Christopher Reeve as Clark Kent / Superman

Margot Kidder as Lois Lane

Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor

Marlon Brando as Jor-El

Ned Beatty as Otis

Jackie Cooper as Perry White

Sarah Douglas as Ursa

Jack O'Halloran as Non

Valerie Perrine as Eve Teschmacher

Clifton James as Sheriff

E.G. Marshall as The President

Marc McClure as Jimmy Olsen

Terence Stamp as General Zod

John Ratzenberger as Controller #1

Gordon Rollings as Fisherman

Angus MacInnes as Prison Warden

Richard LeParmentier as Reporter

Don Fellows as General

Michael Shannon as President's Aide

Tony Sibbald as Presidential Imposter

Tommy Duggan as Diner Owner

Pamela Mandell as Waitress

Pepper Martin as Rocky

Shane Rimmer as Controller #2

Richard Donner as Man Walking by Diner (uncredited)

Cleon Spencer as Kid #1

Carl Parris as Kid #2

Matt Kaminsky as Looping Christopher Reeve

Austin Majors as Ranch Boy (voice)

Aaron Smolinski as Baby Kal-El

Maxwell Craig as Prison Inmate (uncredited)

Jim Dowdall as Boris