Daniel Ellsberg as Self (Narraror)

Patricia Ellsberg as Self

John Dean as Self - White House Counsel to President Nixon

Howard Zinn as Self - Historian

Peter Arnett as Self - Associated Press Correspondent (archive footage)

Ben Bagdikian as Self - Editor, Washington Post

Ann Beeson as Self - Associate Legal Director, ACLU

Robert Ellsberg as Self - Daniel's Son

Richard Falk as Self - Professor of International Law

Max Frankel as Self - Washington Bureau Chief, New York Times

J. William Fulbright as Self - Chair Foreign Relations Committee (archive footage)

James Goodale as Self - General Counsel, New York Times

Mike Gravel as Self - Senator (D-Alaska)

Morton Halperin as Self - Supervisor, Vietnam War Study (as Mort Halperin)

Lyndon B. Johnson as Self - President (archive footage) (as Lyndon Johnson)

Randy Kehler as Self - Draft Resister

Bud Krogh as Self - Director, 'Plumbers' Unit (as Egil Krogh)

Pete McCloskey as Self - Representative, California

Robert McNamara as Self (archive footage)

Wayne Morse as Self - Senator, Oregon (archive footage)

Richard Nixon as Self - President (archive footage)

Thomas Oliphant as Self - Reporter, Boston Globe (as Tom Oliphant)

Dan Rather as Self - Reporter (archive footage)

Tony Russo as Self - RAND Analyst

Thomas Schelling as Self - RAND Analyst / Nobel Laureate

Hedrick Smith as Self - Reporter, New York Times

Janaki Tschannerl as Self - Peace Activist

Leonard Weinglass as Self - Russo Defense Attorney