# Arrival (2016)  > **Why are they here?** > Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat. **Runtime**: 1h 56m **Genres**: Drama, Science Fiction, Mystery ## Cast - [[Amy Adams]] as Louise Banks - [[Jeremy Renner]] as Ian Donnelly - [[Forest Whitaker]] as Colonel Weber - [[Michael Stuhlbarg]] as Agent Halpern - [[Mark O'Brien]] as Captain Marks - [[Tzi Ma]] as General Shang - [[Abigail Pniowsky]] as 8-Year-Old Hannah - [[Julia Scarlett Dan]] as 12-Year-Old Hannah - [[Jadyn Malone]] as 6-Year-Old Hannah - [[Frank Schorpion]] as Dr. Kettler - [[Lucas Chartier-Dessert]] as Private Lasky - [[Christian Jadah]] as Private Combs - [[Lucy Van Oldenbarneveld]] as CNAC Anchor - [[Andrew Shaver]] as Environmental Tech - [[Pat Kiely]] as Environmental Tech - [[Sonia Vigneault]] as Dr. J. Bydwell - [[Mark Camacho]] as Richard Riley - [[Sabrina Reeves]] as Press Secretary - [[Julian Casey]] as Australian Scientist - [[Tony Robinow]] as British Scientist - [[Larry Day]] as CIA Officer Dan Ryder - [[Matthew Willson]] as Preacher - [[Ruth Chiang]] as Chinese Scientist - [[Russell Yuen]] as Chinese Scientist - [[Sergiy Marchenko]] as Russian Officer - [[Anana Rydvald]] as Swedish Scientist - [[Bineyam Girma]] as Sudan Representative - [[Abdelghafour Elaaziz]] as African Representative - [[Abdul Ayoola]] as Sierra Leone Representative - [[Alex M. Yeuh]] as Japanese Minister - [[Daniel Esteban]] as Venezuelan Representative - [[Albert Kwan]] as Chinese Man - [[Brittany Teo]] as Student with Smartphone - [[Joe Cobden]] as Cryptographer - [[Lorne Brass]] as Cryptographer - [[Genevieve Sirois]] as Cryptographer - [[Victor Andres Trelles Turgeon]] as Science Team Member - [[Michael Nangreaves]] as Science Team Member - [[Reda Guerinik]] as Communications Operator - [[Adrien Benn]] as Communications Operator - [[Sasha Samar]] as Communications Operator - [[Kathleen Stavert]] as Communications Operator - [[Kattia Thony]] as Nurse - [[Leisa Reid]] as Nurse - [[Brent Skagford]] as Lieutenant - [[Gurdeep Ahluwalia]] as Soldier - [[Shawn Campbell]] as TV Anchor - [[Brian Dunstan]] as TV Anchor - [[Dan Duran]] as TV Anchor - [[Lori Graham]] as TV Anchor - [[Orla Johannes]] as TV Anchor - [[John Sanford Moore]] as TV Anchor - [[Sangita Patel]] as TV Anchor - [[Hal Roberts]] as TV Anchor - [[Camille Ross]] as TV Anchor - [[Ola Sturik]] as TV Anchor - [[Tammie Sutherland]] as TV Anchor - [[Max Walker]] as TV Anchor - [[Marc-André Goulet]] as Motion Capture Heptapod - [[Paul-Antoine Taillefer]] as Motion Capture Heptapod - [[Martin Jr Pelletier]] as Motion Capture Heptapod - [[Carmela Nozza Guizzo]] as 4-Year-Old Hannah (uncredited) - [[Robert D. Morais]] as Master Sergeant Douglas (uncredited) - [[Mustafa Haidari]] as Foreign Correspondent (uncredited) - [[Philippe Hartmann]] as Halpern's Deputy Director (uncredited) - [[Laurean Adrian Parau]] as US Army Major (uncredited) - [[Nathaly Thibault]] as Gala Guest (uncredited) - [[Leslie Baker]] as Middle Aged Woman (uncredited) - [[Dave Campbell]] as Soldier (uncredited) - [[Alexander Da Mota]] as Venezuelan Military (uncredited) - [[Akul Dang]] as Pakistani Scientist (uncredited) - [[Frank Fiola]] as Soldier (uncredited) --- [TMDB](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/329865) | [IMDb](https://imdb.com/title/tt2543164)