Helen Mirren as Colonel Katherine Powell

Aaron Paul as Steve Watts

Alan Rickman as Lieutenant General Frank Benson

Barkhad Abdi as Jama Farah

Jeremy Northam as Brian Woodale

Phoebe Fox as Carrie Gershon

Armaan Haggio as Musa Mo'Allim

Aisha Takow as Alia Mo'Allim

Monica Dolan as Angela Northman

Richard McCabe as George Matherson

Babou Ceesay as Sergeant Mushtaq Saddiq

John Heffernan as Major Harold Webb

Michael O'Keefe as Ken Stanitzke

Laila Robins as Ms. Jillian Goldman

Iain Glen as James Willett

Faisa Hassan as Fatima Mo'Allim

Bob Chappell as Simon Powell

Alex Gallafent as Reporter

Carl Beukes as Sergeant Mike Gleeson

Kate Liquorish as Female Sergeant

Richard Stephenson as Staff Sergeant

Gabriella Pinto as Female Corporal

Tylan Wray as Male Corporal

Hossain Dahir as Driver One

Mondé Sibisi as Muhammad Abdisalaam

Warren Masemola as Agent Atieno

Ahmed Mohamed Ali as Omar

Lemogang Tsipa as Matt Levery

Paul Spaulding as Command Support Staff

Gavin Hood as Lieutenant Colonel Ed Walsh

Kenneth Fok as First Crewman

Zak Rowlands as Second Crewman - K. Moore

Henry Pilime as Parklands Gate Guard

Sammy Maina as Parklands Gate Guard

Hassan Abdullah as Shahid Ahmed

Ebby Weyime as Damisi

Vusi Kunene as Major Moses Owiti

Mohammed Ali Sahra as Militia Leader

Chaltu Ahmed as Poor Woman

Francis Chouler as Jack Cleary

Ed Suter as Benson's Aide-De-Camp

Roberto Kyle as Rasheed Hamud

Omar Abu Kadir as Driver Two

Kim Suzanne Engelbrecht as Lucy Galvez

James Alexander as Image Analyst

Dileef Rahim as Amadu Gate Guard

Robert Omache as Amadu Gate Guard

Istar Takow as Woman Buying Bread

Bronson Mwangi as Kenyan Captain

Lex King as Susan Danford / Ayesha Al-Hady

Andrew Ahula as Street Vendor (Buckets)

Hilowli Hassan as Militia Man

Abdi Mohamed Osman as Amadu Mukhtar

Dek Hassan as Abdullah Al-Hady

Ali Mohamed as Khalid

Ma Mohamed as Osman Abade

Jessica Jones as Kate Barnes

Daniel Fox as Tom Bellamy

Graham Hopkins as Nigel Adler

Sonia Esgueira as Esther Alvarez

Mohamed Abdirahmaan as Abdi

Mohamed Fidow as Abdi Militia Soldier

Sabrina Hassan Abdulle as Woman Buying Bread

Fatima Mohamed Mohamud as Woman Buying Bread

Timayare Shamso Hassan as Passerby

Fowzia Dahir as Woman Buying Bread

Abdilatief Takow as Ali

Fatumo Sheknoor Ali as Pedestrian

Hamdi Adam Shire as Pedestrian

Thelma Mabina as Nurse

Sandile Ntobla as Doctor