Chris Sanders, who directed and co-wrote the original animated Lilo & Stitch (2002) with Dean DeBlois, voices Stitch in the live-action film. He also wrote on How to Train Your Dragon (2010), The Croods (2013) and on The Wild Robot (2024), which he also directed.

Disney's 'Lilo and Stitch' brings the animated characters to live-action. Meet the full cast of Lilo, Nani, David and more.

Another Emmy winner participating in the live-action Lilo & Stitch cast is Hannah Waddingham as Grand Councilwoman. With her commanding voice and regal screen presence, Waddingham brings both elegance and intensity to this head of the Galactic Federation responsible for overseeing Stitch’s fate.