Dominic Cooper as Latif Yahia / Uday Hussein

Ludivine Sagnier as Sarrab

Raad Rawi as Munem

Philip Quast as Saddam Hussein / Faoaz

Mem Ferda as Kamel Hannah

Mimoun Oaïssa as Ali

Khalid Laith as Yassem Al-Helou

Nasser Memarzia as Latif's Father

Dar Salim as Azzam

Pano Masti as Said

Stewart Scudamore as Father of School Girl

Amrita Acharia as School Girl

Amber Rose Revah as Bride

Selva Rasalingam as Rokan

Jamie Harding as Qusay

Akin Gazi as Saad

Elektra Anastasi as School Girl 2

Oona Chaplin as Beauty

Norman Schwarzkopf as Self (archive footage)