Cast
Vin Diesel, The Iron Giant
The Iron Giant is a fifty-foot tall and metal-eating robot. Of extraterrestrial origin and designed to be a war machine, the Giant involuntarily reacts defensively if he recognizes anything as a weapon, immediately attempting to destroy it.
Eli Marienthal, Hogarth Hughes
Hogarth Hughes (born March 18th, 1948 in Rockwell, Maine.) is the main protagonist of the film. He is an intelligent, curious, energetic and courageous boy with an active imagination, who acts as the Giant's friend and mentor, while trying to protect him from Kent or the authorities.
Harry Connick Jr, Dean McCoppin
Dean McCoppin is a beatnik artist who owns a wrecking yard. He becomes a good friend and father-like figure to Hogarth and gives the Giant a home and food, while Hogarth is away. An outsider himself, he is among the first to recognize the Giant as no threat.
Jennifer Aniston, Annie Hughes
Annie Hughes is the hard working widow of a military Pilot and sophisticated mother of Hogarth Hughes. with whom because of this she is protective of as much as possible. She is a waitress at Rockwell's local diner.
Christopher McDonald, Kent Mansley
Kent Mansley is the main villain of the film. He is a paranoid federal government agent who was sent to investigate the gigantic iron robot coming from outer space and into Rockwell.
John Mahoney, General Rogard
General Rogard is the experienced and level-headed military leader of the United States Army forces. He is the former secondary antagonist and (later turned) the pentagonist of the movie film.