<Ul> <Li> Diego Luna as Manolo Sánchez , a torero with a guitar and two swords , and the youngest in a family of skilled bullfighters . <Ul> <Li> Emil - Bastien Bouffard as a young Manolo . </Li> <Li> Joe Matthews as young Manolo 's singing voice . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Zoe Saldana as María Posada , Manolo and Joaquín 's best friend and love interest . She is also General Ramiro Posada 's daughter . <Ul> <Li> Genesis Ochoa as a young María </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Channing Tatum as Joaquín Mondragon Jr. , a young man who is Manolo 's closest friend and the town hero of San Angel . <Ul> <Li> Elias Garza as a young Joaquín </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Ice Cube as the Candle Maker , a being who oversees the lives and stories of the living through candles and the Book of Life , which he also oversees . </Li> <Li> Ron Perlman as Xibalba , the ruler of the Land of the Forgotten and La Muerte 's husband . </Li> <Li> Kate del Castillo as La Muerte , the ruler of the Land of the Remembered and Xibalba 's wife . <Ul> <Li> Christina Applegate as Mary Beth , a museum tour guide , the story 's narrator and one of La Muerte 's disguises . </Li> <Li> Tonita Castro as La Muerte disguised as an old woman . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Héctor Elizondo as Carlos Sánchez , Manolo 's well - meaning yet extremely harsh father . </Li> <Li> Ana de la Reguera as Carmen Sánchez , Manolo 's deceased mother . She was credited as `` Skeleton Carmen '' . </Li> <Li> Danny Trejo as Luis Sánchez , Manolo 's deceased grandfather . He was credited as `` Skeleton Luis '' . </Li> <Li> Grey Griffin as Grandma Anita Sanchez , Manolo 's short great - grandmother who later dies due to cholesterol problems . </Li> <Li> Carlos Alazraqui as General Ramiro Posada , Maria 's father , who serves as the mayor of San Angel and the general of its army . <Ul> <Li> Alazraqui also voices Dali </Li> <Li> Alazraqui also provides the vocal effects for Chuy , María 's loyal pig pet who thinks that he is a goat . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Plácido Domingo as Jorge Sánchez , Manolo 's deceased great - granduncle who wears an eyepatch over his left eye and swords on his right arm and left leg . He was credited as `` Skeleton Jorge '' . </Li> <Li> Jorge R. Gutierrez as Carmelo Sánchez , Manolo 's deceased tall and burly Aztec ancestor . He was credited as `` Skeleton Carmelo '' . </Li> <Li> Gabriel Iglesias as Pepe Rodríguez , Joaquín 's larger brother . </Li> <Li> Cheech Marin as Pancho Rodríguez , Joaquin 's medium - sized brother . </Li> <Li> Ricardo Sánchez as Pablo Rodriguez , Joaquin 's short brother . </Li> <Li> Dan Navarro as Chakal , the Bandit King . </Li> <Li> Eugenio Derbez as Chato , a member and second of Chaka 's group of bandits . </Li> <Li> Anjelah Johnson as Adelita , one of Manolo 's deceased cousins and Scardelita 's twin sister who perished during the Mexican Revolution while protecting Emiliano Zapata . </Li> <Li> Sandra Equihua as Scardelita , one of Manolo 's deceased cousins and Adelita 's twin sister who wears an eyepatch . She perished during the Mexican Revolution while protecting Emiliano Zapata . </Li> <Li> Miguel Sandoval as the Land of the Remembered Captain , the guide to the Land of the Remembered and the resident that Manolo meets first . </Li> <Li> Angélica María Hartman Ortiz as Sister Ana , a Catholic sister who works in San Angel 's church . </Li> <Li> Sandra Echeverría as Claudia , a beautiful woman at San Angel and one of Joaquín 's biggest fans . </Li> <Li> Trey Bumpass as Luka Ramirez , a Mexican - American goth boy and one of the detention students in the present world who listens to Manolo 's story from Mary Beth . He was credited as `` Goth Kid '' . <Ul> <Li> Bumpass also voices an orphan in San Angel </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Kennedy `` KK '' Peil as Sasha , a little Russian - American girl and one of the detention students in the present world who listens to Manolo 's story from Mary Beth . </Li> <Li> Ishan Sharma as Sanjay , an Indian - American boy and one of the detention students in the present who listens to Manolo 's story from Mary Beth . </Li> <Li> Callahan Clark as Jane , a Chinese - American girl and one of the detention students in the
who plays la muerte in the book of life
Kate del Castillo Christina Applegate Tonita Castro