Port Angeles has played  small parts in some great movies.   The Olympic Peninsula has been visited by some  of the great actors of Hollywood.  You might wonder if we have any big names from Hollywood regularly visiting the Olympic Peninsula, either Sequim or Port Angeles, or if any own getaway homes here, but consistent with my articles about purchasing real estate anonymously and about asset protection and privacy, if I know, I’m not saying.  But we can look at what movies have segments filmed here, and who has spent time here.  With the beautiful Strait of Juan de Fuca, this is a perfect place to film a submarine scene, and with our Olympic National Park and mountains, this is also a great place for a wildlife scene.
2008 – Twilight with Kirsten Stewart filmed in Forks, Washington.
2003 – The Hunted (Port Angeles, Elwha River Dam, I’ve taken photos of the fight scene below the damn) with this Cast (in credits order):
Tommy Lee Jones … L.T. Bonham Benicio Del Toro … Aaron Hallam Connie Nielsen … Abby Durrell Leslie Stefanson … Irene Kravitz John Finn … Ted Chenoweth José Zúñiga … Bobby Moret (as Jose Zuniga) Ron Canada … Harry Van Zandt Mark Pellegrino … Dale Hewitt Jenna Boyd … Loretta Kravitz Aaron DeCone … Stokes (as Aaron Brounstein) Carrick O’Quinn … Kohler Lonny Chapman … Zander Rex Linn … Powell Eddie Velez … Richards Alexander Mackenzie … Sheriff Hank Cartwright … Construction Foreperson Gary Taylor … Tactical Commander Michael Williamson … Tactical Agent Alisha Garric … Girl at Airport Bobby Preston … Boy at Airport Nathan Sabatka … Boy at Airport Jeff Gianola … TV Reporter Brent Braun … FBI Field Agent Steve Enfield … FBI Field Agent Mike White … Delta Colonel (as Michael John White) Mio R. Jakula … Serb Commander (as Mio Drag Jakula) Neno Pervan … Serb Guard Zoran Radanovich … Serb Guard Caitlin Marie Clements … Girl in Kosovo rest of cast listed alphabetically: Ayanna Berkshire … Bus Stop Mom (uncredited) Robert Blanche … Crumley (uncredited) Johnny Cash … Narrator (voice) (uncredited) William Joseph Elk III … Motorcycle Guy (uncredited) Anjenique Hughes … Business Woman (uncredited) John Keyser … FBI Agent (uncredited) Michelle Kinne … Car Passenger (uncredited) Erin Michael … Store Owner (uncredited) Zamin Mirza … Serb Soldier (uncredited) Katie O’Grady … Mother (uncredited) Tara Walker … Kosovoan Refugee (uncredited)
1993 – Wyatt Earp (Port Angeles, Pillar Point) with this Cast (in credits order):
Kevin Costner … Wyatt Earp Dennis Quaid … Doc Holliday Gene Hackman … Nicholas Earp David Andrews … James Earp Linden Ashby … Morgan Earp Jeff Fahey … Ike Clanton Joanna Going … Josie Marcus Mark Harmon … Johnny Behan Michael Madsen … Virgil Earp Catherine O’Hara … Allie Earp Bill Pullman … Ed Masterson Isabella Rossellini … Big Nose Kate Tom Sizemore … Bat Masterson JoBeth Williams … Bessie Earp Mare Winningham … Mattie Blaylock James Gammon … Mr. Sutherland Rex Linn … Frank McLaury Randle Mell … John Clum Adam Baldwin … Tom McLaury Annabeth Gish … Urilla Sutherland Lewis Smith … Curly Bill Brocius Ian Bohen … Young Wyatt Betty Buckley … Virginia Earp Alison Elliott … Lou Earp Todd Allen … Sherm McMasters Mackenzie Astin … Young Man on Boat James Caviezel … Warren Earp Karen Grassle … Mrs. Sutherland John Dennis Johnston … Frank Stillwell Téa Leoni … Sally Martin Kove … Ed Ross Jack Kehler … Bob Hatch Kirk Fox … Pete Spence Norman Howell … Johnny Ringo Boots Southerland … Marshall White Scotty Augare … Indian Charlie Gabriel Folse … Billy Clanton Kris Kamm … Billy Claiborne John Lawlor … Judge Spicer Monty Stuart … Dutch Wiley Hugh Ross … Erwin Sutherland Gregory Avellone … Traveler Michael McGrady … John Shanssey Mary Jo Niedzielski … Martha Earp Scott Paul … Young Morgan Oliver Hendrickson … Young Warren Darwin Mitchell … Tom Chapman Steve Kniesel … Bullwacker Larry Sims … Dirty Sodbuster Greg Goossen … Friend of Bullwacker Heath Kizzier … Red Clark Sanchez … Mike Donovan Ed Beimfohr … Faro Dealer Giorgio E. Tripoli … Judge Earp Ben Zeller … Dr. Seger Rockne Tarkington … Stable Hand Scott Rasmussen … Minister Ellen Blake … Paris Steph Benseman … Pine Bluff Sheriff Bob ‘Dutch’ Holland … Tubercular Inmate Steve Cormier … Tent Saloon Bartender Matt Langseth … Link