Christopher Reeve as Clark Kent / Superman

Terence Stamp as General Zod

Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor

Margot Kidder as Lois Lane

Ned Beatty as Otis

Jackie Cooper as Perry White

Sarah Douglas as Ursa

Jack O'Halloran as Non

Valerie Perrine as Eve Teschmacher

Susannah York as Lara

Clifton James as Sheriff

E.G. Marshall as The President

Marc McClure as Jimmy Olsen

Leueen Willoughby as Leueen

Robin Pappas as Alice

Roger Kemp as Spokesman

Roger Brierley as Terrorist

Anthony Milner as Terrorist

Richard Griffiths as Terrorist

Melissa Wiltsie as Nun

Alain Dehay as Gendarme

Marc Boyle as C.R.S. Man

Alan Stuart as Cab Driver

John Ratzenberger as Controller

Shane Rimmer as Controller

John Morton as Nate

Jim Dowdall as Boris

Angus MacInnes as Prison Warder

Antony Sher as Bell Boy

Elva Mai Hoover as Mother

Hadley Kay as Jason

Todd Woodcroft as Father

John Hollis as Krypton Elder

Gordon Rollings as Fisherman

Peter Whitman as Deputy

Bill Bailey as J.J.

Dinny Powell as Boog

Hal Galili as Man at Bar

Marcus D'Amico as Willie

Jack Cooper as Dino

Richard LeParmentier as Reporter

Don Fellows as General

Michael Shannon as President's Aide

Tony Sibbald as Presidential Imposter

Tommy Duggan as Diner Owner

Pamela Mandell as Waitress

Pepper Martin as Rocky

Eugene Lipinski as Newsvendor

Cleon Spencer as Kid

Carl Parris as Kid

Norman Chancer as White House Aide (uncredited)

Jean-Pierre Cassel as French Officer at the White House (uncredited)

Richard Donner as Man Walking by Diner (uncredited)

Jeff East as Teenage Clark Kent (archive footage) (uncredited)

Glenn Ford as Jonathan Kent in Opening Montage (archive footage) (uncredited)

Trevor Howard as Krypton Elder (archive footage) (uncredited)

John Cannon as Prison Inmate (uncredited)