Biopic about notorious American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, taking place in both the past and the present.
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Awards:
- 3 nominations.
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Cast verified as complete
Jeremy Renner | ... |
Jeffrey Dahmer
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Bruce Davison | ... |
Lionel Dahmer
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Artel Great | ... |
Rodney
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Matt Newton | ... |
Lance Bell
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Dionysio Basco | ... |
Khamtay
(as Dion Basco)
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Kate Williamson | ... |
Grandma
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Christina Payano | ... |
Letitia
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Tom'ya Bowden | ... |
Shawna
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Sean Blakemore | ... |
Corliss
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Mickey Swenson | ... |
Officer Phillips
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Julius Branca | ... |
Officer Powell
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Pierson Blaetz | ... |
Officer Martin
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Vincent Zangari | ... |
Ohio Officer
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Xavier Lawrence | ... |
Young Man in Bar
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David Manis | ... |
Shop Steward
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Lily Knight | ... |
Mother
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Steve Keyes | ... |
New Guy
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Daniel McInerney | ... |
Bartender
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Archie Howard | ... |
Bouncer 1
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Damian Forester | ... |
Bouncer 2
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Christopher Louis | ... |
Corpse
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Beau Clark | ... |
Party Kid (uncredited)
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Directed by
David Jacobson |
Written by
David Jacobson | ... | (written by) |
David Birke | ... | () (uncredited) |
Produced by
Matthew R. Brady | ... | line producer (as Matt R. Brady) |
Larry Rattner | ... | producer |
Susan R. Rodgers | ... | co-producer |
Leonard Shapiro | ... | executive producer |
Tim Swain | ... | executive producer (as Timothy Swain) |
Music by
Christina Agamanolis | ||
Mariana Bernoski | ||
Willow Williamson |
Cinematography by
Chris Manley | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
Bipasha Shom |
Editorial Department
Ruben Garcia | ... | electronic negative conform services |
Terry Haggar | ... | picture color timer |
Vikram Kale | ... | assistant editor |
Brian Kibbie | ... | electronic negative conform services |
Casting By
Ricki Maslar | ... | (as Ricki G. Maslar) |
Production Design by
Eric Larson | ... | (as Eric J. Larson) |
Art Direction by
Kelley Wright |
Costume Design by
Dana Kay Hart | ... | (as Dana Hart) |
Makeup Department
Mark Bautista | ... | make-up |
Zoe Dunn | ... | make-up assistant |
Elizabeth Hoel-Chang | ... | assistant makeup artist (as Elizabeth Hoel) |
Kelley Mitchell | ... | special make-up effects and prosthetics |
Christopher Russo | ... | make-up artist: second unit Milwaukee |
Angela Tinsley | ... | special make-up effects and prosthetics |
Christien Tinsley | ... | special make-up effects and prosthetics |
Michele Tyminski Schoenbach | ... | key make-up artist (as Michele Tyminski) |
Christien Tinsley | ... | on-set makeup effects supervisor (uncredited) |
Production Management
Wesley Collier | ... | production supervisor |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Alex Munoz | ... | second second assistant director (as Alex Muñoz) |
Tony Nahar | ... | first assistant director (as Anthony J. Nahar) |
T.K. Shom | ... | second assistant director |
Art Department
Abby Cobelli | ... | prop master (as Jeanna "Abby" Cobelli) |
Robin C. Humphrey | ... | art department intern (as Robin Humphrey) |
Sean Marlaire | ... | additional swing art department (as Sean Marlair) |
James Perotti | ... | set builder |
James Silvas | ... | set builder |
Mark McQuown | ... | carpenter (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Monroe Cummings | ... | boom operator: second unit San Francisco |
Lori Dovi | ... | sound mixer: second unit, San Francisco |
Gary Gelfand | ... | sound designer |
Jorge Carlos Jorge | ... | boom operator (as Jorge Alvarez) |
Alan Kerr | ... | foley artist |
Christopher Landers | ... | production sound consultant |
Mark Linden | ... | re-recording mixer / sound designer |
Michael Mesirow | ... | additional boom |
Phillip W. Palmer | ... | sound mixer |
Tara A. Paul | ... | re-recording mixer (as Tara Paul) |
Wayne Peet | ... | recording engineer |
Carlos Ramirez | ... | adr editor |
Joan Rowe | ... | foley artist |
David Scharf | ... | dialogue editor (as Dave Scharf) |
Special Effects by
Mark Bautista | ... | fx |
Visual Effects by
Martin Avitia | ... | optical supervision |
