John Travolta as Jack Stanton

Emma Thompson as Susan Stanton

Billy Bob Thornton as Richard Jemmons

Adrian Lester as Henry Burton

Maura Tierney as Daisy Green

Paul Guilfoyle as Howard Ferguson

Larry Hagman as Gov. Fred Picker

Kathy Bates as Libby Holden

Diane Ladd as Mamma Stanton

Rebecca Walker as March

Caroline Aaron as Lucille Kaufman

Tommy Hollis as Fat Willie

Rob Reiner as Izzy Rosenblatt

Ben Jones as Arlen Sporken

J.C. Quinn as Uncle Charlie

Allison Janney as Miss Walsh

Robert Klein as Norman Asher

Mykelti Williamson as Dewayne Smith

James Denton as Mitch

Leontine Guilliard as Ruby

Monique Ridge-Williams as Tawana Carter

Ned Eisenberg as Brad Lieberman

Brian Markinson as Randy Culligan

Geraldo Rivera as Himself

Charlie Rose as Himself

Larry King as Himself

O'Neal Compton as Sailorman Shoreson

Kevin Cooney as Lawrence Harris

Bonnie Bartlett as Martha Harris

Cynthia O'Neal as Elegant Woman

Chelcie Ross as Charlie Martin

John Vargas as Lorenzo Delgado

Tony Shalhoub as Eddie Reyes

Bianca Lawson as Loretta

Robert Cicchini as Jimmy Ozio

William Stanford Davis as Jack Mandela Washington

Harrison Young as Sam

Rolando Molina as Anthony Ramirez

Ross Benjamin as Peter Goldsmith

Stacy Edwards as Jennifer Rogers

Kristoffer Ryan Winters as Terry Hicks

Susan Kussman as Ella Louise

Vickilyn Reynolds as Amalee

Robert Symonds as Bart Nilson

Gia Carides as Cashmere McLeod

Robert Easton as Dr. Beauregard

Scott Burkholder as Danny Scanlon

Bill Maher as Himself

Lu Elrod as Chubby Woman

Michael Haley as Shipyard Announcer

Henry Woronicz as Pundit

Daryce Richman as Linda Feldstein

Rosalie Peck as Retiree

Susan Forristal as Bugger Bugger Woman

James Earl Jones as CNN Voiceover (voice)