Denzel Washington as Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco

Meryl Streep as Senator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw (D-VA)

Liev Schreiber as Congressman Raymond Prentiss Shaw (D-NY)

Simon McBurney as Dr. Atticus Noyle

Kimberly Elise as Rosie

Bruno Ganz as Delp

Jon Voight as Senator Thomas Jordan (D-CT)

Jeffrey Wright as CPL Al Melvin

Anthony Mackie as PFC Robert Baker III

Ted Levine as Colonel Howard

Miguel Ferrer as Colonel Garret

Dean Stockwell as Mark Whiting

Vera Farmiga as Jocelyne Jordan

Pablo Schreiber as PFC Eddie Ingram

Jude Ciccolella as David Donovan

Obba Babatundé as Senator Wells

Zeljko Ivanek as Vaughn Utly

Paul Lazar as Gillespie

John Bedford Lloyd as Jay "J.B." Johnston

Tom Stechschulte as Governor Robert "Bob" Arthur

BeBe Winans as FBI Agent Williams

Robyn Hitchcock as Laurent Tokar

Charles Napier as General Sloan

David Keeley as Shaw's Bodyguard-Agent

Alyson Renaldo as Mirella Freeman

Dorian Missick as Owens

Jose Pablo Cantillo as Villalobos

Teddy Dunn as Wilson

Joaquin Perez-Campbell as Atkins

Tim Artz as Jameson

Antoine Taylor as Boy Scout #1

Joe Alessi as Boy Scout #2

Raymond Anthony Thomas as Scout Dad

Bill Irwin as Scoutmaster

Al Franken as TV Commentator

Danny Darst as Ellie's Mysterious Aide

Stephanie McBride as Political Aide

Molly Hickok as Political Aide

Victoria Haynes as Political Aide

Adam LeFevre as Congressman Healy

Roger Corman as Mr. Secretary

Leona E. Sondreal as Green Room Official #2

Jim Roche as Senator from Florida

Ann Dowd as Congresswoman Beckett

Harry Northup as Congressman Flores

James B. Howard as Self

Walter Mosley as Congressman Rawlins

Gordon Brummer as "Gordy"

Gayle King as Media Icon

Brad Holbrook as Newscaster #7

Stacey Newsome Santiago as Roving Reporter

Kristen Shaughnessy as Newscaster #4

Prue Lewarne as Newscaster #8

Forrest Sawyer as Newscaster #1

Ukee Washington as Newscaster #9

Ed Crane as Newscaster #6

Kaity Tong as Newscaster #2

Roma Torre as Newscaster #3

William Meisle as Tyler Prentiss

Dan Olmstead as Senator John Shaw

Sakina Jaffrey as Mysterious Arabic Woman

Robert W. Castle as General Wilson

John Aprea as Rear Admiral Glick

Jane DeNoble as Robert Arthur's Wife

Christopher M. Russo as Secret Service Agent #1

Michael C. Pierce as Secret Service Agent #2

Marin Ireland as Army Transcriber

Glen Hartell as Army Transcriber

Tracey Walter as Night Clerk

Edwidge Danticat as Rosie's Cousin

Kenneth Utt as Rosie's Cousin's Mentor

Enrique Correa as Reporter #2

David Neumann as Reporter #3

Neda Armian as Reporter #4

Paul Johnson as Campaign Security

James McCauley as FBI Agent Jonas

Darrell Larson as FBI Agent Ramirez

Kate Valk as Agent Volk

Beau Sia as Late Night Comedian

Duana C. Butler as Library Clerk

Big Jim Wheeler as Library Patron

Lauren Roselli as Jordan's Aide

Stephen Richardson as Jordan's Aide

Shing Ka as Rosie's Sidekick

Malcolm Simpson as Yelling Kid

Cassius Kumar Wilkinson as "Abe Lincoln"

Jos Demme as "Statue of Liberty"

Gabriela Fung as "Betsy Ross"

Denzel Delahoussaye as "George Washington"

Aaron Scoenfeld as "Uncle Sam"

Geovonne Long as "MLK"

Jonathan Borst as "JFK"

Michael Shehata as "American Eagle"

Tom Chapin as Governor Edward Nelson

Lewis 'Jiggs' Walker as Churchgoer

Joey Perillo as Jimmy

Buzz Kilman as The Guy with the Shades

Marie Runyon as Arthur's Mother

Eliza Simpson as Arthur's Child

Julie Adamy as Arthur's Child

Andre B. Blake as Victory Party Director

Tymberly Canale as Victory Party Celebrity Soldier

Lilly McDowell as Shaw's Aide

Joshua Elrod as Shaw's Aide

Craig Branham as Klaus Bachman

Sidney Lumet as Political Pundit

Reno as Political Pundit

Anna Deavere Smith as Political Pundit

Roy Blount Jr. as Political Pundit

Fab 5 Freddy as Political Pundit