Dimitri Radoyce | ... | title sequence designed by |
Stunts
Damian Forester | ... | stunt coordinator |
Camera and Electrical Department
Ross Addiego | ... | additional grip |
Tim Arasheben | ... | camera loader |
Eric S. Boland | ... | gaffer |
Susannah Bridges | ... | additional second assistant camera (as Susannah Glenn Bridges) |
Carlos de Varona | ... | additional first assistant camera (as Carlos De Varona) |
Taylor Drake | ... | additional best boy grip |
Scott Dropkin | ... | additional loader |
Hilario Gonzalez | ... | electric (as Hilario Larry Gonzales) |
Gayle Hilary | ... | additional second assistant camera |
John Hoffma | ... | key grip |
Matt Horochowski | ... | additional grip |
Gaylan Andrew Hussain | ... | additional grip (as Andrew Hussan) / additional grip (as Gaylan Hassain) |
Tassaduq Hussain | ... | best boy grip (as Nicky Hussain) |
Clement Jolin | ... | camera intern |
Damian Lucas | ... | additional best boy grip |
Eric McCandless | ... | still photographer |
Ely Mennin | ... | additional electric |
Randall Michelson | ... | additional photography |
Donovan Milcoch | ... | additional first assistant camera (as Donovan Mlcoch) |
Joe Pacella | ... | second assistant camera (as Joseph Pacella) |
June Park | ... | loader: second unit Milwaukee / second assistant camera: second unit Milwaukee |
Steven Parker | ... | additional grip |
Don Presley | ... | first assistant camera |
Kim Reynolds | ... | electric production assistant |
Jacob Sarfarty | ... | key grip: second unit San Francisco |
Andrew D. Stadler | ... | first assistant camera: second unit San Francisco |
Wayne Swab | ... | additional grip |
Sean Takaki | ... | additional electric |
Cliff Traiman | ... | gaffer: second unit San Francisco |
Danielle Tsuboi | ... | second assistant camera: second unit San Francisco (as Dan Tsuboi) |
Mark Wagner | ... | grip production assistant |
Robert Christopher Webb | ... | best boy electric (as Rob Webb) |
Michael Weeks | ... | additional electric: second unit Milwaukee |
David Westenberger | ... | additional electric: second unit Milwaukee |
Dave Wightman | ... | first assistant camera: second unit, Milwaukee (as David Wrightman) |
Sue Young | ... | additional camera loader / intern loader: second unit San Francisco |
Erik Gonzales | ... | electrician (uncredited) |
Keely Grigel | ... | grip (uncredited) |
Casting Department
Susan Luner | ... | additional casting |
Tim Marshall | ... | assistant to casting director |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Maria Mlodikova | ... | assistant costume designer (as Mariya Mlodikova) |
Katie Moore | ... | wardrobe assistant |
Location Management
Ann D'Acquisto | ... | location manager: second unit Milwaukee |
James E. Fitzgerald | ... | location manager |
Music Department
Harris Eisenstadt | ... | drum set |
William Ewart | ... | music consultant |
Wayne Peet | ... | music mixed by |
Sara Schoenbeck | ... | bassoon |
Renee Travis | ... | music supervisor (as Reneé Travis) |
Script and Continuity Department
David Birke | ... | script consultant |
Sherry Gunderman | ... | script supervisor |
Transportation Department
Lou Strung | ... | driver / transportation captain |
Additional Crew
Petros Agababyan | ... | key set production assistant |
Michael Scott Berenson | ... | AVID output |
Mark Blecha | ... | key production assistant: second unit San Francisco (as Richard Mark Blecha) |
Blake Busby | ... | titles and opticals |
Lesley Capehart | ... | key set production assistant |
Cameron Cox | ... | titles and opticals |
Salvador R. DeAnda | ... | caterer (as Salvador Deanda) |
Michael C. Donaldson | ... | additional legal services |
Dan Gibbons | ... | key set production assistant |
Erik Gonzales | ... | swing production assistant |
John Gripentrog | ... | location scout: second unit Milwaukee |
DeMille Halliburton | ... | production insurance provided by (as Demille Halliburton) |
Lane Hancock | ... | production banking services |
Jason Howard | ... | key set production assistant |
David Jacobs | ... | key set production assistant |
Jasper Jan | ... | set production assistant |
Robert Mallett | ... | craft coordinator |
Eliso Mercado | ... | set security |
Gary Miller | ... | titles and opticals |
Johnathan Leonard Mills | ... | researcher |
Cale Mitchell | ... | set production assistant |
Robert Nau | ... | production legal services |
Dave O'Brien | ... | production coordinator |
Tammy Oller | ... | key set production assistant (as Tammy A. Oller) |
Tara A. Paul | ... | dialogue editor (as Tara Paul) |
Bob Reif | ... | key set production assistant |
James T. Rodder | ... | key set production assistant |
Lee Stein | ... | marketing consultant |
Daniel R. Sullivan | ... | set production assistant |
Joseph P. Vargas III | ... | marketing consultant |
Victoria Vopni | ... | animal trainer |
Jerry Ward | ... | financial services |
Nicolas Zein | ... | key set production assistant |
Mark A. Jones | ... | production staff (uncredited) |
Thanks
Lisa Bacchus | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
