Tropic Thunder Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

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Last modified: Mar. 21, 2010

Tropic Thunder

Release Date: Friday, August 15, 2008

Director: Ben Stiller

Starring: Ben Stiller • Jack Black • Robert Downey Jr. • Jay Baruchel • Steve Coogan

R Comedy N/A

3.6 / 5

83% WILL SEE

17% WON'T SEE

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Plot

What's the story about?

Plot: In the action-comedy "Tropic Thunder," Ben Stiller plays pampered action superstar Tugg Speedman, who is cast in the biggest, most expensive war movie ever produced. He sets out to Southeast Asia with a "Who's Who" of celebrity co-stars. They include Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.), an intense, three-time Oscar-winning actor; Jeff Portnoy (Jack Black), star of the popular gross-out comedy franchise "The Fatties"; multi-platinum hip-hop-star-turned-entrepreneur-turned-actor Alpa Chino (Brandon T. Jackson); and first-timer Kevin Sandusky (Jay Baruchel). Soon after the production begins the actors are thrown into a real-life situation and are forced to become the fighting unit they're portraying, in order to find a way out of the jungle in one piece.

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Tropic Thunder.

Ben Stiller
Madagascar, The Dink
Jack Black
A Minecraft Movie, Anaconda
Robert Downey Jr.
Avengers: Endgame, The Avengers: Age of Ultron
Jay Baruchel
How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, This is the End
Steve Coogan
The Penguin Lessons, Despicable Me 4
Bill Hader
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her, Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Nick Nolte
Return to Sender, Detachment
Danny R. McBride
The Pineapple Express, Sausage Party

Crew Behind the Film

The Tropic Thunder behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Ben Stiller last directed The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and Help Me Spread Goodness. The film's writer Ben Stiller last wrote Zoolander 2 and Bag Man.

Director: Ben Stiller
Screenwriters: Ben Stiller
Etan Cohen
Justin Thoreau
Producer: Stuart Cornfeld

Studios: DreamWorks Studios
Production Company: Red Hour Films

Production Details

What we know about the Tropic Thunder movie production.

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Additional Information

Parent Rating: R Restricted for pervasive language including sexual references, violent content and drug material
Runtime: N/A
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

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Release Dates

When was the film released?

Tropic Thunder was released in on Friday, August 15, 2008. There were 4 other movies released on the same date, including Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Local Color and Henry Poole is Here.

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