 | Tobey Maguire als Bobby Fischer |
 | Peter Sarsgaard als Father Bill Lombardy |
 | Liev Schreiber als Boris Spassky |
 | Michael Stuhlbarg als Paul Marshall |
 | Lily Rabe als Joan Fischer |
 | Sophie Nélisse als Young Joan |
 | Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick als Teen Bobby Fischer |
 | Conrad Pla als Carmine Nigro |
 | Aiden Lovekamp als Young Bobby Fischer |
 | Evelyne Brochu als Donna |
 | Robin Weigert als Regina Fischer |
 | Andreas Apergis als Uncle Paul |
 | Katie Bird Nolan als Maria |
 | Ilia Volok als KGB Agent |
 | Peter Janov als KGB Agent |
 | Spiro Malandrakis als Reporter |
 | Arthur Holden als Party Guest #3 |
 | Raphael Grosz-Harvey als Donald Byrne |
 | John Maclaren als Theodore Tremblay |
 | Vitali Makarov als Yovanovic |
 | Eric Lee Huffman als KGB Bodyguard |
 | Brett Watson als Lothar Schmid |
 | Shawn Campbell als Cyril Pustan |
 | Eugene Nomura als Japanese Anchorman |
 | Norman Lehnert als German Reporter |
 | Edward Zinoviev als Geller |
| Sam Stone als Deli Customer |
 | Jonathan Dubsky als Tremblay's Aide |
 | Mark Slacke als Icelandic Journalist |
 | Alexandre Gorchkov als Iivo Nei |
 | Igor Ovadis als Russian Bookstore Owner |
| Bobo Vian als Bookstore Owner's Wife |
 | Joe Cobden als Motel Clerk |
 | Brent Skagford als Businessman (Motel) |
 | Richard Jutras als Referee - Santa Monica |
| Yanick Bousquet als Foreign Reporter #1 (French) |
| Shanmugasunder Chetty als Foreign Reporter #2 (East Indian) |
 | Mohsen El Gharbi als Foreign Reporter #3 (Dutch) |
| Andrew Peplowski als ABC News Anchor |
| David Pryde als 50's Reporter |
 | Roc LaFortune als Official (Soviet Accres.) |
| Vito DeFilippo als Russian Opponent (Bulgaria 1967) |
 | Ellen David als Party Guest #1 (Fischer Apt.) |
| Rosaruby Kagan als Party Guest #2 (Fischer Apt.) |
 | Alain Goulem als Reporter #1 (Vancouver) |
 | Carlo Mestroni als Reporter #2 (Vancouver) |
| Glen Bowser als Bus Driver |
| Zach Fraser als Long Haired Hippy |
| Alexandra Van Loon als Joan's Daughter |
| Marco Verdoni als Joan's Husband |
 | Matt Keyes als JFK Airport Journalist |
 | Edward Yankie als President Nixon |
| Al Vandecruys als Arbiter - Bulgaria |
| Al Dubois als NBC Reporter |
| Francois Cote als Marshall Heavy |
| François Ducharme als Bent Larsen |
| Maurice Demers als President Brezhnev |
| Grace Anne als Bobby Fischer Fan (uncredited) |
| Nathaly Thibault als Press Conference (uncredited) |
 | Benoit Priest als Texan Trucker (uncredited) |
| Sigurbjörn Guðmundsson als Icelandic Policeman (uncredited) |
 | Natalija Ugrina als Bikini Babe (uncredited) |
 | Lydia Zadel als Kissing Woman (uncredited) |
 | Dennis Staroselsky als (uncredited) |
 | André Sogliuzzo als Henry Kissinger (voice, uncredited) |
| Edward Zwick | Director |
| Steven Knight | Screenplay |
| Stephen J. Rivele | Screenplay |
| Christopher Wilkinson | Screenplay |
| Gail Katz | Producer |
| Tobey Maguire | Producer |
| Steven Rosenblum | Editor |
| Bradford Young | Director of Photography |
| Matthew Plouffe | Co-Producer |
| Troy Putney | Associate Producer |
| Edward Zwick | Producer |
| James Newton Howard | Original Music Composer |
| Victoria Thomas | Casting |
| Isabelle Guay | Production Design |
| Aron Bergmann Magnússon | Art Direction |
| Jean-Pierre Paquet | Art Direction |
| Robert Parle | Art Direction |
| Frédéric Berthiaume | Set Decoration |
| Daniel Hamelin | Set Decoration |
| Paul Hotte | Set Decoration |
| Martine Giguère-Kazemirchuk | Set Decoration |
| André Valade | Set Decoration |
| Renée April | Costume Design |
| Marianne Bobet | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Raymonde Daliberté | Assistant Hairdresser |
| Jean-Jacques Dion | Hair Department Head |
| Nathalie Garon | Hairstylist |
| Kathy Kelso | Makeup Artist |
| Anne-Marie Lanza | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Cynthia Patton | Hairstylist |
| Mireille Piché | Hairstylist |
| Colleen Quinton | Makeup Department Head |
| Rocco Stallone | Hairstylist |
| Sabrina Trudel | Makeup Artist |
| Didier Communaux | Unit Manager |
| Isabel Henderson | Post Production Supervisor |
| Jacky Lavoie | Unit Production Manager |
| Silver Butler | Third Assistant Director |
| Stéphane Byl | Third Assistant Director |
