The It cast is led by Jaeden Martell as Bill Denbrough and Bill Skarsgård as Pennywise, with six more young actors completing the Losers Club. The Losers Club also features Jeremy Ray Taylor (Ben Hanscom), Sophia Lillis (Beverly Marsh), Finn Wolfhard (Richie Tozier), Chosen Jacobs (Mike Hanlon), Jack Dylan Grazer (Eddie Kaspbrak) and Wyatt Oleff (Stanley Uris). It (2017), directed by Andy Muschietti, opened in US theaters on September 8, 2017, with Nicholas Hamilton as the bully Henry Bowers and Jackson Robert Scott as Georgie Denbrough. TMDB lists 47 performers in all, uncredited parts included, from the Losers down to a Hostess and a Headless Boy. The casting story is what makes this ensemble notable, because Skarsgård stepped in after Will Poulter, who had been set as Pennywise while Cary Joji Fukunaga was attached to direct, was no longer available. Martell was credited as Jaeden Lieberher when the film was cast in 2016.
| # | Actor | Character |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jaeden Martell | Bill Denbrough |
| 2 | Jeremy Ray Taylor | Ben Hanscom |
| 3 | Sophia Lillis | Beverly Marsh |
| 4 | Finn Wolfhard | Richie Tozier |
| 5 | Chosen Jacobs | Mike Hanlon |
| 6 | Jack Dylan Grazer | Eddie Kaspbrak |
| 7 | Wyatt Oleff | Stanley Uris |
| 8 | Bill Skarsgård | Pennywise |
| 9 | Nicholas Hamilton | Henry Bowers |
| 10 | Jake Sim | Belch Huggins |
| 11 | Logan Thompson | Victor Criss |
| 12 | Owen Teague | Patrick Hockstetter |
| 13 | Jackson Robert Scott | Georgie Denbrough |
| 14 | Stephen Bogaert | Mr. Marsh |
| 15 | Stuart Hughes | Officer Bowers |
| 16 | Geoffrey Pounsett | Zach Denbrough |
| 17 | Pip Dwyer | Sharon Denbrough |
| 18 | Molly Atkinson | Sonia Kaspbrak |
| 19 | Steven Williams | Leroy Hanlon |
| 20 | Elizabeth Saunders | Mrs. Starret |
| 21 | Megan Charpentier | Gretta |
| 22 | Joe Bostick | Mr. Keene |
| 23 | Ari Cohen | Rabbi Uris |
| 24 | Anthony Ulc | Joe the Butcher |
Billing order from the film's credits (TMDB). Actors with a Cinvibe page and characters with a character page are linked.
Also in the cast: Javier Botet (Hobo), Katie Lunman (Betty Ripsom), Carter Musselman (Headless Boy), Tatum Lee (Judith), Edie Inksetter (Hostess), Martha Gibson (Old Woman), Kasie Rayner (Field Hockey Girl #1), Isabelle Nélisse (Girl in Bathroom), Jocelyn Mattka (Another Girl), Donald Tripe (Old Man in Car), Liz Gordon (Old Woman in Car), Paige Rosamond (Dead Girl #1), Neil Crone (Chief Borton), Sonia Gascón (Mrs. Ripsom), Janet Porter (Stanley's Mother), Memo Díaz Capt. (4th of July Clown), Chantal Vachon (Girl in Magazine), Roberto Campanella (Organ Player Clown), David Katzenberg (El Aparato (uncredited)), Bobby Leigh (Jonathan (uncredited)), Kate Moyer (Esther (uncredited)), Jimmy Star (Man in Car (uncredited)), Kelly Van der Burg (Abigail (uncredited)).
Jaeden Martell plays Bill Denbrough, the older brother who refuses to accept that his younger brother Georgie is dead and keeps searching for him through the following summer. The Hollywood Reporter named him in June 2016 as St. Vincent actor Jaeden Lieberher, the surname he worked under early in his career, and Variety was crediting him as Jaeden Martell by 2019, the name TMDB now uses for this film.
