Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Edward Snowden

Shailene Woodley as Lindsay Mills

Melissa Leo as Laura Poitras

Zachary Quinto as Glenn Greenwald

Tom Wilkinson as Ewen MacAskill

Scott Eastwood as Trevor James

Timothy Olyphant as CIA Agent Geneva

Ben Schnetzer as Gabriel Sol

LaKeith Stanfield as Patrick Haynes

Rhys Ifans as Corbin O'Brian

Nicolas Cage as Hank Forrester

Joely Richardson as Janine Gibson

Jaymes Butler as Master Sgt. Robinson

Robert Firth as Dr. Stilwell

Ben Chaplin as Robert Tibbo

Bhasker Patel as Marwan Al-Kirmani

Edward Snowden as Edward Snowden

Christy Meyer as Dr. Laurel

Gregory Schwabe as Drill Sgt. 2 Martinez

Patrick Joseph Byrnes as NSA Dep. Director Lowell

Jamie Hodge as Coffee Shop Patron / Pedestrian

Mathangi Ray as Mother - Tong Lau Hong Kong

Alan Rusbridger as Moderator

Stephanie Simbeck as Female Drone Pilot

Logan Marshall-Green as Male Drone Pilot

Demetri Goritsas as CIA Supervisor

Rachel Handshaw as CIA Polygraph Adminstrator

Christian Contreras as CIA Psychologist

Parker Sawyers as CIA Interviewer

Michael Benz as CIA Student

Ken Thomas as Warrenton Gate Guard

Nicholas Rowe as Assistant Editor Guardian

Erol Sander as Diplomat Party Guest

Anatoly Kucherena as Russian Diplomat

Eric Kofi Abrefa as NSA Tunnel Guard 1

Stanley I. Walker Jr. as NSA Tunnel Guard 2

Olga Koda as Pole Dancer

Alexandra Adomaitis as CIA Trainee Bangkok (uncredited)

Andreas Dubois as Audience

Barack Obama as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Osama Bin Laden as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hugo Chávez as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hillary Clinton as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Sarah Harrison as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

John Kerry as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Michelle Obama as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Vladimir Putin as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Donald Trump as Self (uncredited)

Al Sotto as Coffee Shop Patron (uncredited)