type: 

DRAMA

FANTASY

ROMANCE

An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.

name	character
Evgeny Akimov	Restaurant Musician
Stewart Arnott	Bernard
Nigel Bennett	Mihalkov
Cyndy Day	Pie Guy's Fiancée
Shaila D'Onofrio	Elisa Dance Double
Madison Ferguson	Tammy Strickland
Deney Forrest	Lou
Diego Fuentes	Worker
Allegra Fulton	Yolanda
Karen Glave	African American Wife
Jayden Greig	Timmy Strickland
Maxine Grossman	Bus Passenger
Jonelle Gunderson	Bus Passenger #1
Sally Hawkins	Elisa Esposito
David Hewlett	Fleming
Shane Clinton Jarvis	Military Police
Richard Jenkins	Giles
Doug Jones	The Asset
John Kapelos	Mr. Arzounian
Marvin Kaye	Burly Russian
Morgan Kelly	Pie Guy
Cameron Laurie	Car Passenger
Dan Lett	Cadillac Salesman
Wendy Lyon	Sally
Brandon McKnight	Duane
Matthew Mease	Military Police
Sergey Nikonov	Russian Band
Vanessa Oude-Reimerink	Russian Band
Jim Pagiamtzis	1960's Ad Man
Alexey Pankratov	Soviet violinist
Dave Reachill	Scientist
Martin Roach	Brewster Fuller
Nick Searcy	General Hoyt
Michael Shannon	Richard Strickland
Amanda Smith	Mrs. Peabody
Lauren Lee Smith	Elaine Strickland
Octavia Spencer	Zelda Fuller
Michael Stuhlbarg	Dr. Robert Hoffstetler
Cody Ray Thompson	Guard
Edward Tracz	Amphibian Man Dance Double
Dru Viergever	Military Policeman
Danny Waugh	African American Husband
Cylde Whitham	Wet Cinema Patron

name
J. Miles Dale	producer
Alexandre Desplat	composer
Vanessa Taylor	screenplay
Guillermo del Toro	director, screenplay, producer

year	award	category	name
2017	Academy Award	Best Director	Guillermo del Toro
2017	Academy Award	Best Original Score	Alexandre Desplat
2017	Academy Award	Best Picture
2017	BAFTA	Best Direction	Guillermo del Toro
2017	Golden Globe Award	Best Director	Guillermo del Toro