Fight Club (1999) Cast & Characters — QuantCinema

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CAST · FIGHT CLUB

Faces & feelings

Per-character screen time, dialogue and emotion breakdown — derived from face recognition + expression classifier across every frame.

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Faces detected

31,655

across full runtime

Named matches

13

actors identified

Close-up shots

16.3%

of all framed shots

Smile rate

1.9%

frames with detected joy

Gender split

82%

19%

M / F · screen-time weighted

Dominant emotion

Neutral 35%

film-wide aggregate

Most expressive

Helena Bonham Carter

75% non-neutral

Lead screen share

52%

13 tracked characters

Overall emotion distribution

7 emotions · all characters · screen-time weighted

Happy

1.9%

606 frames

Surprise

3.5%

1,099 frames

Neutral

34.6%

10,949 frames

Fear

27.6%

8,723 frames

Sad

12.9%

4,088 frames

Angry

15.6%

4,939 frames

Disgust

4.0%

1,251 frames

Screen time by actor

13 named · 90m tracked of 139.1m

01

Edward Norton

as Narrator · 6775 scenes

47.1min · 52% of cast

angry

02

Brad Pitt

as Tyler Durden · 2663 scenes

18.5min · 21% of cast

neutral

03

Helena Bonham Carter

as Marla Singer · 1528 scenes

10.6min · 12% of cast

sad

04

Meat Loaf

as Robert Paulson · 672 scenes

4.7min · 5% of cast

angry

05

Zach Grenier

as Richard Chesler (Regional Manager) · 344 scenes

2.4min · 3% of cast

angry

06

Eion Bailey

as Ricky · 330 scenes

2.3min · 3% of cast

sad

07

Holt McCallany

as The Mechanic · 310 scenes

2.1min · 2% of cast

angry

08

George Maguire

as Group Leader at Remaining Men Together · 126 scenes

0.9min · 1% of cast

angry

09

Jared Leto

as Angel Face · 72 scenes

0.5min · 1% of cast

angry

10

Christina Cabot

as Group Leader - Partners in Positivity · 70 scenes

0.5min · 1% of cast

sad

11

Rachel Singer

as Chloe · 54 scenes

0.4min · 0% of cast

happy

12

Richmond Arquette

as Intern at Hospital · 38 scenes

0.3min · 0% of cast

surprise

13

Eugenie Bondurant

as Weeping Woman - Onward and Upward · 6 scenes

0.0min · 0% of cast

sad

Dialogue by character

words spoken · WPM · share of total dialogue

NOTE — speaker matching uses face-detection overlap; actors not recognized by the AI appear as unidentified.

Actor / Character	Words spoken	WPM	% of dialogue
Edward Norton as Narrator	5,457	178.1	44.2%
Brad Pitt as Tyler Durden	3,561	222.4	28.8%
Helena Bonham Carter as Marla Singer	1,499	239.3	12.1%
Meat Loaf as Robert Paulson	461	206.6	3.7%
Unidentified speakers	422	—	3.4%
Holt McCallany as The Mechanic	217	155.8	1.8%
Christina Cabot as Group Leader - Partners in Positivity	210	169.3	1.7%
Eion Bailey as Ricky	165	142.2	1.3%
Zach Grenier as Richard Chesler (Regional Manager)	147	262.7	1.2%
George Maguire as Group Leader at Remaining Men Together	131	161.7	1.1%
Richmond Arquette as Intern at Hospital	46	181	0.4%
Rachel Singer as Chloe	43	265.4	0.3%

