The Deep - actors, characters and roles

All actors and their roles in the film "The Deep"
The Deep (1977)
Timing: 2:3 (123 min)
The Deep - TMDB rating
6.056/10
214
The Deep - Kinopoisk rating
6.793/10
4930
The Deep - IMDB rating
6.3/10
15000

Actors and characters

Photo Robert Shaw #53496Photo Robert Shaw #53497Photo Robert Shaw #53498Photo Robert Shaw #53499

Robert Shaw

Robert Shaw
Character Romer Treece
Photo Nick Nolte #47708Photo Nick Nolte #47709Photo Nick Nolte #47710Photo Nick Nolte #47711

Nick Nolte

Nick Nolte
Character David Sanders
Photo Louis Gossett Jr. #66950Photo Louis Gossett Jr. #66951Photo Louis Gossett Jr. #66952Photo Louis Gossett Jr. #66953

Louis Gossett Jr.

Louis Gossett Jr.
Character Henri Cloche
Photo Eli Wallach #35945Photo Eli Wallach #35946Photo Eli Wallach #35947Photo Eli Wallach #35948

Eli Wallach

Eli Wallach
Character Adam Coffin
Photo Bob Minor #42548

Bob Minor

Bob Minor
Character Wiley
Photo Earl Maynard #180577Photo Earl Maynard #180578Photo Earl Maynard #180579Photo Earl Maynard #180580
Earl Maynard
Character Ronald
Photo Teddy Tucker #243515
Teddy Tucker
Character The Harbor Master

What's left behind the scenes

  • At the beginning of the film, Gale, played by Jacqueline Bisset, is underwater and encounters a huge moray eel inside a sunken ship. During the filming of this scene, stuntwoman Jackie Kilbride dislocated her shoulder. Inside the hull of the sunken ship was a scuba diver who was instructed to pull on the glass she was holding in her hand. He pulled with all his might. The scene was filmed with multiple cameras and completed in one take.
  • The sunken ship shown in the film is the merchant vessel Rhone, which went down in 1867 near the Virgin Islands. 125 crew members perished in the shipwreck, out of a total of 135, and the Rhone itself broke in half. The film shows the bow of the ship, which lies at a depth of approximately 22 meters.
  • Jacqueline Bisset, Nick Nolte, Robert Shaw (1927-1978), and director Peter Yates (1929-2011) all had to learn to scuba dive before filming began.
  • Filming the shark feast required 720 dives and a total of 1,080 hours of underwater camera work. The scene was filmed on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. It was claimed that this was the only place on the planet where such a scene could even be filmed.
  • Initially, director Peter Yates did not believe Nick Nolte was suitable for the lead role. Nolte himself was not particularly eager to star in the film. Columbia Pictures also shared the opinion that someone else was needed for the lead role. Only producer Peter Guber insisted on Nick Nolte.
  • At the time of filming and release, the project utilized the world's largest underwater filming stage. With the official consent of the local government, a pit measuring 10 by 36.5 meters was excavated on the island and filled with seawater, which was changed daily. A shark, a moray eel, and 300 various fish were placed in the water-filled pit.
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