Gael García Bernal as Maziar Bahari

Shohreh Aghdashloo as Moloojoon

Jason Jones as Jason Jones

Haluk Bilginer as Baba Akbar

Nasser Faris as Haj Agha

Andrew Gower as Jimmy the avid editor

Kim Bodnia as Javadi (Rosewater)

Dimitri Leonidas as Davood

Golshifteh Farahani as Maryam

Claire Foy as Paola

Amir El-Masry as Alireza

Kambiz Hosseini as Hassan

Numan Acar as Rahim

Arian Moayed as Hamid

Ayman Sharaiha as Blue-Eyed Seyyed

Zeid Kattan as Seyyed

Ali Elayan as Channel One State TV Interviewer

Nidal Ali as Prison Soundsman

Alex Klaus as Prison Barber

Firas Fanni as Another Prisoner

Alaadin Khasawneh as Prison Guard

Hamid Masri as Admission Guard #1

Wissam Tobaileh as Admission Guard #2

Amir Rahimzadeh as Abdul

Manar Mughrabi as Female Agent

Mohammad Abdel Raheem as Cyrus

Manaf Irani as Avid Debate Watcher

Mohammad Sami as Teenage Boy

Miles Jupp as Maziar's Producer

Lindsey Hilsum as Herself

Ed Ward as Field Producer

Jonathan Hopper as Young Rosewater

Bassam Hanna as Rosewater's Father

Nafisa Ghazi as Rosewater's Mother

Hassan Sha'er as 1980 Prison Warden

Ahmad Massad as Tavab

Hamza Muhaisen as Young Maziar

Saif Goussous as Polling Station Policeman

Ali Hussein as Maziar's Newborn Daughter

Saro Karaoghlanian as Maziar's Friend

Hannah Douglass as Flight Attendant

Eyad Zoubi as Shah's Guard

Mohammad Nizar as Cyrus