For hundreds of years, the Claus family has delegated the title "Santa" to a chosen few of its members, which can be passed down upon retirement. Each Christmas, Santa and his vast army of highly trained elves produce gifts and distribute them around the world in a one-night high-tech operation. However, when one of 600 million children to receive a gift from Santa on Christmas Eve is missed, it is deemed ‘acceptable’ to all but one—Arthur Claus, the current Santa’s misfit son deemed ineligible for the title, who executes an unauthorised rookie mission to get the last present halfway around the globe before dawn on Christmas morning.
Cast
James McAvoy
Arthur (voice)
Hugh Laurie
Steve (voice)
Bill Nighy
Grandsanta (voice)
Jim Broadbent
Santa (voice)
Imelda Staunton
Mrs Santa (voice)
Ashley Jensen
Bryony (voice)
Marc Wootton
Peter (voice)
Laura Linney
North Pole Computer (voice)
Eva Longoria
Chief De Silva (voice)
Ramona Marquez
Gwen (voice)
Michael Palin
Ernie Clicker (voice)
Sanjeev Bhaskar
Lead Elf (voice)
Robbie Coltrane
Lead Elf (voice)
Joan Cusack
Lead Elf (voice)
Rhys Darby
Lead Elf (voice)
Jane Horrocks
Lead Elf (voice)
Iain McKee
Lead Elf (voice)
Andy Serkis
Lead Elf (voice)
Dominic West
Lead Elf (voice)
Peter Baynham
Elf (voice)
Cody Cameron
Elf (voice)
Kevin Cecil
Elf (voice)
Kevin Eldon
Elf (voice)
Rich Fulcher
Elf (voice)
Bronagh Gallagher
Elf (voice)
Pete Jack
Elf (voice)
Danny John-Jules
Elf (voice)
Emma Kennedy
Elf (voice)
Stewart Lee
Elf (voice)
Seamus Malone
Elf (voice)
Kris Pearn
Elf (voice)
Alan Short
Elf (voice)
Sarah Smith
Elf (voice)
Adam Tandy
Elf (voice)
Ryan Patrick Donahoe
Pedro (voice)
Finlay Duff
French Boy (voice)
Rich Hall
Idaho Man (voice)
Clint Dyer
Reporter (voice)
Donnie Long
Reporter (voice)
Jerry Lambert
N.O.R.A.D (voice)
Deborah Findlay
General (voice)
David Schneider
General (voice)
Ian Ashpitel
UNFITA OPS (voice)
Julia Davis
UNFITA OPS (voice)
Kerry Shale
UNFITA OPS (voice)
Tamsin Greig
Additional Voices (voice)
Alistair McGowan
Additional Voices (voice)
Crew
Michelle Dean
Cloth Setup, Hair Setup
Mark DeSousa
Cloth Setup, Hair Supervisor
Anthony Di Ninno
3D Tracking Layout, Layout
Craig Simpson
3D Tracking Layout
Sarah Smith
Director, Screenplay
Barry Cook
Co-Director
Peter Baynham
Screenplay, Co-Executive Producer
John Carnochan
Editor
James Cooper
Editor
Tom Doggart
Assistant Editor
Gregory F. Plotts
Assistant Editor
Jericca Cleland
Cinematography
Paul Bolger
Storyboard Designer, Storyboard Artist
Jess Jackson
Storyboard Designer, Storyboard Artist
Kris Pearn
Storyboard Designer
Troy Quane
Storyboard Designer, Storyboard Artist
Jean-Paul Vermeulen
Storyboard Designer
Matt Jones
Storyboard Artist
Will Mata
Storyboard Artist
Adam Cootes
Storyboard Artist
Helen Schroeder
Storyboard Artist
Jack Hsu
Storyboard Artist
Cheryl Abood
Co-Executive Producer
Peter Lord
Producer
Steve Pegram
Producer
Carla Shelley
Producer
David Sproxton
Producer
Michael Killoren
Associate Producer
Chris Juen
Co-Producer
Evgeni Tomov
Production Design
Michael Solinger
Post-Production Manager
Sarah Crowe
Casting
Yves Barre
Costume Design
Timothy Loughran
Animation Production Assistant, Assistant Production Manager
Michael Kurinsky
Key Animation
Sue Houston Safianoff
Animation
Daniele Zannone
Animation
Joel Foster
Animation
Hunter Athey
Animation
Mark Anthony Austin
Animation
Aaron Pfau
Animation
Eric Provan
Animation
Shad Bradbury
Animation
Stéphane Couture
Animation
Benoit Bargeton
Animation
Robert Fox
Animation
Eric R. Huang
Animation
Ethan Hurd
Animation
Aaron Jonas
Animation
Stefan Klauss
Animation
Patrick Rossano