Jeremy Ray Taylor plays Ben Hanscom, one of the outcasts who joins Bill Denbrough and his friends after being targeted by Henry Bowers and his gang. He was among the six young actors The Hollywood Reporter listed in June 2016. Taylor later told TheWrap that the young cast first saw Pennywise together in the projector scene, and that the shot "got our real reactions."
Sophia Lillis plays Beverly Marsh, the only girl in the Losers Club and a target of Henry Bowers and his gang, with Stephen Bogaert credited as Mr. Marsh. Deadline reported her casting in June 2016, after The Hollywood Reporter had listed the six boys on June 2, and in the same month that principal photography began in the Toronto area.
Finn Wolfhard plays Richie Tozier, the wisecracking friend who joins Bill Denbrough in the search for Georgie alongside Eddie and Stanley. He was one of the six boys named in The Hollywood Reporter's June 2016 report on the cast, and Deadline reported in July 2018 that he would return as young Richie in It Chapter Two, where Bill Hader plays the adult version.
Chosen Jacobs plays Mike Hanlon, one of the outcasts the group meets during the summer before the seven band together as the Losers Club, with Steven Williams credited as Leroy Hanlon. The Hollywood Reporter listed Jacobs with the other young leads in June 2016, and Deadline confirmed in July 2018 that he would reprise the role for It Chapter Two.
Jack Dylan Grazer plays Eddie Kaspbrak, one of the wisecracking friends who search for Georgie with Bill Denbrough, with Molly Atkinson credited as Sonia Kaspbrak. Grazer was among the six boys The Hollywood Reporter named on June 2, 2016, when it reported Bill Skarsgård's casting, and Deadline reported in July 2018 that he would return as young Eddie for It Chapter Two.
Wyatt Oleff plays Stanley Uris, one of the three friends who join Bill Denbrough in the search for Georgie, with Ari Cohen credited as Rabbi Uris and Janet Porter as Stanley's Mother. Oleff told TheWrap that the young cast first saw Pennywise together in the projector scene, which matches producer Barbara Muschietti's account that the filmmakers kept Pennywise away from the young cast so their reactions would be real.
Bill Skarsgård plays Pennywise, the clown who drags Georgie into a storm drain and stalks the children of Derry. The Hollywood Reporter reported on June 2, 2016 that he was in final negotiations for the part after Will Poulter, set while Cary Joji Fukunaga was attached to direct, was no longer available. UPI gave his age as 25 and noted his Hemlock Grove role.
Nicholas Hamilton plays Henry Bowers, the bully who leads the gang tormenting the Losers, with Stuart Hughes credited as Officer Bowers. Deadline reported his casting in June 2016. In an August 2016 Variety interview, Hamilton spoke about filming the scenes where he had to menace Jeremy Ray Taylor, and he said that he is terrified of clowns.
Jake Sim plays Belch Huggins, one of the boys who follow Henry Bowers and bully the Losers through the summer. TMDB bills him tenth, directly after Nicholas Hamilton. When The Hollywood Reporter announced Owen Teague's casting in 2016, it described the Bowers gang as a group of bullies who torment the Losers Club, which is the role Sim's character shares with the others.
Logan Thompson plays Victor Criss, a regular member of the Bowers gang alongside Belch Huggins and Patrick Hockstetter. TMDB credits him eleventh, in a billing order that places the four bullies directly after Pennywise and ahead of Jackson Robert Scott and the adult cast, from Stephen Bogaert as Mr. Marsh to Steven Williams as Leroy Hanlon.
Owen Teague plays Patrick Hockstetter, a member of the gang that follows Henry Bowers. The Hollywood Reporter announced his casting as an exclusive in 2016 and introduced him as a Bloodline actor. When Variety reported on his next project, the thriller Mary with Gary Oldman, it described Hockstetter as the psychopathic bully of the Bowers Gang.
