Half Nelson Cast

The motion picture ‘Half Nelson’ from 2006 has been an epic drama that made both critics and ordinary viewers gasp with delight. The plot revolves around a young Ryan Gosling that is a teacher in a junior high-school. Finding himself in the habit of taking drugs, Gosling’s character forms a bond with one of his even younger students who finds out his secret, unraveling a great adventure before our eyes. This is such a great show.

Ryan Gosling is the main character of this film, Dan Dunne. The actor is known from such motion pictures as ‘Blue Valentine’, ‘Lars and the real girl’, as well as even older films like ‘The notebook’ from 2004 and ‘Remember the titans’ from 2000.

Other cast members are Jeff Lima, Shareeka Epps and Nathan Corbett, all of whom play as Dunne’s students. Most of the performers of this movie are very young, very talented and on the rise actors that have played in other films before. Many of these have gone on to perform in other big titles due to the success of Half Nelson.

Eleanor Hutchins also plays in Half Nelson as Simone, the actress is also known from feature films like Stay until tomorrow from 2004 and Margarita Happy hour, a drama from the year 2001. Sebastian Sozzi, actor from Prime (2005), In the cut (2003) and Choke (2008) also has a role along Ryan Gosling in the 106 minute drama as Javier.

Tina Holmes played Rachel, a young actress with a very promising future, as well as a tell-tale past of successes in life that show a seriousness and a passion for anything she commits to. Karen Chilton, playing (get this!) Karen in the movie is also an aspiring actress that has also had an appearance in It’s kind of a funny story, alongside Emma Roberts and Zach Galifianakis.