Kurt Russell as Herb Brooks

Patricia Clarkson as Patty Brooks

Nathan West as Rob McClanahan

Noah Emmerich as Craig Patrick

Sean McCann as Walter Bush

Kenneth Welsh as Doc Nagobads

Eddie Cahill as Jim Craig

Patrick O'Brien Demsey as Mike Eruzione

Michael Mantenuto as Jack O'Callahan

Kenneth Mitchell as Ralph Cox

Fred Keating as Party Husband

Philip Maurice Hayes as TV Reporter

Jimmy Carter as Self (archive footage)

Rosalynn Carter as Self (archive footage)

Gerald Ford as Self (archive footage)

Betty Ford as Self (archive footage)

Peter Shinkoda as Japanese Athlete

Julius Chapple as Reporter

Tony Vogel as Team West Germany

Zinaid Memišević as Viktor Tikhonov

Al Michaels as Himself (Archival footage)

Ken Dryden as Himself (Archival footage)

Don S. Davis as Bob Fleming

Jerry Brown as Self (archive footage)