Ben Affleck as Tony Mendez

Bryan Cranston as Jack O'Donnell

Alan Arkin as Lester Siegel

John Goodman as John Chambers

Victor Garber as Ken Taylor

Tate Donovan as Bob Anders

Clea DuVall as Cora Lijek

Scoot McNairy as Joe Stafford

Rory Cochrane as Lee Schatz

Christopher Denham as Mark Lijek

Kerry Bishé as Kathy Stafford

Kyle Chandler as Hamilton Jordan

Chris Messina as Malinov

Zeljko Ivanek as Robert Pender

Titus Welliver as Bates

Keith Szarabajka as Adam Engell

Bob Gunton as Cyrus Vance

Richard Kind as Max Klein

Richard Dillane as OSS Officer Nicholls

Omid Abtahi as Reza Borhani

Page Leong as Pat Taylor

Farshad Farahat as Azizi Checkpoint #3

Sheila Vand as Sahar

Karina Logue as Elizabeth Ann Swift

Ryan Ahern as Sgt. Sickmann

Bill Tangradi as Alan B. Golacinski

Jamie McShane as William J. Daugherty

Matthew Glave as Col. Charles W. Scott

Roberto Garcia as Sgt. William Gallegos

Christopher Stanley as Thomas L. Ahern, Jr.

Jon Woodward Kirby as Fred Kupke

Alborz Basiratmand as Student with Poster

Ruty Rutenberg as Marine #1

Michael Woolston as Marine #2

Sharareh Sedghi as Lady with Radio

Bobby Zegar as Tear Gas Student

Victor McCay as Malick

Matt Nolan as Peter Genco

J.R. Cacia as Brice

Bill Kalmenson as Hal Saunders

Rob Brownstein as Landon Butler

David Sullivan as Jon Titterton

Jean Carol as Jordan's Secretary

Michael Cassidy as Jordan's Analyst

John Boyd as Lamont

Yuriy Sardarov as Rossi

Nikka Far as Tehran Mary

Aidan Sussman as Ian Mendez

Barry Livingston as David Marmor

Ali Saam as Ali Khalkhali

Araz Vahid Ebrahim Nia as Moradi

Scott Anthony Leet as The Minotaur

Ashley Wood as Space Lab Nurse

Rob Tepper as Film Director

Ray Porter as First A.D.

Stephen J. Lattanzi as PA

Danielle Barbosa as Lester's Housekeeper

Michael Parks as Jack Kirby

Eric Scott Cooper as Publicist

Adrienne Barbeau as Nina / Serksi the Gallactic Witch

Tom Lenk as Variety Reporter

Nelson Franklin as LA Times Reporter

Kelly Curran as Princess Aleppa

Mark Rhino Smith as Evil Villain

Scott Elrod as Achilles Crux

Bill Blair as Humanoid Robot

Daston Kalili as Green Jacket

Joseph S. Griffo as Nestor the Android

Andrew Varenhorst as Blue Monster

Amitis Frances Ariano as Persian Dancer

Ali Fiori as Sci Fi Body Suit Girl

Taies Farzan as Middle Class Iranian Woman

Florans Atlantis as Middle Class Iranian Man

Rafi Pitts as Iranian Consulate Official

Allegra Carpenter as British Airways Flight Attendant

Bobby Naderi as Airport Husband

Ray Haratian as Immigration Officer

Mehrdad Sarlak as Immigration Officer

Soheil Tasbihchi as Immigration Officer

Hovik Gharibian as Immigration Officer

Dorianne Pahlavan as Airport Hysterical Wife

Houshang Touzie as Deputy Minister of Islamic Guidance

Peter Henry Schroeder as Producer

Ali Farkhonde as Tehran Car Rental Man

Sahm McGlynn as Bearded Fundamentalist in Bazaar

Muhammed Cangören as Bazaar Shopkeeper

Asghar Allah Veirdi Zadeh as Bazaar Angry Man

Leyla Beysulen as Angry Woman

Lindsey Ginter as Hedley Donovan

Tim Quill as Alan Sosa

Larry Sullivan as Engell's Secretary

Danilo Di Julio as Sgt. Gauthier

Fanshen Cox as White House Operator

Tehmina Sunny as Swissair Ticketing Agent

Amir K as Passport Official

Baris Deli as Carpet Factory Komiteh

Cas Anvar as Revolutionary Guard

Bahram Khosraviani as Revolutionary Guard

Sam Sheikholeslami as Revolutionary Guard

Saba Sarem as Revolutionary Guard

Puya Abbassi as Revolutionary Guard

Reza Mir as Komiteh Reza

Jozef Fahey as Lock Up PA

Annie Little as Swissair Gate Agent

Fahim Fazli as Komiteh Subordinate

Brandon Tabassi as Young Komiteh at Airport

John Hans Tester as Swissair Pilot

Alex Schemmer as Swissair Co-Pilot

Yan Feldman as Air Traffic Controller

Nancy Stelle as Swissair Flight Attendant

Maz Siam as Iraqi Border Guard

Ken Edling as Assistant Secretary of State

Deborah Deimel Bean as State Department Official

Michael Chieffo as CIA Archives Officer

Taylor Schilling as Christine Mendez

Philip Baker Hall as CIA Director Stansfield Turner (uncredited)

Eli Jane as Swissair Stewardess (uncredited)

Lucas N. Hall as Protestor (uncredited)