The It cast was put together in two stages, first under Cary Joji Fukunaga and then under Andy Muschietti, who took over after Fukunaga left the project in May 2015. Will Poulter had been set as Pennywise for the Fukunaga version. However, The Hollywood Reporter noted that the search for a new director pushed the film back by a year, and Poulter was no longer available.
According to TheWrap, Warner Bros. dated the film for September 8, 2017 on April 22, 2016, while Pennywise was still uncast. About six weeks later, on June 2, 2016, The Hollywood Reporter had Bill Skarsgård in final negotiations, with six of the young Losers attached alongside him. Deadline added Sophia Lillis and Nicholas Hamilton that same month.
Principal photography then ran in the Toronto area from June 27 to September 21, 2016. For the plot, crew and the rest of the film, see the it 2017 guide, and the it movies hub covers the wider franchise.
| Director | Andy Muschietti |
|---|---|
| Writers | Cary Joji Fukunaga, Chase Palmer, Gary Dauberman |
| Producers | Dan Lin, Seth Grahame-Smith, Barbara Muschietti, David Katzenberg, Roy Lee |
| Music | Benjamin Wallfisch |
| Cinematography | Chung Chung-hoon |
Bill Skarsgård played Pennywise in It (2017). The Hollywood Reporter reported on June 2, 2016 that he was in final negotiations for the role. Will Poulter, who had been set to play the clown under former director Cary Joji Fukunaga, had become unavailable. Skarsgård is billed eighth on TMDB, after the seven young actors who play the Losers Club.
Jaeden Martell played Bill Denbrough in It (2017), and TMDB bills him first. He was credited as Jaeden Lieberher when the film was cast in 2016, and Variety was using the name Jaeden Martell by 2019. Jackson Robert Scott played his younger brother, Georgie Denbrough, and Geoffrey Pounsett and Pip Dwyer are credited as Zach and Sharon Denbrough.
The villain in It (2017) is Pennywise, a sinister clown played by Bill Skarsgård, who takes Georgie Denbrough in October 1988 and terrorizes the children of Derry, Maine. The Losers also face human bullies, led by Henry Bowers (Nicholas Hamilton), whose gang includes Belch Huggins (Jake Sim), Victor Criss (Logan Thompson) and Patrick Hockstetter (Owen Teague).
Bill Skarsgård was 25 when UPI reported his casting as Pennywise in June 2016. Principal photography on It (2017) began in the Toronto area later that month, on June 27, 2016, and ran until September 21, 2016. UPI also noted that he was best known at the time for playing Roman Godfrey in the Netflix series Hemlock Grove.
Yes, Finn Wolfhard is in It (2017) as Richie Tozier, and TMDB bills him fourth. He was among the six young actors The Hollywood Reporter named on June 2, 2016. Deadline reported in July 2018 that he would return as young Richie in It Chapter Two, where Bill Hader plays the adult version of the character.
Yes, all seven young Losers returned for It Chapter Two (2019), which Andy Muschietti also directed. Deadline reported in July 2018 that Sophia Lillis, Jaeden Martell (then credited as Jaeden Lieberher), Chosen Jacobs, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Jack Dylan Grazer, Finn Wolfhard and Wyatt Oleff would reprise their roles. Adult actors including James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain and Bill Hader played the grown up Losers, and Bill Skarsgård returned as Pennywise.
The It prequel is IT: Welcome to Derry, an HBO series whose first season is primarily set in 1962.
Mary Poppins and Pennywise are the subject of a fan theory that proposes they belong to the same species, but the supplied sources do not confirm that connection.
The Pennywise origin story begins with a cosmic entity that reached Earth aboard a rock in It: Welcome to Derry.
The It 1990 miniseries is a two part television adaptation of Stephen King's novel, directed by Tommy Lee Wallace and first broadcast on ABC in November 1990.
The Pennywise mouth reveals sharp teeth and the Deadlights in It (2017), directed by Andy Muschietti.
Stephen King's It book is a 1986 horror novel about seven friends confronting a creature in Derry, Maine.