Maggie Gyllenhaal

as Linda Sykes

Glenn Close

as Karen Moore

Dean Winters

as Ned McGrath

Ken Leung

as Liu Tsung-Yuan

Bruno Lastra

as Sharif Bin Said

Shing Ka

as Chinese Police

Austin Pendleton

as James Perley

Tom Guiry

as Gerry Sykes

Fred Koheler

as Jimmy Briggs

Jim Gaffigan

as Reverend Craig Peterson

Peter Jacobson

as John Scanlon

Justin Bartha

George H. W. Bush

as self (archive footage)

George W. Bush

as self (archive footage)

Bill Clinton

as self (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan

as self (archive footage)

Harry S. Truman

as self (archive footage)

Kerry Washington

Christopher Logan

as FBI Agent Ransford

Ramsey Faragallah

as Abdul Amin