Kathy Bates as Peggy Say

Colin Firth as John McCarthy

Ciarán Hinds as Brian Keenan

Natasha Richardson as Jill Morrell

Jay O. Sanders as Terry Anderson

Josef Sommer as Tom Sutherland

Harry Dean Stanton as Frank Reed

Stephen Dillane as Chris Pearson

Tony Doyle as Badraig Murphy

Colin Stinton as Mike Mulholland

Rosaleen Linehan as Brenda Gilham

Ruth McCabe as Elaine Spence

Conrad Asquith as Terry Waite

Colin Bruce as Robie Burke

Colum Convey as Art Agnew

Harry Ditson as David Say

John Pickles as Pat McCarthy

Amir M. Korangy as Ghassemmi

Brian McGrath as Connor

Juliano Mer-Khamis as Ali

Raad Rawi as Moussavlan

Sami Samir as Ahmad

Rolf Saxon as Plaskett

Dan Turgeman as Mahmoud

Rasan Abbas as Head Kidnapper

Patrick Pearson as Lowther

Gabrielle O'Brien as Belfast Woman

Paul Jaynes as Newsman

Gooey Law as Newsman

Mozaffar Shafeie as Translator

Michael Morgan as American Soldier Checkpoint Charlie(uncredited)