Of all the lives he changed, the one that changed the most was his own.
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143 min
In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced it's just a small obstacle on the road to his true calling: writing a historic opus. As the decades roll by with the composition unwritten but generations of students inspired through his teaching, Holland must redefine his life's purpose.
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Richard Dreyfuss | Glenn Holland | Unowned |
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Glenne Headly | Iris Holland | Unowned |
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Jay Thomas | Bill Meister | Unowned |
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Olympia Dukakis | Principal Jacobs | Unowned |
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William H. Macy | Vice Principal Gene Wolters | Goutbreak |
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Alicia Witt | Gertrude Lang | Unowned |
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Terrence Howard | Louis Russ | Unowned |
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Damon Whitaker | Bobby Tidd | Unowned |
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Jean Louisa Kelly | Rowena Morgan | Unowned |
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Alexandra Boyd | Sarah Olmstead | Unowned |
| Nicholas John Renner | Cole at 6 Years Old | Unowned | |
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Joseph Anderson | Cole at 15 Years Old | Unowned |
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Anthony Natale | Cole at 28 Years Old | Unowned |
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Joanna Gleason | Gertrude Lang as an adult | Unowned |
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Beth Maitland | Deaf School Principal | Unowned |
| Patrick Fong | Study Hall Student | Unowned | |
| Benjamin J. Dixon | Mr. Mims | Unowned | |
| Kathryn Arnett | Ms. Swedlin | Unowned | |
| Freeman O. Corbin | Mr. Sullivan | Unowned | |
| Moira Feeney | Ms. Godfrey | Unowned | |
| Joshua Minnick | Mr. Shapiro | Unowned | |
| Ashley Hamrick | Miss Reeves | Unowned | |
| Janine Shouse | Miss Schumaker | Unowned | |
| Spencer Riviera | Mr. Hosta | Unowned | |
| Dan Vhay | Mr. Malone | Unowned | |
| Sean Bevington | Mr. McMartin | Unowned | |
| John Henry Redwood | Mr. Russ | Unowned | |
| Ted Roisum | Dr. Sorenson | Unowned | |
| Mark Daniels | Ralph | Unowned | |
| Kaili Carlton | Ms. Wayne | Unowned | |
| Adam Fitzhugh | Mr. McKenzie | Unowned | |
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Eric Michael Cole | Boy 2 | Unowned |
| Joe Campbell | Boy 3 | Unowned | |
| Tomiko Peirano | Girl 2 | Unowned | |
| Kasey Nelson | Girl 3 | Unowned | |
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Zoe McLellan | Girl 4 | Unowned |
| Kelly M. Casey | Deaf School Teacher | Unowned | |
| Michael Mendelson | Chaplain | Unowned | |
| Alex Dudgeon | Auditioner 1 | Unowned | |
| Rachel Wooley | Auditioner 2 | Unowned | |
| Jordan Carlton | Auditioner 3 | Unowned | |
| Aurora Miller | Auditioner 4 | Unowned | |
| Paul Bernard | Auditioner 5 | Unowned | |
| Mary Kay O'Mealy | Auditioner 6 | Unowned | |
| Dieffyd Gilman-Frederick | Auditioner 7 | Unowned | |
| Tara Eng | Auditioner 8 | Unowned | |
| Jay Frank | Auditioner 9 | Unowned | |
| Conan Doherty | Toby Klein | Unowned | |
| Stacey Siegel | Diner Waitress | Unowned | |
| Nicolas Sirianni | Football Player 1 | Unowned | |
| Jacob Adams | Football Player 2 | Unowned | |
| Chris Marth | Football Player 3 | Unowned | |
| Brent Archie | Football Player 4 | Unowned | |
| Kevin Calaba | Football Player 5 | Unowned | |
| Keith Swift | Football Player 6 | Unowned | |
| John Boyer | Billy Faraday | Unowned | |
| Linda Williams Janke | Secretary | Unowned | |
| David Clegg | Superintendent | Unowned | |
| Don Burns | City Official | Unowned | |
| Dennis Biasi | Adult Stadler | Unowned | |
| Alexander Emmert | 1st Chair Cellist | Unowned | |
| Cazzey Louis Cereghino | Graduate (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Michael R. Ferraro | Auditorium extra (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Elizabeth Fournier | Woman in audience (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Balthazar Getty | Stadler (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Forest Whitaker | Bobby Tidd as an adult (uncredited) | The Free Refills |