James Woods as Dick Fuld

John Heard as Joe Gregory

William Hurt as Henry Paulson

Paul Giamatti as Ben Bernanke

Billy Crudup as Timothy Geithner

Topher Grace as Jim Wilkinson

Matthew Modine as John Thain

Tony Shalhoub as John Mack

Bill Pullman as Jamie Dimon

Ed Asner as Warren Buffett

Evan Handler as Lloyd Blankfein

Joey Slotnick as Dan Jester

Peter Hermann as Christopher Cox

Michael O'Keefe as Chris Flowers

Maria Bartiromo as Self

Erin Dilly as Christal West

Amy Carlson as Erin Callan

Ayad Akhtar as Neel Kashkari

Cynthia Nixon as Michele Davis

Kathy Baker as Wendy Paulson

Beau Baxter as Skip McGee

Ben Livingston as Investment Banker

Erin Burnett as Self

Chance Kelly as Bart McDade

Bea Miller as Buffett's Great Grandkid

Ajay Mehta as Vikram Pandit

Laurence Lau as Greg Fleming

Dan Hedaya as Congressman Barney Frank

Steve Tom as Senator Chris Dodd

Jonathan Freeman as Senator Richard Shelby

Linda Glick as Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi

Rutanya Alda as Admiral Evans

Rob Evans as Sir Christopher

Laila Robins as Christine Lagarde

Patricia Randell as Chairman Sheila Bair

Jennifer Van Dyck as Ruth Porat

Chil Kong as Min Euoo Sung

Daniel K. Isaac as Translator

James Saito as Chinese Official

Robert Hogan as Rodgin Cohen

Victor Slezak as Greg Curl

Chandra Thomas as Assistant

Tom Mason as Robert Willumstad

David Faber as David Faber

Josh Casaubon as Mid-Level Goldman Banker

Gregory Jones as Hector Sants

George Taylor as Sir Callum McCarthy

Kathleen Coslett as Board Secretary

Danny Darrow as Mr. Akers

Peter Hans Benson as SEC Lawyer

Andrew Ross Sorkin as Reporter

Fiona Choi as Second Reporter

Tom Tammi as Jeffrey Immelt

Steve Liesman as Steve Liesman

Bud Jones as Senator Harry Reid

Les Mau as Gao Xiqing (as Les J.N. Mau)

Jill Dalton as Mack's Assistant

Gia McKnight as Buffett's Great Grandkid

Casey Biggs as Dick Kovacevich

Robert Vincent Smith as Ken Lewis

Joe Kernen as Joe Kernen

JB Blanc as Alistair Darling (uncredited)