David Ball | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Emily Ball | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Ilan Bialer | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Barbara Blake | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Ehud Bleiberg | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Donna Broder | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Michael Broder | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Tom Bronson | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Kathy Chaudhry | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Ray Claridge | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Toy Conner | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Diana Corral | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Edward G. Corrigan | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
George Daisa | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Steven Daniel | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Marta De La Hoya | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Val DeKeyser | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Gina Draklich | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Ned Escaip | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Jay Michael Ferguson | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Steve Fishman | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Brian Foyster | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Mary Fry | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Kathy Gianoni | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Yitzhak Ginsberg | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Eric Hall | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Seoung Won Han | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Wolfgang Held | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Karl T. Hirsch | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Beth Holden | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Lon Huber | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Todd Hunter | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Alexander Jacobson | ... | this film could not have been made without the special creative and emotional support of |
Rebecca Jacobson | ... | this film could not have been made without the special creative and emotional support of |
Mike King | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Jennifer Kuwabara | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
David Michael Latt | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Monique Lea | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Madeleine Leskin | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Robert Lipton | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Barry Lynch | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Paquita Machris | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Steven D. Mackler | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible (as Steven Mackler) |
Judith Marcus | ... | this film could not have been made without the special creative and emotional support of |
Ralph Marcus | ... | this film could not have been made without the special creative and emotional support of |
Patty McCormack | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Linda Miller | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Mike Oller | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Robert Palumbo | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Susan Peretz | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Mark Pierce | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Laurent Piketty | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Ryan Plato | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Dean Ramser | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Pola Rapaport | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Sol Rattner | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Tova Rattner | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
David Rimawi | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Mark Rosenthal | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Ben Ruffner | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Beth Ruffner | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Natalie Ruge | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Christopher Ryan | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Clive Saunders | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Josh Schiowitz | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Ernest Schreiber | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Elisabeth A. Scott | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
James Seligman | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Keith Sikora | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Michael Silvera | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Kathryn Smetzer | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Mike Stevens | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Sherri Strain | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Shoshannah Day Strauss | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Jacques Thelemaque | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Marjorie Toomin | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Lucia Tripodes | ... | this film could not have been made without the special creative and emotional support of |
