Ai Weiwei as Self - Artist

Chen Danqing as Self - Artist

Li Zhanyang as Self - Sculptor

Hung Huang as Self - Magazine Publisher

Ethan Cohen as Self - Art Gallerist

Phil Tinari as Self - UCCA Museum Director

Feng Boyi as Self - Art Curator

Evan Osnos as Self - Journalist

Liu Yanping as Self - Sichuan Earthquake Volunteer

Huang Kankan as Self - Sichuan Earthquake Volunteer

Gu Changwei as Self - Filmmaker

Karen Smith as Self - Writer

Ai Dan as Self - Weiwei's Brother

Zuoxiao Zuzhou as Self - Musician

Lee Ambrozy as Self - Weiwei's Blog Translator

Lu Qing as Self - Weiwei's Wife

Inserk Yang as Self - Art Assistant

Chris Dercon as Self - Haus der Kunst Director

Gao Ying as Self - Weiwei's Mother

Zhao Zhao as Self - Weiwei's Videographer

Zhang Hongtu as Self - Artist

Hsieh Tehching as Self - Performance Artist

RongRong as Self - Photographer

Yunchang He as Self - Performance Artist

Ai Lao as Self - Weiwei's Son

Wang Feng as Self - Lao's Mother

Sheena Wagstaff as Self - Tate Modern Chief Curator

Tan Zuoren as Self - Sichuan Earthquake Activist (archive footage)

Christiane Amanpour as Self - TV Host (archive footage)

Oliver North as Self - US Military Officer (archive footage)

Yang Zhichao as Self - Performance Artist (archive footage)

Liu Xiaobo as Self - Writer (archive footage)

Hillary Clinton as Self - Politician (archive footage)