Sean Connery plays in the main timeline. Connery did not return for Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, according to a 2007 UPI report.

The other pattern is the one film co-lead. Kate Capshaw and Ke Huy Quan appear only in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), as Willie Scott and Short Round, and Shia LaBeouf plays Mutt Williams only in Crystal Skull. Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Helena appears only in Dial of Destiny. I would argue this is why the series never settled into a fixed ensemble: each sequel hands Ford a new partner, while Allen, Rhys-Davies and Elliott supply the connective tissue. Curious how the films stack up? Our Indiana Jones movies ranked page sorts them.