The Big Lebowski (1998) Cast & Characters — QuantCinema

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CAST · THE BIG LEBOWSKI

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

23,637

across full runtime

Named matches

15

actors identified

Close-up shots

14.3%

of all framed shots

Smile rate

7.5%

frames with detected joy

Gender split

85%

16%

M / F · screen-time weighted

Dominant emotion

Neutral 37%

film-wide aggregate

Most expressive

Julianne Moore

78% non-neutral

Lead screen share

57%

15 tracked characters

Overall emotion distribution

7 emotions · all characters · screen-time weighted

Happy

7.5%

1,781 frames

Surprise

6.2%

1,456 frames

Neutral

37.0%

8,734 frames

Fear

10.0%

2,369 frames

Sad

8.2%

1,946 frames

Angry

23.8%

5,623 frames

Disgust

7.3%

1,728 frames

Screen time by actor

15 named · 86m tracked of 117.2m

01

Jeff Bridges

as The Dude · 6990 scenes

48.6min · 57% of cast

angry

02

John Goodman

as Walter Sobchak · 1517 scenes

10.6min · 12% of cast

angry

03

Steve Buscemi

as Donny · 1449 scenes

10.1min · 12% of cast

angry

04

Julianne Moore

as Maude Lebowski · 625 scenes

4.3min · 5% of cast

disgust

05

Philip Seymour Hoffman

as Brandt · 547 scenes

3.8min · 4% of cast

happy

06

David Huddleston

as The Big Lebowski · 426 scenes

3.0min · 3% of cast

angry

07

John Turturro

as Jesus Quintana · 183 scenes

1.3min · 1% of cast

neutral

08

Flea

as Nihilist · 106 scenes

0.7min · 1% of cast

fear

09

Torsten Voges

as Nihilist · 97 scenes

0.7min · 1% of cast

angry

10

Peter Stormare

as Nihilist · 94 scenes

0.7min · 1% of cast

neutral

11

Mark Pellegrino

as Treehorn Thug · 92 scenes

0.6min · 1% of cast

angry

12

Jimmie Dale Gilmore

as Smokey · 61 scenes

0.4min · 0% of cast

neutral

13

Tara Reid

as Bunny Lebowski · 56 scenes

0.4min · 0% of cast

happy

14

Jack Kehler

as Dude's Landlord · 52 scenes

0.4min · 0% of cast

angry

15

Philip Moon

as Treehorn Thug · 51 scenes

0.3min · 0% of cast

angry

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
Jeff Bridges as The Dude	4,618	186.4	40.6%
John Goodman as Walter Sobchak	2,798	218.5	24.6%
Julianne Moore as Maude Lebowski	1,054	164.9	9.3%
David Huddleston as The Big Lebowski	612	177.7	5.4%
Unidentified speakers	535	—	4.7%
Philip Seymour Hoffman as Brandt	402	208	3.5%
Jimmie Dale Gilmore as Smokey	390	223.5	3.4%
Steve Buscemi as Donny	293	231	2.6%
John Turturro as Jesus Quintana	154	210.6	1.4%
Flea as Nihilist	145	77.3	1.3%
Mark Pellegrino as Treehorn Thug	119	203.1	1.0%
Tara Reid as Bunny Lebowski	79	173.4	0.7%
Torsten Voges as Nihilist	72	158.8	0.6%
Jack Kehler as Dude's Landlord	58	175.8	0.5%
Peter Stormare as Nihilist	46	128.2	0.4%

