Julia Roberts as Darby Shaw

Denzel Washington as Gray Grantham

Sam Shepard as Thomas Callahan

John Heard as Gavin Vereek

Tony Goldwyn as Fletcher Coal

James B. Sikking as Denton Voyles

William Atherton as Bob Gminski

Robert Culp as The President

Stanley Tucci as Khamel

Hume Cronyn as Justice Rosenberg

John Lithgow as Smith Keen

Anthony Heald as Marty Velmano

Nicholas Woodeson as Stump

Stanley Anderson as Edwin Sneller

John Finn as Matthew Barr

Cynthia Nixon as Alice Stark

Jake Weber as Curtis Morgan

Casey Biggs as Eric East

Christopher Murray as Rupert

Sonny Jim Gaines as Sarge

Kevin Geer as K.O. Lewis

Joe Chrest as Song and Dance Man from Bar

Richard Bauer as Managing Editor

Michelle O'Neill as Sara Ann Morgan

Peter Carlin as Edward Linney

Ralph Cosham as Justice Jensen

Terrence Currier as Rosenberg's Nurse

Edwin Newman as Edwin Newman

Helen Carey as Federal Clerk

Howard Shalwitz as Washington Herald Journalist

Kyle Prue as News Desk Reporter

Jewell Robinson as Senior Washington Herald Editor

Kim Peter Kovac as Senior Washington Herald Editor

Norman Aronovic as Senior Washington Herald Editor

Carl Palmer as Cop in Cowboy Boots

Carol Sutton as New Orleans Policewoman

Scott M. Jefferson as Lieutenant Olsen

Danny Kamin as Hooten

Mark McLaughlin as CIA Agent in Hotel Room

Robert Pavlovich as CIA Agent in Hotel Room

Magee Hickey as Magee Hickey

Constance Yelverton as Clerk at Sheraton Hotel

Kim Kettle as Gavin Verheek's Wife

Ellie K. Wang as Reporter at National Cathedral

Franchelle Stewart Dorn as University Registrar

Karen Bralove as University Placement Clerk

Teagle F. Bougere as Male University Student

Carey Varner as Female University Student

Sandra Quarterman as Laura Kass

Cynthia Hood as Parklane Receptionist

Alan Wade as Parklane Administrator

Harold Surratt as Parklane Security Officer

Paul Morella as White & Blazevich Attorney

Ed Johnson as White & Blazevich Security Guard

Jurian Hughes as White & Blazevich Receptionist

Dick Stilwell as White & Blazevich Security

Tom Quinn as Sara Ann Morgan's Father

Beverly Brigham as Safe Deposit Teller

Eliza Coleman as Female Pursuer with Gun

Doug Coleman as Male Pursuer with Gun

Michael Port as Tulane Law Student

Shanna Connell as Tulane Law Student

Gene Babb as Reporter

Kyle Duvall as Reporter

Karl Warren as Reporter

Carrie Boren as Reporter

James Earl Reed as Reporter

Marianne Hettinger as Eyewitness (uncredited)

Shane LeCocq as Mardi Gras Party Patron (uncredited)

Kimberley Roper as French Quarter Prostitute (uncredited)

Codie Scott as Man Partying in Quarter (uncredited)

William Shipman as Office Worker (uncredited)

Joe James as Runner (voice,uncredited)