Discover your inner elf.
When young Buddy falls into Santa's gift sack on Christmas Eve, he's transported back to the North Pole and raised as a toy-making elf by Santa's helpers. But as he grows into adulthood, he can't shake the nagging feeling that he doesn't belong. Buddy vows to visit Manhattan and find his real dad, a workaholic.
$32,000,000
$228,500,000
November 7, 2003
New Line Cinema, Guy Walks into a Bar Productions
65 people
Will Ferrell
Buddy
Acting
James Caan
Walter
Acting
Bob Newhart
Papa Elf
Acting
Ed Asner
Santa
Acting
Mary Steenburgen
Emily
Acting
Zooey Deschanel
Jovie
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Daniel Tay
Michael
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Faizon Love
Gimbels Manager
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Peter Dinklage
Miles Finch
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Amy Sedaris
Deb
Acting
Michael Lerner
Fulton
Acting
Andy Richter
Morris
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