Editing Man on the Moon (film) (section)

==Cast==
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* [[Jim Carrey]] as [[Andy Kaufman]] / [[Tony Clifton]] / [[Latka Gravas]]
* [[Danny DeVito]] as [[George Shapiro]]
* [[Courtney Love]] as Lynne Margulies
* [[Paul Giamatti]] as [[Bob Zmuda]] / Tony Clifton
* [[Vincent Schiavelli]] as ABC Executive Maynard Smith
* [[Peter Bonerz]] as TAXI Producer [[Ed Weinberger]]
* [[Jerry Lawler]] as himself
* [[Gerry Becker]] as Stanley Kaufman, Andy's father
* [[Leslie Lyles]] as Janice Kaufman, Andy's mother
* [[George Shapiro]] as Mr. Besserman
* [[Richard Belzer]] as himself
* [[Patton Oswalt]] as Blue Collar Guy
* Melanie Vesey as Carol Kaufman
** Brittany Colonna as young Carol Kaufman;  Colonna is Andy Kaufman's granddaughter.
* [[Michael Kelly (American actor)|Michael Kelly]] as Michael Kaufman
* Michael Villani as [[Merv Griffin]]
* [[Bob Zmuda]] as [[Jack Burns]]
* [[Tracey Walter]] as ''National Enquirer'' Editor
{{div col end}}

Several members of the cast of ''Taxi'', including [[Marilu Henner]], [[Judd Hirsch]], [[Christopher Lloyd]], [[Carol Kane]], and [[Jeff Conaway]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2003/apr/29/actor-conaway-sues-mandalay-bay/ |title=Actor Conaway sues Mandalay Bay|work=[[Las Vegas Sun]]|last=Lawson|first=Jen|date=April 29, 2003|access-date=September 20, 2018|quote=[...] Most recently, Conaway reprised his "Taxi" character and also played himself in the 1999 Jim Carrey movie "Man on the Moon.}}</ref> make cameos, playing themselves. Danny DeVito, who was also in the cast of ''Taxi'', co-starred in the film but did not appear as himself.<ref name="variety">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/1999/film/reviews/man-on-the-moon-1200460052/ |title=Man on the Moon|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|last=McCarthy|first=Todd|date=December 12, 1999|access-date=September 20, 2018}}</ref><ref name="ebert">{{cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/man-on-the-moon-1999 |title=Man on the Moon Movie Review & Film Summary (1999)|work=[[RogerEbert.com]]|last=Ebert|first=Roger|date=Dec 22, 1999|access-date=September 20, 2018}}</ref>

Many of Kaufman's other real-life friends and co-stars also appear in the film (although not all as themselves), including Zmuda, Shapiro, Margulies, [[David Letterman]], [[Paul Shaffer]], professional wrestler [[Jerry Lawler]], wrestling announcers [[Jim Ross]] and [[Lance Russell]], ''[[The Improv]]'' founder [[Budd Friedman]], ''Saturday Night Live'' creator [[Lorne Michaels]], and actors [[Vincent Schiavelli]] and Chad Whitson.<ref name="All Movie">{{cite web|url=http://allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:180622 |website=AllMovie |title=Man on the Moon |first=Mark |last=Deming |access-date=31 March 2007}}</ref> [[Michael Richards]] is played by [[Norm Macdonald]] in a recreation of the ''Fridays'' show skit.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2766403/re-views-man-on-the-moon/| title= Re-Views: ''Man on the Moon'' |first=Eric|last=Snider| website= [[MTV News]] |date= June 16, 2011| access-date=February 22, 2017|archive-date= February 23, 2017| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170223012808/http://www.mtv.com/news/2766403/re-views-man-on-the-moon/| url-status=dead}}</ref> According to Jerry Lawler's autobiography ''It's Good to be the King ... sometimes'', WCW wrestler [[Disco Inferno (wrestler)|Glenn Gilbertti]], better known to wrestling fans as Disco Inferno, was considered for the role of Lawler.

[[Kevin Spacey]], [[Edward Norton]], [[Nicolas Cage]], [[John Cusack]] and [[Hank Azaria]] auditioned for the role of Andy Kaufman.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/1998/03/13/jim-carrey-play-andy-kaufman-man-moon/|title=Jim Carrey to play Andy Kaufman in 'Man on the Moon'|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=March 13, 1998}}</ref>