Animation
Philip Rudolph
Animation
Alexander Snow
Animation
Carolyn Vale
Animation
Roger Vizard
Animation
Tim Watts
Animation, Character Designer, Art Direction
Shaofu Zhang
Animation
Boris Hiestand
Supervising Animator
Seamus Malone
Supervising Animator
Alan Short
Supervising Animator
James Boyle
Sound Designer
Joseph Stracey
Sound Effects Editor
Ben Meechan
Sound Effects Editor
Kevin Penney
Sound Effects Editor
Julian Slater
Supervising Sound Editor
David Mackie
Assistant Sound Editor
Simon Ellegaard
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Mike Prestwood Smith
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Doug Cooper
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Dafydd Archard
Sound Mixer
Nick Del-Molino
Sound Mixer
Mark Appleby
Sound Mixer
Peter Gleaves
Sound Mixer
Howard London
Sound Mixer
Johnathan Rush
Sound Mixer
Peter Cobbin
Scoring Mixer
Arthur Graley
Foley Editor
Peter Burgis
Foley
Andrea King
Foley
Keith Partridge
Foley
Barnaby Smyth
Foley
Jason Swanscott
Foley
Dan Morgan
Supervising ADR Editor, Supervising Dialogue Editor
David Peacock
ADR Recordist
Adam Horley
ADR Recordist
Simon Diggins
ADR Recordist
Abigail Barbier
ADR Voice Casting
Louis Elman
ADR Voice Casting
Brian Blasiak
Lighting Director
Dan Haring
Lighting Director, Lighting Artist
Daniel Kruse
Lighting Director
David B. Menkes
Lighting Director
Terry Ziegelman
Lighting Director
Chad Belteau
Lighting Artist, Rigging Gaffer
Doug Ikeler
Visual Effects Supervisor
Jennifer Avery
Visual Effects Coordinator
Chrissy Callahan
Visual Effects Coordinator
Alastair Grimshaw
Visual Effects Editor
Kevin Kitchel
Visual Effects Technical Director
Alex McDowell
Visual Effects Design Consultant
Tim Browning
Visual Effects Designer
Harry Gregson-Williams
Original Music Composer
Becky Bentham
Music Supervisor
Mark Berrow
Musician
Steve Mair
Musician
Martin Tillman
Musician
Bruce White
Musician
Halli Cauthery
Additional Music
Chris Bacon
Additional Soundtrack
David Buckley
Additional Soundtrack
Meri Gavin
Music Editor
Robert Houston
Music Editor
Tony Lewis
Music Editor
Kirsty Whalley
Music Editor
Zak Melemendjian
Dialogue Editor
Martim Crawford
Dialogue Editor
Andrew Stirk
Dialogue Editor
Corey Turner
Stereoscopic Coordinator
Gregory Fangeaux
Set Designer
Osnat Shurer
Consulting Producer
Laurent Treherne
Technical Supervisor
Kent Estep
Digital Compositors
Rahul Dabholkar
Lead Animator
Iain McKee
Additional Writing
David Schneider
Additional Writing
Donnie Long
Head of Story
Mandy Tankenson
Digital Producer
David Morehead
Head of Layout
Rob Bredow
Chief Technician / Stop-Motion Expert
Oliver Carroll
Draughtsman
Theresa Bentz
Production Manager
Ryan Gilleland
Production Manager
Jordan Soles
Production Manager
Till Nowak
Visual Development
Bjorn-Erik Aschim
Visual Development
George Hull
Visual Development
Armand Serrano
Visual Development
Henrik Tamm
Visual Development
Laurent Ben-Mimoun
Visual Development
Rob Farris
Digital Intermediate
Patrick Malone
Digital Intermediate
Lisa Curtis Saunders
Software Engineer
Gregory Galliani
Lead Character Designer
Victoria Mowlam
Assistant Production Manager
Stephen Nixon
Assistant Production Manager
Noriaki Kaneko
Motion Capture Artist
Buck Lewis
Character Designer
Luis Grané
Character Designer
Christophe Lourdelet
Character Designer
Peter de Sève
Character Designer
Sergio Casas
Color Designer
Alexei Nechytaylo
Art Direction
Olivier Adam
Art Direction
Peter Boyer
Orchestrator
Jennifer Hammond
Orchestrator
Ladd McIntosh
Orchestrator
Geoff Stradling
Orchestrator
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