William Hurt as Henry Paulson

Paul Giamatti as Ben Bernanke

James Woods as Dick Fuld

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

Cynthia Nixon as Michele Davis

Ed Asner as Warren Buffett

Fiona Choi as Second Reporter

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

Chance Kelly as Bart McDade

Ben Livingston as Investment Banker

Kathy Baker as Wendy Paulson

Amy Carlson as Erin Callan

Erin Dilly as Christal West

John Heard as Joe Gregory

Bea Miller as Buffett's Great Grandkid

Beau Baxter as Skip McGee

Ajay Mehta as Vikram Pandit

Laurence Lau as Greg Fleming

Ayad Akhtar as Neel Kashkari

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

Erin Burnett as Self