<Ul> <Li> Julia Stiles as Katarina `` Kat '' Stratford , the antisocial , shrewish elder Stratford sister . </Li> <Li> Heath Ledger as Patrick Verona , the `` bad boy '' who is hired to date Kat and falls for her in the process . </Li> <Li> Joseph Gordon - Levitt as Cameron James , the new student at Padua High School who is smitten with Bianca and goes to great lengths to win her favor . </Li> <Li> Larisa Oleynik as Bianca Stratford , the younger of the two Stratford sisters , superficial and popular . </Li> <Li> Larry Miller as Walter Stratford , an obstetrician and single parent who is overprotective of his daughters , Kat and Bianca . </Li> <Li> Andrew Keegan as Joey Donner , an affluent , self - absorbed high school senior and aspiring model who intends to have sex with Bianca , and to that end pays Patrick to date Kat . </Li> <Li> David Krumholtz as Michael Eckman , a geek who assists Cameron in his quest to woo Bianca , and in the process tries to woo Kat 's friend Mandella . </Li> <Li> Susan May Pratt as Mandella , Kat 's only close friend and an aficionado of William Shakespeare , who ends up going to the prom with Michael . </Li> <Li> Gabrielle Union as Chastity Church , Bianca 's best friend , who betrays Bianca by going out with Joey when Bianca spurns him . </Li> <Li> Daryl Mitchell as Mr. Morgan , teacher of Kat , Patrick , and Joey 's English class . </Li> <Li> Allison Janney as Ms. Perky , Padua High School 's guidance counselor and a writer of erotic literature . </Li> <Li> David Leisure as Mr. Chapin , coach of the girls ' soccer team . </Li> <Li> Greg Jackson as `` Scurvy '' , a friend of Patrick . </Li> <Li> Kyle Cease as Bogey Lowenstein , a golf enthusiast and member of a clique of aspiring MBAs . </Li> <Li> The band Letters to Cleo ( singer Kay Hanley , guitarists Greg McKenna and Michael Eisenstein , bassist Scott Riebling , and drummer Jason Sutter ) appears as the band performing at Club Skunk , playing their songs `` Come On '' and `` Co-Pilot '' , and playing a cover version of Cheap Trick 's `` I Want You to Want Me '' on the school 's rooftop during the closing credits . Hanley and Eisenstein also appear in the prom scene , performing a cover of Nick Lowe 's `` Cruel to Be Kind '' with Save Ferris . </Li> <Li> The band Save Ferris ( singer Monique Powell , guitarist Brian Mashburn , bassist Bill Uechi , trumpeter José Castellaños , trombonist Brian Williams , saxophonist Eric Zamora , and drummer Evan Kilbourne ) appears as the band performing at the prom , playing their songs `` I Know '' and `` Ca n't Stop '' as well as covers of The Isley Brothers ' `` Shout '' and Nick Lowe 's `` Cruel to Be Kind '' . </Li> </Ul>
<Ul> <Li> Julia Stiles as Katarina `` Kat '' Stratford , the antisocial , shrewish elder Stratford sister . </Li> <Li> Heath Ledger as Patrick Verona , the `` bad boy '' who is hired to date Kat and falls for her in the process . </Li> <Li> Joseph Gordon - Levitt as Cameron James , the new student at Padua High School who is smitten with Bianca and goes to great lengths to win her favor . </Li> <Li> Larisa Oleynik as Bianca Stratford , the younger of the two Stratford sisters , superficial and popular . </Li> <Li> Larry Miller as Walter Stratford , an obstetrician and single parent who is overprotective of his daughters , Kat and Bianca . </Li> <Li> Andrew Keegan as Joey Donner , an affluent , self - absorbed high school senior and aspiring model who intends to have sex with Bianca , and to that end pays Patrick to date Kat . </Li> <Li> David Krumholtz as Michael Eckman , a geek who assists Cameron in his quest to woo Bianca , and in the process tries to woo Kat 's friend Mandella . </Li> <Li> Susan May Pratt as Mandella , Kat 's only close friend and an aficionado of William Shakespeare , who ends up going to the prom with Michael . </Li> <Li> Gabrielle Union as Chastity Church , Bianca 's best friend , who betrays Bianca by going out with Joey when Bianca spurns him . </Li> <Li> Daryl Mitchell as Mr. Morgan , teacher of Kat , Patrick , and Joey 's English class . </Li> <Li> Allison Janney as Ms. Perky , Padua High School 's guidance counselor and a writer of erotic literature . </Li> <Li> David Leisure as Mr. Chapin , coach of the girls ' soccer team . </Li> <Li> Greg Jackson as `` Scurvy '' , a friend of Patrick . </Li> <Li> Kyle Cease as Bogey Lowenstein , a golf enthusiast and member of a clique of aspiring MBAs . </Li> <Li> The band Letters to Cleo ( singer Kay Hanley , guitarists Greg McKenna and Michael Eisenstein , bassist Scott Riebling , and drummer Jason Sutter ) appears as the band performing at Club Skunk , playing their songs `` Come On '' and `` Co-Pilot '' , and playing a cover version of Cheap Trick 's `` I Want You to Want Me '' on the school 's rooftop during the closing credits . Hanley and Eisenstein also appear in the prom scene , performing a cover of Nick Lowe 's `` Cruel to Be Kind '' with Save Ferris . </Li> <Li> The band Save Ferris ( singer Monique Powell , guitarist Brian Mashburn , bassist Bill Uechi , trumpeter José Castellaños , trombonist Brian Williams , saxophonist Eric Zamora , and drummer Evan Kilbourne ) appears as the band performing at the prom , playing their songs `` I Know '' and `` Ca n't Stop '' as well as covers of The Isley Brothers ' `` Shout '' and Nick Lowe 's `` Cruel to Be Kind '' . </Li> </Ul>
the dad in 10 things i hate about you
the dad in 10 things i hate about you
Larry Miller as Walter Stratford
Larry Miller as Walter Stratford