Cate Blanchett as Mary Mapes

Robert Redford as Dan Rather

Dennis Quaid as Lt. Colonel Roger Charles

Elisabeth Moss as Lucy Scott

Bruce Greenwood as Andrew Heyward

Stacy Keach as Lt. Colonel Bill Burkett

John Benjamin Hickey as Mark Wrolstad

Topher Grace as Mike Smith

Dermot Mulroney as Lawrence Lanpher

David Lyons as Josh Howard

Rachael Blake as Betsy West

Andrew McFarlane as Dick Hibey

Natalie Saleeba as Mary Murphy

Noni Hazlehurst as Nicki Burkett

Connor Burke as Robert Mapes

Felix Williamson as Mike Missal

Helmut Bakaitis as Dick Thornburgh

Lewis Fitz-Gerald as Louis Boccardi

Philip Quast as Ben Barnes

Zahra Newman as Dana Roberson

Elizabeth Nabben as CNN Reporter

Matt Ruscic as Burly Security Guard

Steve Bastoni as Gil Schwartz

Gael Ballantyne as Receptionist

Jo Turner as Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt

Tim McCunn as Scott Johnson

Patrick St. Esprit as Brig. Gen. Buck Staudt

Chris Mulkey as Maurice Udell

Louis Herthum as Bill Hollowell

Rose Riley as Josh Howard's Assistant

Christopher Stollery as Reporter Jim Moore

Tom O'Sullivan as Newscaster

Martin Sacks as Robert Strong

Nicholas Hope as Marcel Matley

Adam Saunders as Tom - Editor

Aaron Glenane as Fox News Reporter

Brandon McClelland as Lawyer

Nancy Denis as Woman in Bakery

Eliza Logan as Emily Will

Valerie Bader as Mrs. Hodges

Gareth Hamilton-Foster as CBS Employee

Wassim Hawat as Fox News

Marcus Johnson as Atlanta Anchor

Annick Ahlan as CBS Employee (uncredited)

Penelope Andrews as Patron (uncredited)

Joy Baines as CBS Employee (uncredited)

Elena Bello as Reporter Channel 6 (uncredited)

Ben Brighton as CBS Office Intern (uncredited)

George W. Bush as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Fred Chen as Airport Passenger (uncredited)

Rakesh Dasgupta as Reporter (uncredited)

Mike DeCambra as Reporter (uncredited)

William Devane as Gen. Hodges (voice) (uncredited)

Lee Anne Ford as Military Wife (uncredited)

Andrew Fritz as Reporter (uncredited)

Diana Gyllén as CBS Employee (uncredited)

Alison Headrick as Office Intern (uncredited)

Martin Jacobs as (uncredited)

John-Paul Jory as Reporter (uncredited)

Hiroshi Kasuga as Traveller at Texas Airport (uncredited)

John Kerry as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

So Mang Lee as Business Man (uncredited)

Rosemarie Marino as CBS Employee (uncredited)

Bilal Masood as College Student (uncredited)

Marilyn Mattor as Widow's Daughter (uncredited)

John McCabe as NYC Pedestrian (uncredited)

Katie McConnell Coy as Journalist (uncredited)

Filip Mitrovic as Fox News Crew (uncredited)

Chris Polzot as Passenger (uncredited)

Carma Sharon as CBS Employee (uncredited)

Rob Sheens as CBS Dallas Journalist (uncredited)

Matt Sigloch as Senior Non-Commisioned Officer (uncredited)

Ezekiel Simat as CBS Employee (uncredited)

Suzie Steen as Reporter (uncredited)

George Stephanopoulos as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Melissa Thompson as CBS Receptionist (uncredited)

Craig Walker as CNN TV Crew Member (uncredited)

Bernard Woodcock as Mike Smith's Lawyer (uncredited)