Cast profiles

arc · volatility · emotion breakdown per actor

JB

Jeff Bridges

AS THE DUDE

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

48m 35s

Scenes

6990

First seen

2:53

Last seen

110:47

Volatility

35 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0029m58m87m117.2m

9%

Happy

3%

Surprise

24%

Neutral

6%

Fear

10%

Sad

40%

Angry

7%

Disgust

JG

John Goodman

AS WALTER SOBCHAK

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

10m 33s

Scenes

1517

First seen

7:52

Last seen

108:31

Volatility

37 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0029m58m87m117.2m

2%

Happy

12%

Surprise

13%

Neutral

3%

Fear

4%

Sad

52%

Angry

13%

Disgust

SB

Steve Buscemi

AS DONNY

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

10m 04s

Scenes

1449

First seen

7:34

Last seen

103:11

Volatility

34 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0029m58m87m117.2m

5%

Happy

3%

Surprise

13%

Neutral

7%

Fear

26%

Sad

30%

Angry

17%

Disgust

JM

Julianne Moore

AS MAUDE LEBOWSKI

● Dominant: disgust

Screen time

4m 20s

Scenes

625

First seen

29:44

Last seen

91:37

Volatility

45 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0029m58m87m117.2m

8%

Happy

15%

Surprise

22%

Neutral

8%

Fear

14%

Sad

9%

Angry

25%

Disgust

PS

Philip Seymour Hoffman

AS BRANDT

● Dominant: happy

Screen time

3m 48s

Scenes

547

First seen

10:11

Last seen

97:40

Volatility

36 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0029m58m87m117.2m

41%

Happy

12%

Surprise

12%

Neutral

8%

Fear

8%

Sad

7%

Angry

12%

Disgust

DH

David Huddleston

AS THE BIG LEBOWSKI

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

2m 58s

Scenes

426

First seen

11:59

Last seen

99:06

Volatility

30 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0029m58m87m117.2m

5%

Happy

4%

Surprise

4%

Neutral

5%

Fear

8%

Sad

56%

Angry

18%

Disgust

JT

John Turturro

AS JESUS QUINTANA

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

1m 16s

Scenes

183

First seen

25:29

Last seen

101:00

Volatility

41 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0029m58m87m117.2m

21%

Happy

22%

Surprise

28%

Neutral

6%

Fear

5%

Sad

15%

Angry

3%

Disgust

F

Flea

AS NIHILIST

● Dominant: fear

Screen time

0m 44s

Scenes

106

First seen

55:22

Last seen

103:43

Volatility

26 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0029m58m87m117.2m

0%

Happy

6%

Surprise

33%

Neutral

42%

Fear

0%

Sad

10%

Angry

9%

Disgust

TV

Torsten Voges

AS NIHILIST

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

0m 40s

Scenes

97

First seen

55:34

Last seen

103:49

Volatility

28 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0029m58m87m117.2m

0%

Happy

0%

Surprise

25%

Neutral

10%

Fear

9%

Sad

54%

Angry

2%

Disgust

PS

Peter Stormare

AS NIHILIST

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

0m 39s

Scenes

94

First seen

15:44

Last seen

103:13

Volatility

38 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0029m58m87m117.2m

11%

Happy

5%

Surprise

39%

Neutral

19%

Fear

2%

Sad

13%

Angry

11%

Disgust

MP

Mark Pellegrino

AS TREEHORN THUG

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

0m 38s

Scenes

92

First seen

3:57

Last seen

80:09

Volatility

38 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0029m58m87m117.2m

5%

Happy

15%

Surprise

3%

Neutral

19%

Fear

3%

Sad

41%

Angry

13%

Disgust

JD

Jimmie Dale Gilmore

AS SMOKEY

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

0m 25s

Scenes

61

First seen

16:30

Last seen

18:40

Too few detections for emotion analysis

TR

Tara Reid

AS BUNNY LEBOWSKI

● Dominant: happy

Screen time

0m 23s

Scenes

56

First seen

15:25

Last seen

95:37

Too few detections for emotion analysis

JK

Jack Kehler

AS DUDE'S LANDLORD

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

0m 22s

Scenes

52

First seen

20:57

Last seen

68:39

Too few detections for emotion analysis

PM

Philip Moon

AS TREEHORN THUG

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

0m 21s

Scenes

51

First seen

3:46

Last seen

80:09

Too few detections for emotion analysis

Speaker diarization

talk-time · turns · pacing per speaker

Talk-time share · 23 clusterssums to 99.9% of all dialogue

Bridges 41.2%

Goodman 21.3%

Moore 10.6%

First-word entry · per speakerdot = first line · trail = on-screen window · 17 ensemble

