Ralph Fiennes as Joe

Donald Sutherland as Thorne

Tom Hollander as Président

Lara Flynn Boyle as La Première Dame

Marc Warren as Pool

Ron Cook as Doc

Mackenzie Crook as Monteur

Mark Dymond as Roger Jolly Lyme

Miranda Raison as Daisy

Harry Eden as Shithead

Don Warrington as First Sergeant

Laura Fraser as Madeleine

Camilla Rutherford as Tania

Leigh Zimmerman as Anchorwoman

Jodhi May as Joe's Mother

Nigel Whitmey as Anchorman

Jonathan Hyde as Smith

Matthew Marsh as Papa Max

Dominic Coleman as Skinny Comedian

Robert Daws as Jones

Michael Smiley as Thorne's Lieutenant

Nitin Ganatra as Prison Official

Jodhi May as Joe's Mother (uncredited)