Zachary Quinto

as Gore Vidal

David Harewood

as William F. Buckley, Jr.

Emilio Doorgasingh

as William Sheehan / Chet Huntley / Howard Austen

Clare Foster

as Patricia Buckley

Tom Godwin

as Frank Meyer / Andy Warhol / Bobby Kennedy / More...

John Hodgkinson

as Howard K Smith / Mayor Daley

Syrus Lowe

as James Baldwin / George / Martin Luther King, Jr.

Kevin McMonagle

as Elmer Lower / Walter Kronkite

Sam Otto

as Tariq Ali / Matt

Deborah Alli

as Aretha Franklin / Patty the Party Guest / Brooke Gladstone