0:0029:1858:3687:54117:12

runtime

Jeff Bridges

0:40enter

SPEAKER 12

3:22enter

Mark Pellegrino

3:58enter

John Goodman

7:54enter

Steve Buscemi

9:42enter

SPEAKER 31

10:02enter

Philip Seymour Hoffman

10:17enter

David Huddleston

11:55enter

Tara Reid

15:26enter

Jimmie Dale Gilmore

16:33enter

SPEAKER 30

20:26enter

SPEAKER 11

20:39enter

Jack Kehler

20:55enter

Julianne Moore

27:48enter

John Turturro

28:38enter

Peter Stormare

35:25enter

Flea

36:11enter

Torsten Voges

44:07enter

SPEAKER 21

53:45enter

SPEAKER 43

61:53enter

SPEAKER 13

76:01enter

SPEAKER 15

84:39enter

SPEAKER 14

84:45enter

Jeff BridgesSPEAKER 19

Rapid exchange

41.2%

of all dialogue · 4,618 words · 24:46 spoken

WPM186.4

Turns968

Avg turn1.9s

Longest16.7s

enters at 0:40profanity 131

John GoodmanSPEAKER 37

Rapid exchange

21.3%

of all dialogue · 2,798 words · 12:48 spoken

WPM218.5

Turns473

Avg turn1.9s

Longest16.0s

enters at 7:54profanity 92

Julianne MooreSPEAKER 24

Conversational

10.6%

of all dialogue · 1,054 words · 6:23 spoken

WPM164.9

Turns123

Avg turn3.0s

Longest15.3s

enters at 27:48profanity 4

David HuddlestonSPEAKER 20

Conversational

5.7%

of all dialogue · 612 words · 3:27 spoken

WPM177.7

Turns103

Avg turn2.1s

Longest10.7s

enters at 11:55profanity 2

Philip Seymour HoffmanSPEAKER 32

Brief

3.2%

of all dialogue · 402 words · 1:56 spoken

WPM208

Turns60

Avg turn2.5s

Longest14.8s

enters at 10:17profanity 1

Jimmie Dale GilmoreSPEAKER 38

Brief

2.9%

of all dialogue · 390 words · 1:45 spoken

WPM223.5

Turns88

Avg turn1.4s

Longest18.0s

enters at 16:33profanity 23

Steve BuscemiSPEAKER 34

Brief

2.1%

of all dialogue · 293 words · 1:16 spoken

WPM231

Turns99

Avg turn1.1s

Longest4.2s

enters at 9:42profanity 17

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 13 · unmatched

Brief

1.7%

of all dialogue · 197 words · 1:02 spoken

WPM192

Turns50

Avg turn1.3s

Longest5.2s

enters at 76:01profanity 1

John TurturroSPEAKER 06

Brief

1.2%

of all dialogue · 154 words · 0:44 spoken

WPM210.6

Turns18

Avg turn2.9s

Longest10.3s

enters at 28:38profanity 14

FleaSPEAKER 29

Brief

3.1%

of all dialogue · 145 words · 1:53 spoken

WPM77.3

Turns67

Avg turn1.2s

Longest10.2s

enters at 36:11profanity 13

Mark PellegrinoSPEAKER 01

Brief

1.0%

of all dialogue · 119 words · 0:35 spoken

WPM203.1

Turns25

Avg turn1.7s

Longest11.2s

enters at 3:58profanity 7

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 14 · unmatched

Brief

0.8%

of all dialogue · 101 words · 0:27 spoken

WPM223.5

Turns11

Avg turn2.4s

Longest4.4s

enters at 84:45profanity 8

Tara ReidSPEAKER 46

Brief

0.8%

of all dialogue · 79 words · 0:27 spoken

WPM173.4

Turns21

Avg turn1.5s

Longest3.7s

enters at 15:26profanity 0

Torsten VogesSPEAKER 05

Brief

0.8%

of all dialogue · 72 words · 0:27 spoken

WPM158.8

Turns13

Avg turn2.0s

Longest6.3s

enters at 44:07profanity 0

Jack KehlerSPEAKER 41

Brief

0.5%

of all dialogue · 58 words · 0:20 spoken

WPM175.8

Turns8

Avg turn3.3s

Longest7.8s

enters at 20:55profanity 0

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 30 · unmatched

Brief

0.6%

of all dialogue · 50 words · 0:23 spoken

WPM132.6

Turns10

Avg turn2.3s

Longest3.7s

enters at 20:26profanity 0

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 21 · unmatched

Brief

0.3%

of all dialogue · 49 words · 0:11 spoken

WPM258.8

Turns7

Avg turn2.0s

Longest6.4s

enters at 53:45profanity 1

Peter StormareSPEAKER 00

Brief

0.6%

of all dialogue · 46 words · 0:22 spoken

WPM128.2

Turns21

Avg turn1.3s

Longest6.5s

enters at 35:25profanity 0

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 43 · unmatched

Brief

0.2%

of all dialogue · 34 words · 0:08 spoken

WPM272.7

Turns13

Avg turn0.8s

Longest1.9s

enters at 61:53profanity 0

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 11 · unmatched

Brief

0.6%

of all dialogue · 32 words · 0:20 spoken

WPM94.9

Turns9

Avg turn2.0s

Longest4.5s

enters at 20:39profanity 1

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 31 · unmatched

Brief

0.4%

of all dialogue · 31 words · 0:13 spoken

WPM143.9

Turns7

Avg turn1.6s

Longest6.1s

enters at 10:02profanity 0

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 15 · unmatched

Brief

0.2%

of all dialogue · 29 words · 0:08 spoken

WPM208.1

Turns4

Avg turn2.7s

Longest5.7s

enters at 84:39profanity 0

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 12 · unmatched

Brief

0.1%

of all dialogue · 12 words · 0:05 spoken

WPM150.6

Turns6

Avg turn1.6s

Longest3.9s

enters at 3:22profanity 0

AGGREGATE — 15 unique characters · 23,637 faces detected · 15 named matches · 86m screen-time tracked