Gran Torino - Cast

Cast

See also: List of Gran Torino characters
  • Clint Eastwood as Walt Kowalski
  • Bee Vang as Thao Vang Lor, a young Hmong teenager
  • Ahney Her as Sue Lor, Thao's older sister
  • Christopher Carley as Father Janovich
  • Doua Moua as Fong "Spider", Thao's cousin, shot caller of a Hmong street gang and the main antagonist
  • Sonny Vue as Smokie, Fong's right-hand man
  • Brian Haley as Mitch Kowalski, Walt's older son and Steve's brother, Josh and Ashley's father
  • Brian Howe as Steve Kowalski, Walt's younger son, Karen's Brother-in-law and Mitch's Brother
  • Geraldine Hughes as Karen Kowalski, Mitch's wife, Walt's daughter-in-law, Steve's sister-in-law and mother of Ashley and Josh.
  • Dreama Walker as Ashley Kowalski, Mitch and Karen's daughter and Walt's granddaughter
  • Michael E. Kurowski as Josh Kowalski, Mitch and Karen's son and Walt's grandson
  • John Carroll Lynch as Martin, an Italian-American barber friend of Walt's
  • Chee Thao as Grandma Vang Lor, the matriarch of Thao's family
  • Choua Kue as Youa; a running gag involves Walt mispronouncing her name as "Yum-Yum"
  • Scott Eastwood as Trey, Sue's date

After holding casting calls in Fresno, California, Detroit, Michigan, and Saint Paul, Minnesota, Eastwood selected ten Hmong lead actors and supporting actors. Of them, only one was not a first time actor. Of the Hmong cast, five, including Bee Vang, one of the principal actors, were from the state of Minnesota. Ahney Her comes from Lansing, Michigan. The casting agency Pound & Mooney recruited thirty actors and over 500 extras. The firm recruited many Hmong actors from a Hmong soccer tournament in Macomb County, Michigan. Sandy Ci Moua, a Hmong actress based in the Twin Cities, assisted with the film's casting of Hmong actors.

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