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John Papsidera
Actor, Producer, Additional Credits
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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Known For
John Papsidera Filmography
| 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 |
| 2013 | |
| 2012 | Casting By · as Self |
| 2005 | 2005 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2026 | The Odyssey · 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 (TV Series) · as Casting |
| 2025 | Back in Action · as Casting |
| 2025 | Den of Thieves 2: Pantera · as Casting |
| 2024 | Landman (TV Series) · as Casting |
| 2024 | Saturday Night · as Casting |
| 2024 | English Teacher (TV Series) · as Original Casting |
| 2024 | Twisters · as Casting |
| 2024 | Fallout (TV Series) · 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 (TV Series) · as Casting |
| 2023 | Lessons in Chemistry (TV Series) · as Casting |
| 2023 | American Outlaws · as Casting Director |
| 2023 | Lioness (TV Series) · as Casting |
| 2023 | Oppenheimer · as Casting |
| 2023 | To Catch a Killer · as Casting |
| 2022 | 1923 (TV Series) · as Casting |
| 2022 | George & Tammy (TV Series) · as Casting |
| 2022 | The Last Manhunt · as Casting |
| 2022 | The Peripheral (TV Series) · as Casting |
| 2022 | American Gigolo (TV Series) · as Original Casting |
| 2022 | Angelyne (TV Series) · as Casting |
| 2022 | The Offer (TV Series) · as Casting |
| 2022 | I Want You Back · as Casting |
| 2022 | Uncharted · as Casting |
| 2022 | Moonfall · as Casting |
| 2022 | Peacemaker (TV Series) · as Casting |
| 2021 | 1883 (TV Series) · 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 (TV Series) · as Casting |
| 2020 | The Flight Attendant (TV Series) · 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 Casting |
| 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) (TV Series) · as Casting |
| 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 (TV Series) · 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 Casting |
| 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 Casting |
| 2015 | |
| 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 Casting |
| 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 Casting |
| 2013 | White House Down · as Casting |
| 2013 | Ray Donovan (TV Series) · as Casting |
| 2013 | The Numbers Station · as Casting |
| 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 Casting |
| 2012 | Premium Rush · as Casting |
| 2012 | The Dark Knight Rises · as Casting |
| 2012 | |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | Colombiana · as Casting |
| 2011 | Source Code · as Casting |
| 2011 | The Details · as Casting |
| 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 |
| 2010 | Waiting for Forever · 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 Casting |
| 2007 | Bobby Z · as Casting |
| 2007 | Primeval · as Casting |
| 2006 | Black Christmas · as Casting |
| 2006 | The Prestige · as Casting |
| 2006 | Zoom · as Casting |
| 2006 | My Super Ex-Girlfriend · as Casting |
| 2006 | Population 436 · as Casting |
| 2006 | First Snow · as Casting |
| 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 |
| 2003 | Octane · as Casting |
| 2003 | Scary Movie 3 · as Casting |
| 2003 | Carnivàle (TV Series) · 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 Casting |
| 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 (TV Series) · as Casting |