Cast profiles

arc · volatility · emotion breakdown per actor

EN

Edward Norton

AS NARRATOR

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

47m 06s

Scenes

6775

First seen

2:16

Last seen

136:17

Volatility

39 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~5m per bucket

00:0034m69m104m139.1m

2%

Happy

5%

Surprise

25%

Neutral

8%

Fear

20%

Sad

29%

Angry

11%

Disgust

BP

Brad Pitt

AS TYLER DURDEN

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

18m 31s

Scenes

2663

First seen

6:20

Last seen

133:43

Volatility

37 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~5m per bucket

00:0034m69m104m139.1m

3%

Happy

6%

Surprise

54%

Neutral

7%

Fear

14%

Sad

9%

Angry

6%

Disgust

HB

Helena Bonham Carter

AS MARLA SINGER

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

10m 37s

Scenes

1528

First seen

11:37

Last seen

136:15

Volatility

44 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~5m per bucket

00:0034m69m104m139.1m

2%

Happy

7%

Surprise

25%

Neutral

23%

Fear

33%

Sad

9%

Angry

2%

Disgust

ML

Meat Loaf

AS ROBERT PAULSON

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

4m 40s

Scenes

672

First seen

3:20

Last seen

106:16

Volatility

24 Low

Emotional arc — 30 segments~5m per bucket

00:0034m69m104m139.1m

3%

Happy

0%

Surprise

14%

Neutral

10%

Fear

24%

Sad

45%

Angry

3%

Disgust

ZG

Zach Grenier

AS RICHARD CHESLER (REGIONAL MANAGER)

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

2m 23s

Scenes

344

First seen

4:34

Last seen

78:49

Volatility

26 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~5m per bucket

00:0034m69m104m139.1m

2%

Happy

0%

Surprise

12%

Neutral

2%

Fear

10%

Sad

55%

Angry

21%

Disgust

EB

Eion Bailey

AS RICKY

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

2m 17s

Scenes

330

First seen

42:44

Last seen

135:18

Volatility

31 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~5m per bucket

00:0034m69m104m139.1m

3%

Happy

2%

Surprise

36%

Neutral

10%

Fear

39%

Sad

6%

Angry

5%

Disgust

HM

Holt McCallany

AS THE MECHANIC

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

2m 09s

Scenes

310

First seen

43:07

Last seen

135:17

Volatility

34 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~5m per bucket

00:0034m69m104m139.1m

3%

Happy

1%

Surprise

18%

Neutral

9%

Fear

20%

Sad

46%

Angry

3%

Disgust

GM

George Maguire

AS GROUP LEADER AT REMAINING MEN TOGETHER

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

0m 53s

Scenes

126

First seen

6:35

Last seen

12:50

Volatility

12 Low

Emotional arc — 30 segments~5m per bucket

00:0034m69m104m139.1m

6%

Happy

0%

Surprise

29%

Neutral

1%

Fear

4%

Sad

59%

Angry

1%

Disgust

JL

Jared Leto

AS ANGEL FACE

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

0m 30s

Scenes

72

First seen

71:07

Last seen

95:51

Volatility

28 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~5m per bucket

00:0034m69m104m139.1m

7%

Happy

7%

Surprise

6%

Neutral

13%

Fear

11%

Sad

56%

Angry

1%

Disgust

CC

Christina Cabot

AS GROUP LEADER - PARTNERS IN POSITIVITY

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

0m 29s

Scenes

70

First seen

10:23

Last seen

16:29

Too few detections for emotion analysis

RS

Rachel Singer

AS CHLOE

● Dominant: happy

Screen time

0m 23s

Scenes

54

First seen

10:31

Last seen

13:59

Too few detections for emotion analysis

RA

Richmond Arquette

AS INTERN AT HOSPITAL

● Dominant: surprise

Screen time

0m 16s

Scenes

38

First seen

5:43

Last seen

6:20

Too few detections for emotion analysis

EB

Eugenie Bondurant

AS WEEPING WOMAN - ONWARD AND UPWARD

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

0m 02s

Scenes

6

First seen

9:56

Last seen

9:59

Too few detections for emotion analysis

Speaker diarization

talk-time · turns · pacing per speaker

Talk-time share · 16 clusterssums to 100.3% of all dialogue

Norton 47.8%

Pitt 25.0%

Carter 9.8%

First-word entry · per speakerdot = first line · trail = on-screen window · 10 ensemble