Borland David Doty … Mayor Wilson Steven Gregory Tyler … Deputy Ford (as Steven G. Tyler) Billy Streater … Marshall Meagher David L. Stone … Larry Deger Jake Walker … Mannen Clements Matt O’Toole … Gyp Clements Geo Cook … Big Cowboy Dillinger Steele … Drunk Cowboy Steve Lindsay … Drunk Cowboy Marlene D. Williams … Saloon Dealer (as Marlene Williams) Dick Beach … Wagner Benny Manning … Walker Kathleen O’Hara … Hotel Resident Nicholas Benseman … Delivery Boy Sarge McGraw … Deputy Black Luce Rains … Spangenberg (as Steven Hartley) Brett Cullen … Saddle Tramp Paul Ukena … Bar Regular Owen Roizman … Danny Karen Schwartz … Marshall White’s Wife Glen Burns … Bar Patron John Furlong … Clem Hafford Zack McGillis … Rancher Adam Taylor … Texas Jack Rusty Hendrickson … Turkey Creek Jack Hanley Smith … Billiard Parlor Patron Jon Kasdan … Bar Boy Dale West … Station Master Michael Huddleston … Albert Albert Trujillo … Camp Foreman (as Al Trujillo) John Doe … Tommy Behind-the-Deuce Matt Beck … McGee Gary Dueer … Dirk Gird rest of cast listed alphabetically: Joe Bernier … Fast Draw Cowboy (uncredited) Shannon Denton … Man with whores (uncredited) Lawrence Kasdan … Gambler (uncredited) Tanit Lee Lascelles … Towns person (uncredited) James ‘JR’ Pollard … Carpetbagger in saloon (uncredited) John Pritchett … The drummer (uncredited) Mark Thomason … Cowboy at Table (uncredited) Tracy Weisert … Buttercup (uncredited) Jim Wilson … Doctor for Virgil Earp (uncredited)
1991 Â – Past Midnight (Port Angeles) with this Cast (in credits order):
Rutger Hauer … Ben Jordan Natasha Richardson … Laura Mathews Clancy Brown … Steve Lundy Kibibi Monie … Dorothy Coleman Tom Wright … Lee Samuels Dana Eskelson … Kathy Tudor Ted D’Arms … Bill Tudor Paul Giamatti … Larry Canipe Guy Boyd … Todd Canipe Charles Boswell … Carlton Daniels Brian Finney … Delivery Man (as Brian T. Finney) Krisha Fairchild … Dr. Zastoupil Ernie Lively … Detective Allan Tobias Sarah Magnuson … Gerrie Graymark Paul Mitri … Policeman David Frederick White … Policeman (as Dave White) Nancy Bevis … Social Worker Claude Bowman … Social Worker Sheila Gould … Social Worker Susan Maralis … Social Worker (as Susan Morales) Jane Riese … Social Worker Martha Stevens … Super-8 Film Victim Carol Karch … Super-8 Film Victim
1989 – The Hunt for Red October with this Cast (in credits order):
Sean Connery … Captain Marko Ramius Alec Baldwin … Jack Ryan Scott Glenn … Commander Bart Mancuso Sam Neill … Captain 2nd Rank Vasily Borodin James Earl Jones … Admiral James Greer Joss Ackland … Ambassador Andrei Lysenko Richard Jordan … Dr. Jeffrey Pelt Peter Firth … Political Officer Ivan Yurevich Putin Tim Curry … Dr. Petrov Courtney B. Vance … Sonarman 2nd Class Ronald Jones Stellan SkarsgÃ¥rd … Captain Tupolev Jeffrey Jones … Oliver Wendell ‘Skip’ Tyler Timothy Carhart … Bill Steiner Larry Ferguson … Chief of the Boat Watson Fred Dalton Thompson … Rear Admiral Joshua Painter Daniel Davis … Captain Charlie Davenport Ned Vaughn … Seaman Beaumont Anthony Peck … Lieutenant Commander Thompson Mark Draxton … Seaman – USS Dallas Tom Fisher … Seaman – USS Dallas Pete Antico … Seaman – USS Dallas Ronald Guttman … Lieutenant Melekhin, Engineer Tomas Arana … Igor Loginov, Cook – Red October Michael George Benko … Ivan – Red October Anatoli Davydov … Officer #1 – (as Anatoly Davydov) Ivan G’Vera … Officer #2 Artur Cybulski … Yuri, Diving Officer – Red October Sven-Ole Thorsen … Russian Chief of the Boat – Red October Michael Welden … Captain-Lieutenant Grigoriy Kamarov Boris Lee Krutonog … Victor Slavin (as Boris Krutonog) Kenton Kovell … Seaman – Red October Radu Gavor … Seaman – Red October Ivan Ivanov … Seaman – Red October Ping Wu … Seaman – Red October Herman Sinitzyn … Seaman – Red October Krzysztof Janczar … Andrei Bonovia (as Christopher Janczar) Vlado Benden … Seaman – Konovalov George Saunders … Seaman – Konovalov (as George Winston) Don Oscar Smith … Helicopter Pilot Rick Ducommun … Navigator C-2A George H. Billy … DSRV Officer Reed Popovich … Lieutenant Jim Curry (as LCDR Reed Popovich) Andrew Divoff … Foxtrot Weapons Officer Peter Zinner … Admiral Yuri Ilyich Padorin Tony Veneto … Padorin’s Orderly Ben Hartigan … Admiral #1 at Briefing Ray Reinhardt … CIA Director Judge Arthur Moore F.J. O’Neil … General at Briefing Robert Buckingham … Admiral #2 at Briefing A.C. Lyles … Advisor #1 John McTiernan Sr. … Advisor #2 David Sederholm … Sunglasses John Shepherd … Foxtrot Pilot William Bell Sullivan … Lieutenant Commander Mike Hewitt Gates McFadden … Caroline Ryan Louise Borras … Sally Ryan Denise E. James … Stewardess
