Angelina Jolie as Christine Collins

John Malkovich as Rev. Gustav Briegleb

Jeffrey Donovan as Captain J.J. Jones

Michael Kelly as Detective Lester Ybarra

Colm Feore as Chief James E. Davis

Jason Butler Harner as Gordon Northcott

Amy Ryan as Carol Dexter

Geoff Pierson as S.S. Hahn

Denis O'Hare as Dr. Jonathan Steele

Frank Wood as Ben Harris

Peter Gerety as Dr. Earl W. Tarr

Reed Birney as Mayor Cryer

Gattlin Griffith as Walter Collins

Michelle Gunn as Sandy

Jan Devereaux as Operator

Erica Grant as Operator

Antonia Bennett as Operator

Kerri Randles as Operator

Morgan Eastwood as Girl on Tricycle

Madison Hodges as Neighborhood Girl

Devon Conti as Arthur Hutchins

Ric Sarabia as Man at Diner

J.P. Bumstead as Cook

Debra Christofferson as Police Matron at Train

Russell Edge as Reporter at Train

Stephen W. Alvarez as Reporter at Train

Pete Rockwell as Reporter at Precinct

John Harrington Bland as Dr. John Montgomery

Pamela Dunlap as Mrs. Fox

Roger Hewlett as Officer Morelli

Jim Cantafio as Desk Sergeant

Maria J. Rockwell as Police Matron at Precinct

Wendy Worthington as Reception Nurse

Riki Lindhome as Examination Nurse

Dawn Flood as Morning Nurse

Dale Dickey as Patient

Eddie Alderson as Sanford Clark

Sterling Wolfe as Briegleb's Aide

Michael McCafferty as Ticket Vendor

David Goldman as Administrator

Anthony De Marco as Abducted Kid

Joshua Logan Moore as Abducted Kid

Joe Kaprielian as Abducted Kid

Muriel Minot as Secretary

Kevin Glikmann as Male Orderly

Drew Richards as Holding Officer

Hope Shapiro as Medication Nurse

Caleb Campbell as Backup Detective

Jeff Cockey as Backup Detective

Zach Mills as News Vendor

Kelly Lynn Warren as Rachel Clark

Colby French as Bob Clark

Scott Leva as Mountie

Richard King as Mountie

Clint Ward as Mountie

Michael Dempsey as Man on Street

Peter Breitmayer as Chairman Thorpe

Phil Van Tee as Councilman

Jim Nieb as Reporter at Hearing

Lily Knight as Mrs. Leanne Clay

Jeffrey Hutchinson as Mr. Clay

Brian Prescott as Courtroom Bailiff

Ryan Cutrona as Judge

Mary Stein as Janet Hutchins

Gregg Binkley as Jury Foreman

William Charlton as Prison Guard

Cooper Thornton as Prison Guard

E.J. Callahan as Warden

Asher Axe as David Clay

Devon Gearhart as Winslow Boy

Dalton Stumbo as Winslow Boy

Austin Mensch as Boy in Coop

Jen Lilley as Switchboard Operator (uncredited)

Navah Raphael as Phone Operator (uncredited)

Suzanne LaChasse as Operator (uncredited)

William Brent as Screaming Boy (voice, uncredited)

Callie Thompson as Farm Girl (uncredited)

Michael Lovern as Train Passenger (uncredited)

Patrizia Milano as Train Passenger (uncredited)

January Welsh as Train Passenger (uncredited)

Jarrod Robbins as Reporter (uncredited)

Marissa Welsh as Lady in White (uncredited)

Kerry Hennessy as Church Member / Protestor / Witness (uncredited)

JW Wiseman as Orderly #2 (uncredited)

Christopher Karl Johnson as Protester / Man on Corner with Newspaper Smoking (uncredited)

Jessica Irvine Drake as Protestor (uncredited)

Kimberly Langley as Protestor (uncredited)

Jennifer Swirtz as Protestor (uncredited)

Andre Alexsen as LA City Councilman (uncredited)

John H. Tobin as Northcott Defense Counsel (uncredited)

Dominick Dunne as Man on Jury (uncredited)

Danton Dabar as Prison Guard #3 (uncredited)

Scott Pierce as Prison Doctor (uncredited)

Gary Buckner as Prison Executioner (uncredited)

Bruce Holman as Execution Observer (uncredited)