At the dawn of time, when the walls of casting studios were lined with bright eyed blondes and chiseled jawbones, Dan Bell traveled with a Polaroid camera and a sharpie, creating a rolodex of ‘real people’ from around the world.

Dan Bell Casting inc. has been specializing in Real People Casting for 20+ years. Our skills to pick out relatable yet memorable faces has set us at the forefront of the real people casting industry. We believe that our body of work and client list speaks to our expertise better than any words could. In addition to ‘real people’, we’ve been tasked to find niche athletes, body doubles, and countless seemingly impossible requests with great aplomb. Need an 80 year old surfer that still hits the waves every day? Found it. Want to feature a man who was mentioned by first name only in a newspaper article 3 years ago? Got him. Need to find a pair of oddball friends in Italy? Here they are!

If ‘real people’ isn’t your thing, no problem. We also shine in traditional casting.

We have full confidence that we can find what you’re looking for. Let’s talk.

Directors

Alejandro González Iñárritu - Emmanuel “Chivo” Lubezki - Errol Morris - Lance Acord - Spike Lee - Mark Romanek - Rupert Sanders - the Malloys - AG Rojas - Nicolai Fuglsig - Lisa Rubisch - Alison Maclean - Chris Wilcha - Malcolm Venville - Martin Werner - Douglas Avery - Ben Quinn - Ian Pons Jewell - Calmatic - Peter Lang - Vincent Haycock - Chris Sargent - Adam Hashemi - Gary Freedman - Paul Hunter - Mike Warzin - Robert Stromberg - Henrik Hansen - Eliot Rausch - Salomon Ligthelm

Production Companies

Anonymous Content - Arts & Sciences - Biscuit Filmworks - Chelsea - Eagle Eleven - Farm League - Iconoclast - Knucklehead - M3 Creative - m ss ng p eces - MJZ - Moxie - Park Pictures - Picrow - Ponyshow Entertainment - Prettybird - Pulse Films - Reset Content - RSA - Serial Pictures - Sibling Rivalry - Smuggler - Stink Films - Superprime - Sweet Shop - Tool

Clients

Acura - Adidas - Aldi - American Express - Apple - Audi - Bank of America - Barbie - Beats - Best Buy - Beyonce - BMW - Boost Mobile - Bose - Budweiser - Burger King - California Lottery - Call of Duty - Canon - Century Link - Cheerios - Chevrolet - Chili’s - Chrysler/Dodge - Citibank - Citizen’s Bank - Coca-Cola - Comcast - Cottonelle - Craft - CVS - Depeche Mode - Dick’s Sporting Goods - Discovery Channel - Disney - Doritos - Dr. Dre - Enterprise - ESPN - Facebook - Farmers Insurance - Florence and the Machine - Ford - Gatorade - GE - Google - GM - Heineken - Honda - HP - H&R Block - IBM - Intel - Jack in the Box - Japanese Airlines - JCPenney - Jeep - Jimmy John’s - Johnnie Walker - Justin Timberlake - Kellogg’s - KFC - Kind - Kohl’s - Lexus - Liberty Mutual - Lil Nas X - Macy’s - Mass Mutual - Mastercard - Mazda - McDonald’s - Merrill Lynch - Microsoft -  MINI - Modelo - Mountain Dew - NBA - NFL - Nike - Nissan - No Doubt - Office Depot - Office Max - Old Navy - Omaha Steaks - Pandora - PG&E - Pharrell - Playstation - Powerade - Prada - Prudential - Red Lobster - Red Stripe - Safeway - Samsung - Sears - Skype - Square - StitchFix - Subaru - Subway - Taco Bell - Target - TDAmeritrade - Toyota - Travelocity - Turbo Tax - USAA - Verizon - Visa - Visit Mexico - Walgreens - Walmart - Wells Fargo - Western Union - Xfinity - YouTube