The Founder

The Founder

3.6

The true story of how Ray Kroc, a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers’ speedy system of making the food and saw franchise potential. He maneuvered himself into a position to be able to pull the company from the brothers and create a billion-dollar empire.

Cast

Michael Keaton

Nick Offerman

John Carroll Lynch

John Carroll Lynch

Linda Cardellini

Linda Cardellini

B.J. Novak

Harry J. Sonneborn

Laura Dern

Justin Randell Brooke

Justin Randell Brooke

Kate Kneeland

Patrick Wilson

Griff Furst

Wilbur Fitzgerald

Wilbur Fitzgerald

David de Vries

Andrew Benator

Leonard Rosenblatt

Cara Mantella

Myra Rosenblatt

Randall Taylor

Owner (Ed's Drive-In)

Car Hop Girl (Ed's Drive-In)

Rebecca Ray

Car Hop Girl (Joe's Drive-In)

Adam Rosenberg

Employee (San Bernadino)

Jacinte Blankenship

Jacinte Blankenship

Woman (San Bernadino)

Charles Green

Loan Officer #1

David Silverman

David Silverman

Loan Officer #2

Mike Pniewski

Catherine Dyer

Susan Williams

Franco Castan

Kenny Alfonso

Kroc Corporate Lawyer

Kabby Borders

Nicolette Goetz

Justin Alvarez

Victor McCay

Kroc Divorce Lawyer

Steve Coulter

Ric Reitz

Will Davis (LA Times Reporter)

Joy Glover Walters

Mother (San Bernadino)

Makabe Ganey

Jody Thompson

Customer (Schaumburg)

Chris Greene

Grand Opening Customer

Kimberly Banta

Devon Ogden

Gorgeous Blonde

Gerald Duckworth

Owner (Joe's Drive-In)

Female Passenger

David Zyler

Joseph Sanfelippo

Joseph Sanfelippo

McDonald's Announcer (voice)

Conrad Whitaker

Conrad Whitaker

Limo Driver (uncredited)

Afemo Omilami

Mr. Merriman (uncredited)