Cast & creator
David Rubin
Best known for Real Steel, Margo's Got Money Troubles, Nine Perfect Strangers
David began his career as a production assistant on "Saturday Night Live". He entered the casting field as an assistant and then associate to Mary Goldberg on such films as "Ragtime", "Silkwood" and "Amadeus". David then moved to Los Angeles to team with veteran casting director Lynn Stalmaster on "The Name of the Rose", "The Big Easy" and many other films. Opening his own casting company, David was responsible for assembling the casts of such films as: "The Addams Family", "The War of the Roses", "Fried Green Tomatoes", "My Cousin Vinny", "The Firm", "Four Weddings and a Funeral", "Get Shorty", "Romeo + Juliet", "The English Patient", "Men in Black", "My Best Friend's Wedding", and "The Talented Mr. Ripley". In partnership with Richard Hicks, David cast the films "Hairspray", "Lars and the Real Girl", "Recount" (HBO), "The Smurfs" and "Game Change" (HBO), for which they received the 2012 Emmy Award. Most recently, David worked with director Jean-Marc Vallee ('Dallas Buyers Club') casting his film 'Wild' for Fox Searchlight and with Warren Beatty on his upcoming Howard Hughes film. In 2001, David was the recipient of the Hollywood Film Festival Award for Outstanding Career Achievement in the Field of Casting, presented by Sydney Pollack. In October 2002, Baz Luhrmann presented him with an Honorary Career Achievement Award from the Casting Society of America.
107
film credits
20
television credits
4
1982–2026 · acting roles
6.5
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (127)
Showing 127 of 127 credits
Real Steel
Casting
2011
Margo's Got Money Troubles
Casting
2026
Nine Perfect Strangers
Casting
2021
Big Little Lies
Casting
2017
The Last Thing He Told Me
Casting
2023
Elle
Casting
2026
Men in Black
Casting
1997
Spaceballs
Casting
1987
The Smurfs
Casting
2011
Sharp Objects
Casting
2018
Gravity
Casting
2013
The Addams Family
Casting Director
1991
The Negotiator
Casting
1998
Matilda
Casting
1996
Romeo + Juliet
Casting
1996
Addams Family Values
Casting
1993
All Her Fault
Casting
2025
City of Ember
Casting
2008
Notting Hill
Casting Consultant
1999
Gifted
Casting
2017
The Smurfs 2
Casting
2013
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Casting
1999
Where the Crawdads Sing
Casting
2022
Men in Black: International
Casting
2019
Amadeus
Casting Associate
1984
Yes Man
Casting
2008
Charlotte's Web
Casting
2006
The Firm
Casting
1993
City of Angels
Casting
1998
Waterworld
Casting
1995
Days of Thunder
Casting
1990
Wild Wild West
Casting
1999
The Five Star Weekend
Casting
2026
The English Patient
Casting
1996
Cold Mountain
Casting
2003
Welcome to Chippendales
Casting Director
2022
The Back-Up Plan
Casting
2010
Fried Green Tomatoes
Casting Director
1991
Out of Practice
Casting
2005Out of Practice
Original Casting
2005
Little Fires Everywhere
Casting
2020
Fallen
Casting
1998
Expats
Casting
2024
Wild
Casting
2014
PIECES OF HER
Casting
2022
The Name of the Rose
Casting
1986
Lars and the Real Girl
Casting
2007
Hal & Harper
Casting
2025
My Cousin Vinny
Casting
1992
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Casting
2019
Hairspray
Casting Director
2007
The Spencer Sisters
Casting
2023
In Her Shoes
Casting
2005
Tiny Beautiful Things
Casting
2023
The Beanie Bubble
Casting
2023
My Best Friend's Wedding
Casting
1997
Spread
Casting
2009
Scrooged
Casting
1988
The King of Staten Island
Casting
2020
Red Corner
Casting
1997
Let's Go to Prison
Casting
2006
The War of the Roses
Casting
1989
Random Hearts
Casting
1999
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
Casting
2008
Get Shorty
Casting
1995
Luckiest Girl Alive
Casting
2022
Strange Magic
Casting
2015
Walking with Dinosaurs
Additional Casting
2013
Apples Never Fall
Casting
2024
Sabrina
Casting
1995
Rules Don't Apply
Casting
2016
Cat People
Casting Assistant
1982
On the Road
Casting
2012
The Last Seduction
Casting
1994
Trumbo
Casting
2015
All the Way
Casting Director
2016
Hoffa
Casting
1992
The Best of Times
Casting
1986
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
Casting
2025
Cadillac Man
Casting Director
1990
The War
Casting Director
1994
Final Analysis
Casting Director
1992
The Big Easy
Casting
1986
Less Than Zero
Casting
1987
Snow Falling on Cedars
Casting
1999
Charlie Bartlett
Casting
2008
Alex Strangelove
Casting
2018
White Sands
Casting
1992
Up Close & Personal
Casting Director
1996
Ghost in the Machine
Casting
1993
Frank
Casting Director
2014
Wilson
Casting
2017
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Casting
2008
Real Men
Casting
1987
For Your Consideration
Casting
2006
Game Change
Casting Director
2012
Igby Goes Down
Executive Producer
2002
The Marc Pease Experience
Producer
2009
Men Don't Leave
Casting Director
1990
Little Nikita
Casting
1988
Lawn Dogs
Co-Producer
1997
Delirious
Casting
1991
Albino Alligator
Casting
1997
You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"
Self
2007
Casting By
Self
2012
Recount
Casting
2008
Georgia O'Keeffe
Casting
2009
The In Crowd
Casting
1988
Hurlyburly
Casting
1998
CrissCross
Casting
1992
Blow Dry
Producer
2001
Out on the Edge
Casting
1989
Consenting Adult
Casting
1985
Mr. Wonderful
Casting
1993
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
Casting
1984
Naked Tango
Casting Director
1990
Spirit of the Forest
Casting Director
2008
Gypsy
Casting Director
1994
Mascots
Casting
2016
Special Bulletin
Casting Associate
1983
The Spirit
Casting
1987
Intimate Encounters
Casting
1986The Gamekillers
Producer
2007
Love, Mary
Casting Associate
1985
The Nightman
Casting
1992
Golan: A Farewell to Mr Cinema
2015
Hairspray: The Search for Tracy Turnblad
Self
2007