---
title: 'Encino Man (1992)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Les Mayfield'
released: '1992-05-22'
runtime_minutes: 85
genres:
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/encino-man-1992'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104187/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Encino Man (1992)

1992 · 85 min · Fantasy, Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

Encino Man is a 1992 American fantasy comedy film directed by Les Mayfield in his directorial debut. The film stars Sean Astin, with a supporting cast of Brendan Fraser, Mariette Hartley, Richard Masur and Pauly Shore. In the film, teenagers Dave Morgan and Stoney Brown discover and thaw a frozen caveman they name Linkovich "Link" Chomovsky, who has to adjust to 20th century society while teaching them life lessons of his own.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Les Mayfield](https://cinepixo.com/people/les-mayfield)
- **Screenplay:** [Shawn Schepps](https://cinepixo.com/people/shawn-schepps)
- **Original Music Composer:** [J. Peter Robinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-peter-robinson)
- **Producer:** [Hilton A. Green](https://cinepixo.com/people/hilton-a-green)
- **Director of Photography:** [Robert Brinkmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-brinkmann)
- **Editor:** [Eric Sears](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-sears), [Michael Kelly](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-kelly)

## Cast

- [Sean Astin](https://cinepixo.com/people/sean-astin)
- [Gerry Bednob](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerry-bednob)
- [Sandra Hess](https://cinepixo.com/people/sandra-hess)
- [Pauly Shore](https://cinepixo.com/people/pauly-shore)
- [Robin Tunney](https://cinepixo.com/people/robin-tunney)
- [Joe Frazier](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-frazier)
- [Erick Avari](https://cinepixo.com/people/erick-avari)
- [Jeffrey Anderson-Gunter](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeffrey-anderson-gunter)
- [Rose McGowan](https://cinepixo.com/people/rose-mcgowan)
- [Christian Hoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/christian-hoff)
- [Ke Huy Quan](https://cinepixo.com/people/ke-huy-quan)
- [Dalton James](https://cinepixo.com/people/dalton-james)
- [Megan Ward](https://cinepixo.com/people/megan-ward)
- [Michael DeLuise](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-deluise)
- [Rick Ducommun](https://cinepixo.com/people/rick-ducommun)

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