<Ul> <Li> Leonardo DiCaprio as Frank Abagnale, Jr . Before his 19th birthday, Frank successfully conned millions of dollars' worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and Louisiana parish prosecutor . </Li> <Li> Tom Hanks as Carl Hanratty, an FBI agent who pursues Frank for most of the film . Hanratty is often teased by other agents who take check fraud as a joke . Hanratty is divorced, and his daughter and ex-wife live in Chicago . In the end, Carl and Frank become great friends . </Li> <Li> Christopher Walken as Frank Abagnale, Sr., Frank's father, and a World War II veteran . Frank, Sr. loses his wife Paula and most of his wealth after he committed tax evasion . Frank, Sr. dies after falling down a staircase in a train station . </Li> <Li> Nathalie Baye as Paula Abagnale . Frank, Sr. meets her when she is 18 years old in Montrichard, France during World War II . Five weeks later, the couple marries . They divorce when Frank Jr. is 16, leaving Paula to marry Jack Barnes, with whom she has a daughter . </Li> <Li> Amy Adams as Brenda Strong . Before becoming a nurse, Brenda had an abortion . Her strict Lutheran parents disown her, until they meet Frank, Jr . </Li> <Li> Martin Sheen as Roger Strong, Brenda's father, and Carol's husband . Roger is a well - recognized district attorney in Louisiana and is not easily convinced that Frank, Jr. graduated from law school . </Li> <Li> James Brolin as Jack Barnes, an associate of Frank, Sr. at the New Rochelle, New York Rotary Club . Barnes later carries on an affair with Paula, leading to the divorce of Frank Jr.'s parents . </Li> <Li> Nancy Lenehan as Carol Strong, Brenda's mother and Roger's wife . When thinking that Frank, Jr. is a doctor, lawyer and Lutheran, she is highly ecstatic for her daughter's marriage . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Leonardo DiCaprio as Frank Abagnale, Jr . Before his 19th birthday, Frank successfully conned millions of dollars' worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and Louisiana parish prosecutor . </Li> <Li> Tom Hanks as Carl Hanratty, an FBI agent who pursues Frank for most of the film . Hanratty is often teased by other agents who take check fraud as a joke . Hanratty is divorced, and his daughter and ex-wife live in Chicago . In the end, Carl and Frank become great friends . </Li> <Li> Christopher Walken as Frank Abagnale, Sr., Frank's father, and a World War II veteran . Frank, Sr. loses his wife Paula and most of his wealth after he committed tax evasion . Frank, Sr. dies after falling down a staircase in a train station . </Li>

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