1984 – Kid Coulter with this Cast (in credits order):
Jeremy Shamos … Justin Colter Jim Stafford … Bill Colter Hal Terrance … Burk Greg Ward … Hogan Tom Hammonds … Maddox Thomas Peterson … Kendall Denise Frisino … Amelia Rebecca Osman … Gail Jason Tanner … Craig Jim Turner … Ansel Flint Highlander Ford Donald Rosenberg … Nervous Man Darrell Spidell … Deputy Sheriff Halloran Stanley Kirk … Grocery Clerk James Gebhardt … Tuna Shopper #1 Michael Shalhoub … Tuna Shopper #2 Mike Smith … Ticket Agent Greg R. Lerigo … Man with Cigar Mary Margaret Lewis … Woman on Ferry Barbara Bogart … Ferry Passenger Lowell Bogart … Ferry Passenger Pam Ignat … Ferry Passenger Joe Hawe … Police Officer Arnold Knight … Police Officer Betty Anderson … Police Officer Brian Menkal … Police Officer John Angerson … Police Officer Bruce Munro … Police Officer Rick Crabb … Police Officer Randy Peiper … Police Officer Ben Gilbert … Police Officer Benjamin Robinson … Police Officer Joseph J. Ignat … Detective James Robb … Detective Peter Garrity … Vice Squad Randy Sundberg … Coast Guard Personnel Michael Jones … Coast Guard Personnel Scott Johnson … Coast Guard Personnel Richard Perez … Craig’s Buddy Todd Colvin … Craig’s Buddy Christine MacDonald … Lisa (soap opera) (voice)
Last Updated on December 5, 2023 by Chuck Marunde
This statement is completely false: “2008 – Twilight with Kirsten Stewart filmed in Forks, Washington. ”
Literally none of Twilight was filmed up here, not even 1 second. The book set the story as taking place here, and the movie did the same of course, but it was filmed down in Oregon where they had a much more fitting building resembling the “school”. The only thing that Forks, Port Angeles, and the rest of the Peninsula are tied to the book and movies are just literally the names, no actual locations whatsoever. I thought this would have been common knowledge by now
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Folks, “Jessica from PA” is correct – the Twilight movie takes place in Forks, but it WAS NOT filmed there.
It’s interesting that the Olympic Peninsula would be a place for filming movies, but after seeing Twilight it makes sense. Beautiful out there on La Push beach too.
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Great articles on Sequim WA, one of my most favorite places in the world. No make that the Universe.
We enjoy your articles about the Sequim real estate market, and especially about buying a home in Sequim and prices and negotiating, but also appreciate the honesty of your articles about dual agency and how a buyer should do his due diligence when hiring a real estate agent. Good stuff.
It is really a great list of movie filmed in port angeles…..
What a detailed list. Twilight is included here.
Wow, I had no idea these movies were made here.
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great info
I never realized how many movies and actors came to that area over such a broad period of time, but it makes sense.
Thats very good to know… thanks
Just so you know:
Twilight was not filmed in Port Angeles nor Forks but instead in Portland, OR and California. Apparently it was too expensive to film in Forks, but Portland’s weather and forests are very similar.
The actual buildings here don’t resemble the stuff portrayed in the book, notably the school. That is the reason why they filmed it down in Oregon, so it would be more believable to the book
Your blog is so informative!!! keep up the good work!!!!
I second the thought on Virginia. Port Angeles is definitely a really great place to shoot a movie.
I think Virginia could be a great place to shoot a movie. It has its own natural beauty and history.
I don’t remember seeing Linden in this movie, but will have to watch it again to look for him! I’m so glad he’s coming back to Days – thought for sure that his character was dead! Thanks for the tip!