John Papsidera
Acteur, Producer
John Papsidera is a casting director based in Los Angeles, California. He is known for his film and television work, especially with some of the industry's most successful directors, including Christopher Nolan, Ruben Fleischer, Jason Reitman, Roland Emmerich, and James Gunn. Backstage described him as Nolan's "go-to casting director."
He has received sixteen Artios Awards nominations and has won four times. He has also been nominated for seven Primetime Emmy awards and has won twice. Before becoming a casting director, he was an actor.
His casting credits in film include The Dark Knight, Inception, Interstellar, Memento, Enchanted, Final Destination, Zombieland, Venom, Jurassic World and The Suicide Squad. Papsidera is also the casting director for the 2025 DC Studios film Superman. On television, his credits include Westworld, The Expanse (seasons 1 and 2), Peacemaker, Wednesday, Yellowstone, and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 1).
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He has received sixteen Artios Awards nominations and has won four times. He has also been nominated for seven Primetime Emmy awards and has won twice. Before becoming a casting director, he was an actor.
His casting credits in film include The Dark Knight, Inception, Interstellar, Memento, Enchanted, Final Destination, Zombieland, Venom, Jurassic World and The Suicide Squad. Papsidera is also the casting director for the 2025 DC Studios film Superman. On television, his credits include Westworld, The Expanse (seasons 1 and 2), Peacemaker, Wednesday, Yellowstone, and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 1).
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Movies & Shows on Plex
Known For
Cinematografie
| 2015 | Secret in Their Eyes · as Mastery - Dodger Player |
| 2024 | |
| 2023 | |
| 2019 | Braking for Whales · as Co-Producer |
| 2015 | Guns for Hire · as Co-Producer |
| 2010 | Waiting for Forever · as Executive Producer |
| 2018 | |
| 2013 | |
| 2012 | Casting By · as Self |
| 2005 | 2005 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2027 | Man of Tomorrow · as Casting |
| 2027 | F.A.S.T. · as Casting |
| 2026 | The Odyssey · as Casting |
| 2026 | The Madison · as Casting |
| 2026 | Scarpetta · as Casting |
| 2026 | Marshals · as Casting |
| 2026 | Mercy · as Casting |
| 2025 | Nuremberg · as Casting |
| 2025 | Dead of Winter · as Casting |
| 2025 | Happy Gilmore 2 · as Casting |
| 2025 | Superman · as Casting |
| 2025 | Heads of State · as Casting |
| 2025 | MobLand · as Casting |
| 2025 | Back in Action · as Casting |
| 2025 | Den of Thieves 2: Pantera · as Casting |
| 2024 | Landman · as Casting |
| 2024 | Saturday Night · as Casting |
| 2024 | English Teacher · as Original Casting |
| 2024 | Twisters · as Casting |
| 2024 | Fallout · as Casting |
| 2024 | Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire · as Casting |
| 2024 | Lola · as Casting |
| 2024 | Role Play · as Casting |
| 2023 | Girl You Know It's True · as Casting |
| 2023 | Lawmen: Bass Reeves · as Casting |
| 2023 | Lessons in Chemistry · as Casting |
| 2023 | American Outlaws · as Casting Director |
| 2023 | Lioness · as Casting |
| 2023 | Oppenheimer · as Casting |
| 2023 | To Catch a Killer · as Casting |
| 2022 | 1923 · as Casting |
| 2022 | George & Tammy · as Casting |
| 2022 | The Last Manhunt · as Casting |
| 2022 | The Peripheral · as Casting |
| 2022 | American Gigolo · as Casting |
| 2022 | Angelyne · as Casting |
| 2022 | The Offer · as Casting |
| 2022 | I Want You Back · as Casting |
| 2022 | Uncharted · as Casting |
| 2022 | Moonfall · as Casting |
| 2022 | Peacemaker · as Casting |
| 2021 | 1883 · as Casting |
| 2021 | Ghostbusters: Afterlife · as Casting |
| 2021 | Reminiscence · as Casting |
| 2021 | The Suicide Squad · as Casting |
| 2021 | Army of the Dead · as Casting |
| 2021 | Debris · as Casting |
| 2020 | The Flight Attendant · as Original Casting |
| 2020 | Tenet · as Casting |
| 2020 | Project Power · as Casting |
| 2020 | Words on Bathroom Walls · as Casting |
| 2020 | Bloodshot · as Casting |
| 2019 | Seberg · as Casting |
| 2019 | Honey Boy · as Casting |
| 2019 | Zombieland: Double Tap · as Casting |
| 2019 | Jacob's Ladder · as Casting Director |
| 2019 | A Score to Settle · as Casting |
| 2019 | A Dog's Journey · as Casting |
| 2018 | The Front Runner · as Casting |
| 2018 | Discarnate · as CastingOp Plex |
| 2018 | Venom · as Casting |
| 2018 | Life Itself · as Casting |
| 2018 | The Darkest Minds · as Casting |
| 2018 | How It Ends · as Casting |
| 2018 | The Domestics · as Casting |
| 2018 | Candy Jar · as Casting |
| 2018 | Den of Thieves · as Casting |
| 2018 | 12 Strong · as Casting |
| 2017 | Father Figures · as Casting |
| 2017 | Same Kind of Different as Me · as Casting |
| 2017 | Manhunt (2017) · as CastingOp Plex |
| 2017 | Dunkirk · as Casting |
| 2017 | Baywatch · as Casting |
| 2017 | The Fate of the Furious · as Casting |
| 2017 | Power Rangers · as Casting |