| Renato De Cotiis | Second Assistant Director |
| Anik Drapeau | Third Assistant Director |
| Darin Rivetti | First Assistant Director |
| Claire Alary | Property Master |
| Annie Carpentier | Assistant Property Master |
| Jean Gagnon | Set Designer |
| Josiane Jospitre | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Helene Lamarre | Art Department Coordinator |
| Veronique Meunier | Set Designer |
| Roger Paquin | Greensman |
| Geneviève Parent | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Charlotte Rouleau | Assistant Art Director |
| Justine Baker | ADR Recordist |
| Bobbi Banks | ADR Supervisor |
| Lon Bender | Sound Designer |
| Cedric Charron | Boom Operator |
| Bill R. Dean | Sound Editor |
| Kris Fenske | Sound Designer |
| Tom Fleischman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Matthew Haasch | Foley Mixer |
| Eric Hirsch | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Dan Korintus | Dialogue Editor |
| Louis Marion | Sound Mixer |
| Eric McAllister | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Michael Miller | ADR Mixer |
| Chris Navarro | ADR Mixer |
| Beauxregard Neylon | ADR Mixer |
| Daði Freyr Pétursson | Boom Operator |
| Bill Sweeney | Foley Editor |
| Allan Zaleski | Sound Editor |
| Louis Craig | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Denis Lavigne | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Linda Drake | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Alan Munro | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Alexis Bureau | Stunt Double |
| Tim Connolly | Stunts |
| Sean Graham | Stunts |
| Siurbjorn Gudmundsson | Stunts |
| Tyler Hall | Stunt Coordinator |
| Kris A. Jeffrey | Stunts |
| Alex Krimm | Stunts |
| Eric Aubin | Second Assistant "B" Camera |
| George Billinger III | Steadicam Operator |
| Mike Bonnaud | Best Boy Electric |
| Alexandre Bouchard | Rigging Grip |
| Patrick Bourbonniere | Rigging Grip |
| Miguel Chouinard | Rigging Grip |
| Francis Comeau | Rigging Grip |
| François Daignault | Steadicam Operator |
| Pierre Daudelin | Best Boy Electric |
| Jean-Maurice de Ernsted | Dolly Grip |
| Shannon DeWolfe | Second Assistant "A" Camera |
| Tommy Diotte | Best Boy Grip |
| Paul Duchesne | Rigging Grip |
| Sylvaine Dufaux | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Thor Eliasson | First Assistant Camera |
| Jacob Fortier | Rigging Gaffer |
| Claude Fortin | Dolly Grip |
| Eames Gagnon | Gaffer |
| Etienne Geoffron | Rigging Grip |
| Sylvain Girouard | Rigging Grip |
| Marie-Ève Gosselin | Second Assistant Camera |
| Felice Grana | Second Assistant Camera |
| Jean Kavanagh | First Assistant Camera |
| Soupharak Keoborakoth | Second Assistant "A" Camera |
| Hélèna Laliberté | Rigging Grip |
| Christian Lalonde | Rigging Grip |
| Kim Larouche | Rigging Grip |
| Martine Leclerc | First Assistant "C" Camera |
| Alain Masse | Key Grip |
| Gary Pachany | First Assistant "B" Camera |
| Ryan Rayner | Second Assistant "B" Camera |
| Emile Gonin Robidoux | Rigging Grip |
| David A. Seekins | First Assistant "A" Camera |
| Takashi Seida | Still Photographer |
| Stephane St-Pierre | Rigging Grip |
| Patrick St. Denis | Rigging Grip |
| Maude Turcot | Rigging Grip |
| Mario Davignon | Costume Supervisor |
| Martine Gagnon | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Françoise Labelle | Wardrobe Master |
| Jamal Bilal | Post Production Coordinator |
| Timothy Donovan | First Assistant Editor |
| Joe Gawler | Senior Colorist |
| Roman Hankewycz | Colorist |
| Cynthia E. Thornton | Associate Editor |
| Pierre Blondin | Location Manager |
| Roman Martyn | Assistant Location Manager |
| David Olson | Music Editor |
| Mark Orton | Orchestrator |
| Steven Rosenblum | Music Supervisor |
| Jim Weidman | Supervising Music Editor |
| Lorette Leblanc | Script Supervisor |
| Marie-Elaine Bailly | Production Coordinator |
| Steev Beeson | Production Controller |
| Michael Buster | Dialect Coach |
| Charles Castonguay | Unit Publicist |
| Irina Cazazaeva | Dialect Coach |
| Stéphanie Croteau | Set Medic |
| Puelo Deir | Unit Publicist |
| Robert Harrison | Set Medic |
| Eva Jensen | Studio Teacher |
| Marlène Poulin | First Assistant Editor |
| Christopher Wilkinson | Executive Producer |