0:0034:4769:33104:20139:06

runtime

Edward Norton

2:06enter

Brad Pitt

2:09enter

Meat Loaf

3:23enter

Zach Grenier

4:25enter

Richmond Arquette

5:42enter

George Maguire

6:36enter

Christina Cabot

10:11enter

Helena Bonham Carter

11:42enter

Rachel Singer

20:41enter

SPEAKER 15

24:46enter

Eion Bailey

31:36enter

SPEAKER 21

55:45enter

Holt McCallany

82:37enter

SPEAKER 23

91:58enter

SPEAKER 06

110:37enter

SPEAKER 00

122:07enter

Edward NortonSPEAKER 09

Rapid exchange

47.8%

of all dialogue · 5,457 words · 30:39 spoken

WPM178.1

Turns819

Avg turn2.1s

Longest19.3s

enters at 2:06profanity 24

Brad PittSPEAKER 17

Rapid exchange

25.0%

of all dialogue · 3,561 words · 16:01 spoken

WPM222.4

Turns767

Avg turn1.4s

Longest10.3s

enters at 2:09profanity 46

Helena Bonham CarterSPEAKER 26

Rapid exchange

9.8%

of all dialogue · 1,499 words · 6:16 spoken

WPM239.3

Turns381

Avg turn1.2s

Longest7.9s

enters at 11:42profanity 17

Meat LoafSPEAKER 14

Rapid exchange

3.5%

of all dialogue · 461 words · 2:14 spoken

WPM206.6

Turns238

Avg turn0.9s

Longest7.4s

enters at 3:23profanity 3

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 21 · unmatched

Brief

3.9%

of all dialogue · 229 words · 2:32 spoken

WPM90.7

Turns33

Avg turn2.0s

Longest7.7s

enters at 55:45profanity 0

Holt McCallanySPEAKER 40

Brief

2.2%

of all dialogue · 217 words · 1:24 spoken

WPM155.8

Turns90

Avg turn1.1s

Longest10.0s

enters at 82:37profanity 2

Christina CabotSPEAKER 31

Brief

1.9%

of all dialogue · 210 words · 1:14 spoken

WPM169.3

Turns45

Avg turn2.0s

Longest5.9s

enters at 10:11profanity 0

Eion BaileySPEAKER 41

Brief

1.8%

of all dialogue · 165 words · 1:10 spoken

WPM142.2

Turns46

Avg turn1.3s

Longest5.3s

enters at 31:36profanity 1

Zach GrenierSPEAKER 42

Brief

0.9%

of all dialogue · 147 words · 0:34 spoken

WPM262.7

Turns27

Avg turn1.4s

Longest6.2s

enters at 4:25profanity 1

George MaguireSPEAKER 03

Brief

1.3%

of all dialogue · 131 words · 0:49 spoken

WPM161.7

Turns38

Avg turn1.2s

Longest4.7s

enters at 6:36profanity 0

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 15 · unmatched

Brief

0.6%

of all dialogue · 73 words · 0:22 spoken

WPM201.9

Turns12

Avg turn2.3s

Longest9.2s

enters at 24:46profanity 0

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 06 · unmatched

Brief

0.4%

of all dialogue · 71 words · 0:17 spoken

WPM258.8

Turns13

Avg turn1.2s

Longest3.8s

enters at 110:37profanity 0

Richmond ArquetteSPEAKER 20

Brief

0.4%

of all dialogue · 46 words · 0:15 spoken

WPM181

Turns15

Avg turn1.2s

Longest4.5s

enters at 5:42profanity 0

Rachel SingerSPEAKER 37

Brief

0.3%

of all dialogue · 43 words · 0:10 spoken

WPM265.4

Turns13

Avg turn1.1s

Longest4.3s

enters at 20:41profanity 0

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 23 · unmatched

Brief

0.3%

of all dialogue · 26 words · 0:10 spoken

WPM160.2

Turns7

Avg turn1.5s

Longest7.4s

enters at 91:58profanity 0

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 00 · unmatched

Brief

0.2%

of all dialogue · 23 words · 0:06 spoken

WPM220.4

Turns9

Avg turn1.0s

Longest8.5s

enters at 122:07profanity 0

AGGREGATE — 13 unique characters · 31,655 faces detected · 13 named matches · 90m screen-time tracked