Gary Sinise as George C. Wallace

Mare Winningham as Lurleen Wallace

Joe Don Baker as Big Jim Folsom

Angelina Jolie as Cornelia Wallace

Terry Kinney as Billy Watson

William Sanderson as T.Y. Odum

Mark Rolston as Ricky Brickle

Tracy Fraim as Gerald Wallace

Skipp Sudduth as Al Lingo

Ron Perkins as Nicholas Katzenbach

Mark Valley as Bobby Kennedy

Rob Roy Fitzgerald as Alabama State Trooper #1

Clarence Williams III as Archie

Charles Bartlett as Demonstrator

Terrence Beasor as Demonstrator

Chuck A. Bernard as Convention Speaker

Scott Brantley as Arthur Bremer

Katherine Craig as Girl at Party

Tim Dowling as Demonstrator

Miata Edoga as Demonstrator

Kathryn Erbe as Mrs. Folsom

Julian Forbes as Reporter

Francis Guinan as Klan Member #2

Randy Hall as Mass. State Trooper

Michael Harrington as Doctor (Maryland)

Steve Harris as Neal

Michael Haynes as Cornelia’s Trooper #1

Vincent Henry as Reporter

Kent Houseman as Guitarist

Ron Hyatt as Demonstrator

Mel Jackson as Eddie

Jan Johannes as General Graham

Franklin Dennis Jones as Jamison

Robert Jones as Man in Church

Kathleen Kane as Demonstrator

Bobby Kirby as James Hood

Clancy Imislund as Klan Member #1

Sabrina Mance as Wallace Girl

Jonathan Mumm as TV Commentator

Ketema Nelson as Vivian Malone

Race Nelson as Cornelia’s Trooper #2

Kaye Phillips as Choir Leader

Briana Romero as Cornelia as Child

Chanel Ryan as Wallace Girl

Tiffany Salerno as Velma

Vernon Scott as Demonstrator

Liam Sullivan as Reporter

Don Blakely as Loosh

Cliff DeYoung as Dr. Jeff McKinney

Beau Billingslea as Demonstrator