Paula Tripodes | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Peter Tripodes | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Sandra Vannucchi | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Dan Weinstein | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Zelma Welcome | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Jonathan Wesley | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Judith Weston | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Rainn Wilson | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Vince Zangari | ... | special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Artaire Films (2025) (Spain)
- Dream Entertainment (Non-US)
- FilmRise (2019) (United States) (video) (Internet)
- First Look Home Entertainment (2002) (United States) (DVD)
- MVD Distribution (2020) (United States) (Blu-ray)
- MVD Visual (2020) (United States) (Blu-ray)
- PFA Films (2010) (Italy)
- Peninsula Films
- Transformer (2004) (Japan) (DVD)
- Transformer (2004) (Japan) (VHS)
- Vértice 360 (2004) (Spain) (DVD)
- e-m-s the DVD-Company
Special Effects
- Tinsley Studio (special make-up effects and prosthetics)
Other Companies
- Alexander, Nau, Lawrence & Frumes (production legal services)
- Animal Actors of Hollywood (animals provided by)
- Canada Liquors (special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible)
- Cast and Crew (payroll services)
- City National Bank New York (production banking services)
- Descanso Gardens Guild (special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible)
- Digital Hammer (editing facilities)
- Film California First (special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible)
- Filmmakers Alliance (produced in association with)
- First Street Store (special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible)
- Hollywood Rental Company (grip and electric equipment rental)
- Kino Flo (lighting rentals)
- Leffler, Miller, Ward & Company (financial services)
- Licha's Bar & Grill (special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible)
- MG Digital (editing facilities)
- Magic Film and Video Works (Lokbox(TM) electronic negative conforming)
- Magic Film and Video Works (telecine services)
- Media Distributors Film Source (Fuji film provided by)
- Milwaukee County Circuit Court (special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible)
- Milwaukee Film Office/Greater Milwaukee CVB (special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible)
- Milwaukee Police Department (special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible)
- Newzone Studio (music recorded at)
- On Location Studio Rental (honeywagon rental)
- Protocol (I) (walkie talkie rental)
- Raleigh Studios (special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible)
- SAG-AFTRA (special thanks to)
- Shades of Light Studios (filmed at)
- Shotmaker (camera dollies)
- Siren Music Production (music mixed by)
- Sound Two Audio (post production audio facilities)
- Supreme Caterers (caterers)
- The Illinois Film Office (special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible)
- The Knife Trader (special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible)
- The Walt Disney Studios Costume Department (costumes provided by)
- Title House Digital (titles and opticals)
- Tsoobick (special thanks to all those who helped make this film possible)
- USI Entertainment Insurance Services (production insurance provided by)
- United Rentals (truck rentals)
- Universal Costume Department (costumes provided by)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Before his arrest and conviction for serial murders, chocolate factory worker Jeffrey Dahmer hunts Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for young attractive males to turn into unconscious (eventually dead) human sex toys, current acts which often prompt memories of earlier killings and of dealings with his suspicious but unaware father. Written by statmanjeff |
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Taglines | The mind is a place of its own. See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Opening Weekend United States | $16,093, 21 Jun 2002 |
Did You Know?
Trivia | Jeremy Renner was cast because of his resemblance to Jeffrey Dahmer and because not many actors wanted to portray the serial killer. See more » |
Goofs | When Dahmer gets pulled over by the cop in 1978, he shows a New York State driver's license from post 1995. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in The 2003 IFP Independent Spirit Awards (2003). See more » |
Soundtracks | Just out of Reach See more » |
Crazy Credits | Though the names of Jeffrey Dahmer's victims were changed in this biopic, details of his killing methods were used; yet, the film's closing disclaimer states that any similarities to the history of any actual person, living or dead, or any actual event is entirely coincidental and unintentional. See more » |
Quotes |
Jeffrey Dahmer:
You know what the cross was, don't you? Rodney: Yeah, where Jesus died, right? Jeffrey Dahmer: A torture device... used to kill criminals. So when you pray to it, it's like praying to an electric chair, or a guillotine. See more » |