| 2017 | A Dog's Purpose · as Casting |
| 2016 | Monster Trucks · as Casting |
| 2016 | The Great Wall · as Casting |
| 2016 | Westworld · as Casting |
| 2016 | War Dogs · as Casting |
| 2016 | Ben-Hur · as Casting |
| 2016 | Nerve · as Casting |
| 2016 | Independence Day: Resurgence · as Casting |
| 2016 | Alice Through the Looking Glass · as Casting |
| 2016 | Gods of Egypt · as Casting |
| 2016 | Pride and Prejudice and Zombies · as Casting |
| 2015 | Mojave · as CastingOp Plex |
| 2015 | Point Break · as Casting |
| 2015 | Truth · as Casting |
| 2015 | The Last Witch Hunter · as Casting |
| 2015 | Jurassic World · as Casting |
| 2015 | Kidnapping Mr. Heineken · as CastingOp Plex |
| 2015 | Mortdecai · as Casting |
| 2015 | The World Made Straight · as Casting |
| 2014 | Taken 3 · as Casting |
| 2014 | Murder of a Cat · as Casting |
| 2014 | Interstellar · as Casting |
| 2014 | Men, Women & Children · as Casting |
| 2014 | Boychoir · as Casting |
| 2014 | Transcendence · as CastingOp Plex |
| 2014 | Draft Day · as Casting |
| 2013 | A Case of You · as Casting |
| 2013 | Ender's Game · as Casting |
| 2013 | Haunt · as Casting |
| 2013 | In a World... · as CastingOp Plex |
| 2013 | White House Down · as Casting |
| 2013 | Ray Donovan · as Casting |
| 2013 | The Numbers Station · as CastingOp Plex |
| 2013 | Oz the Great and Powerful · as Casting |
| 2013 | Gangster Squad · as Casting |
| 2012 | Taken 2 · as Casting |
| 2012 | House at the End of the Street · as Casting |
| 2012 | Stuck in Love · as CastingOp Plex |
| 2012 | Premium Rush · as Casting |
| 2012 | The Dark Knight Rises · as Casting |
| 2012 | The Raven · as Casting Consultant |
| 2011 | The Grey · as Casting |
| 2011 | Colombiana · as Casting |
| 2011 | Source Code · as Casting |
| 2011 | The Details · as CastingOp Plex |
| 2010 | Burlesque · as Casting |
| 2010 | Life as We Know It · as Casting |
| 2010 | Inception · as Casting |
| 2010 | Unthinkable · as Casting |
| 2010 | The Crazies · as Casting |
| 2009 | Splice · as Casting |
| 2009 | Zombieland · as Casting |
| 2009 | Drag Me to Hell · as Casting |
| 2009 | 12 Rounds · as Casting |
| 2009 | Dragonball Evolution · as Casting |
| 2008 | The Informers · as Casting |
| 2008 | Ghost Town · as Casting |
| 2008 | The Dark Knight · as Casting |
| 2008 | Love Lies Bleeding · as Casting |
| 2007 | Enchanted · as Casting |
| 2007 | The Girl in the Park · as CastingOp Plex |
| 2007 | Bobby Z · as Casting |
| 2007 | Primeval · as Casting |
| 2006 | Black Christmas · as CastingOp Plex |
| 2006 | The Prestige · as Casting |
| 2006 | Zoom · as Casting |
| 2006 | My Super Ex-Girlfriend · as CastingOp Plex |
| 2006 | Population 436 · as Casting |
| 2006 | First Snow · as CastingOp Plex |
| 2006 | Final Destination 3 · as Casting |
| 2006 | The Woods · as Casting |
| 2005 | Batman Begins · as Casting |
| 2005 | The Longest Yard · as Casting |
| 2005 | Lackawanna Blues · as Casting |
| 2004 | Catwoman · as Casting |
| 2004 | Secret Window · as Casting |
| 2004 | Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London · as Casting |
| 2004 | Club Dread · as Casting |
| 2004 | $5.15/Hr. · as Casting |
| 2003 | Octane · as Casting |
| 2003 | Scary Movie 3 · as Casting |
| 2003 | Carnivàle · as Casting |
| 2003 | And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself · as Casting |
| 2003 | Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star · as Casting |
| 2003 | My Boss's Daughter · as Casting |
| 2003 | Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd · as Casting |
| 2003 | Agent Cody Banks · as Casting |
| 2003 | Willard · as CastingOp Plex |
| 2003 | Final Destination 2 · as Casting |
| 2002 | Live from Baghdad · as Casting |
| 2002 | Talking to Heaven · as Casting |
| 2002 | Sorority Boys · as Casting |
| 2002 | Slackers · as Casting |
| 2001 | The One · as Casting |
| 2001 | Impostor · as Casting Director |
| 2001 | Bubble Boy · as Casting |
| 2001 | What's the Worst That Could Happen? · as Casting |
| 2000 | Memento · as CastingOp Plex |
| 2000 | The Crow: Salvation · as Casting |
| 2000 | Final Destination · as Casting |
| 2000 | If These Walls Could Talk 2 · as Casting |
| 2000 | Boiler Room · as Casting |
| 1999 | Tail Lights Fade · as Casting Director |
| 1999 | Drop Dead Gorgeous · as Casting |
| 1999 | Idle Hands · as Casting |
| 1999 | Clubland · as Casting |
| 1999 | A Slipping-Down Life · as Casting |
| 1998 | Another Day in Paradise · as Casting |
| 1998 | Urban Legend · as Casting |
| 1998 | Bongwater · as Casting |
| 1997 | Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery · as Casting |
| 1997 | Anaconda · as Casting Associate |
| 1997 | Chicago Cab · as CastingOp Plex |
| 1996 | 2 Days in the Valley · as Casting |
| 1995 | The Net · as Casting Associate |
| 1995 | Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long · as Casting |
| 1994 | Clear and Present Danger · as Casting Associate |
| 1994 | The Foot Shooting Party · as Casting |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt · as Casting |