Ron Burgundy - Cast

Cast

• Will Ferrell as Ronald Joseph Aaron "Ron" Burgundy, a five-time (local) Emmy Award-winning journalist, he is the main anchorman for the KVWN Channel 4 News Team from 1964 to 1977. Always confident and well-dressed, he is ignorant, egotistical, misogynistic, and narcissistic, stating that he believes "diversity" to be some type of "old, old wooden ship used in the Civil War era."
• Christina Applegate as Veronica Corningstone; from Asheville, North Carolina, she is ambitious to become a network anchor and wants to be taken seriously in the male-dominated newsroom. Amy Poehler (of Saturday Night Live fame) was originally cast as Veronica.
• Paul Rudd as Brian Fantana, the stylish and over-sexed field reporter for KVWN news. He is arrogant, narcissistic and overestimates his personal qualities. He leaves the news station to host the Fox Network’s show, "Intercourse Island".
• David Koechner as Champion "Champ" Kind, the KVWN sportscaster, he seems to have hidden feelings for Ron Burgundy. He is the most chauvinistic member of the news team. John C. Reilly was originally slated to play Champ but had to drop out due to work on The Aviator. He leaves the news station to become an NFL commentator, but is fired for accusations of sexual harassment made by Terry Bradshaw.
• Steve Carell as Brick Tamland, the weatherman for the KVWN news team, he has a habit of providing unrequested or irrelevant information. Tamland is good hearted and loyal but not very bright. Brick is an innocent who is led astray by the rest of the group. Co-star Paul Rudd (Brian Fantana) commented in rehearsals that the thought that Brick may be mentally challenged would "never faze them", and that the other members of the news team would never berate or become annoyed with Brick because of his stupidity, merely correcting him if he makes a mistake. He goes on to become one of the top political advisors to the Bush White House.
• Fred Willard as Ed Harken, the news director of KVWN.
• Chris Parnell as Garth Holladay, Ed's assistant at KVWN. Ron Burgundy was his hero, before Ron became a poopmouth during a news broadcast. He is frequently ignored by the news team, even though his main job at the station appears to be keeping them out of trouble.
• Peanut as Baxter, Ron's beloved dog. Burgundy's relationship with Baxter is almost one of equality. Burgundy and Baxter are able to hold conversations, with Baxter apparently being able to speak Spanish as well as English.

Cameos

• Danny Trejo as a bartender
• Jack Black as a motorcyclist
• Judd Apatow as a news station employee
• Paul F. Tompkins as a cat show competition host
• Jay Johnston as a member of the Eyewitness News Team
• Robin Antin is seen briefly in the background in one of Ben Stiller's scenes.
• Fred Armisen as Tino, the owner of the restaurant that Ron frequents.
• Adam McKay as a janitor
• Tim Robbins as the Public News anchor
• Jimmy Bennett as Tommy
• Vince Vaughn as Wes Mantooth, the lead anchor of the competing KQHS Channel 9 Evening News Team and Burgundy's main rival.
• Luke Wilson as Frank Vitchard, a competing news anchor whose station, Channel 2, is third in the ratings.
• Ben Stiller as Arturo Mendez (Spanish Language News anchor)
• Seth Rogen as a cameraman

Narration

The opening and closing scenes are narrated by veteran Chicago CBS (WBBM-TV) news anchor Bill Kurtis. Kurtis, who currently hosts A&E's American Justice and Cold Case Files, is the winner of 20 Emmys.