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    • Jason James Richter: Jesse Greenwood. At just 12 years old, Jason James Richter got the role of a lifetime playing the lead character, Jesse, a young runaway abandoned by his mother who befriends the endangered captive whale while cleaning a local adventure park as penance for having vandalized it.
    • Michael Bacall: Perry. Following his stint in Free Willy, Michael Bacall found success both in front of and behind the scenes. Not only did he have small roles in Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained and Inglourious Basterds, but he was also a screenwriter on Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, 21 Jump Street and its sequel, 22 Jump Street as well as Project X.
    • Mykelti Williamson: Dwight Mercer. Mykelti Williamson was one of the most unmissable actors of the early '90s. He came back for Free Willy 2, before starring in another megahit: Waiting to Exhale, in 1995.
    • Michael Madsen: Glenn Greenwood. Michael Madsen may be known to many as a quintessential tough guy, but for a subset of Millennials, he'll always be in dad mode as Glenn Greenwood, the protagonist's adoptive father in the Free Willy franchise.
  1. Free Willy Details. Full Cast and Crew; Release Dates; Official Sites; Company Credits; Filming & Production; Technical Specs

  2. Apr 2, 2018 · For many, Free Willy is the childhood story of a young boy who befriends a killer whale before heroically freeing him into the wild. But the real story behind...

  3. Jun 30, 2023 · Mykelti Williamson played cop Dwight in Free Willy but had already starred as one in Hill Street Blues, The First Power, and Police Story: Monster Manor. But it was arguably his role as Bubba in Forrest Gump that brought him widespread and critical praise.

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    • Lori Petty - Rae. By the time Lori Petty started training sea animals as marine biologist Rae in Free Willy, she'd already racked up an impressive number of credits.
    • Jayne Atkinson - Annie Greenwood. English-born, Connecticut-raised actress Jayne Atkinson already had experience playing empathetic moms when she starred as foster parent Annie Greenwood in Free Willy.
    • Michael Madsen - Glen Greenwood. Other than co-star Lori Petty, it's safe to say Michael Madsen was the most recognizable face and name in the Free Willy cast.
    • Michael Ironside - Dial. Like his Free Willy co-star Michael Madsen, Michael Ironside fits the "working actor" stereotype. The veteran character actor has made a career of playing villains like Free Willy's Dial in everything from David Cronenberg's Scanners and Top Gun to Extreme Prejudice and sci-fi classic Total Recall.
  4. His other notable roles include Free Willy, Heat, Lucky Number Slevin, Three Kings, Black Dynamite, The Final Destination, ATL, Species II, and The Purge: Election Year.

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  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Free_WillyFree Willy - Wikipedia

    The film stars Jason James Richter in his film debut, Lori Petty, Jayne Atkinson, August Schellenberg, and Michael Madsen with the eponymous character, Willy, played by Keiko . The story is about a 12 year old orphaned boy named Jesse who befriends a captive orca, Willy, at an ailing amusement park.