 | Denzel Washington als Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard |
 | Annette Bening als Elise Kraft / Sharon Bridger |
 | Bruce Willis als Major-General William Devereaux |
 | Tony Shalhoub als Agent Frank Haddad |
 | Sami Bouajila als Samir Nazhde |
 | Aasif Mandvi als Khalil Saleh |
 | Mark Valley als FBI Agent Mike Johanssen |
 | Jack Gwaltney als Fred Darius |
 | David Proval als Danny Sussman |
 | Lance Reddick als FBI Agent Floyd Rose |
 | Wood Harris als Officer Henderson |
 | David Costabile als Fingerprint Expert |
 | Said Faraj als Sleeper terrorist |
 | Christian Chase als Prisoner |
 | Chip Zien als Chief of Staff |
| Ahmed Ben Larby als Sheik Achmed Bin Talal |
 | Lianna Pai als Tina Osu |
 | Jacqueline Antaramian als Najiba Haddad |
 | Donna Hanover als District Attorney |
 | Dakin Matthews als Senator Wright |
 | John Rothman als Congressman Marshall |
| John Henry Cox als Speaker of the House |
 | E. Katherine Kerr als Attorney General |
 | Jimmie Ray Weeks als Army General |
 | Will Lyman als FBI Director |
 | Victor Slezak als Colonel Hardwick |
 | Chris Messina als Corporal |
 | Susie Essman als Protest Speaker |
 | Arianna Huffington als Capitol Week Pundit |
 | Bill Clinton als Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Diana Naftal als Injured Woman |
 | Ben Shenkman als Kaplan, INS |
| Dakin Matthews als Congressman Marshall |
| Ray Godshall Sr. als CIA Director |
 | Gilbert Rosales als Mechanic |
 | Amro Salama als Tariq Husseini |
 | Jim Shankman als ACLU Lawyer |
 | Matt Servitto als Journalist #1 |
| Jourdan Fremin als Journalist #2 |
| Anjua Warfield-Maximo als March Organizer |
| Jeff Beatty als Undercover FBI Agent |
| Rory J. Aylward als Lieutenant |
| Robert Scheer als Capitol Week Pundit |
 | Matt Miller als Capitol Week Pundit |
 | Ali Afshar als Ali |
| John Beard als Newscaster |
| Stan Brooks als Newscaster |
| Alex Chadwick als Newscaster |
| Epi Colon als Newscaster |
| Judy de Angelis als Newscaster |
| Luis Jimenez als Newscaster |
 | Sean Hannity als Newscaster |
| Ron Kuby als Newscaster |
 | Daniel Schorr als Newscaster |
| Curtis Sliwa als Newscaster |
| Susan Stamberg als Newscaster |
| Mary Alice Williams als Newscaster |
 | Mike Akrawi als Terrorist (uncredited) |
 | Michael Arthur als Army Major (uncredited) |
| Lisa Masters als Reporter #2 (uncredited) |
| Robin Anne Phipps als Crying Girl on Monitor (uncredited) |
| Valeria Von Leczycki Goncharova Barrett als Screaming Woman in Silver Gown (uncredited) |
| Steven Rosenblum | Editor |
| Lawrence Wright | Screenplay |
| Edward Zwick | Producer |
| Lynda Obst | Producer |
| Peter Schindler | Executive Producer |
| Edward Zwick | Director |
| Roger Deakins | Director of Photography |
| Mary Colquhoun | Casting |
| Menno Meyjes | Screenplay |
| Mary Goldberg | Casting |
| Jonathan Filley | Co-Producer |
| Graeme Revell | Original Music Composer |
| Edward Zwick | Screenplay |
| Robin Budd | Associate Producer |
| Garf Brown | Scenic Artist |
| Michelle Matland | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Joel Kramer | Stunt Coordinator |
| Elizabeth Flaherty | Art Department Coordinator |
| Gerald DeTitta | Leadman |
| Robert Pease | Set Costumer |
| Michael Herlihy | Carpenter |
| Robert Griffon Jr. | Picture Car Coordinator |
| Gretchen Rau | Set Decoration |
| Wayne Baker | Underwater Camera |
| Kathryn Bihr | Makeup Artist |
| Fred O'Connor | Propmaker |
| Chris Gorden | Driver |
| Jeff Roe | Systems Administrators & Support |
| Chris Shriver | Art Direction |
| Michael Caracciolo | Camera Operator |
| Billy Baker | Set Dressing Artist |
| David Gulick | Property Master |
| Paul J. Lombardi | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Ray Abbott | Stunts |
| Jess Gonchor | Assistant Art Director |
| Kyle Rudolph | Steadicam Operator |
| Tim Monich | Dialect Coach |
| Lori A. Balton | Location Scout |
| Anthony D. Parrillo | Set Designer |
| William A. Farley | Key Hair Stylist |
| Charlie Davis | Post Production Supervisor |
| Douglas Pellegrino | Additional Camera |
| Jeff 'Doc' Porter | Set Medic |
| Rick Shuster | Aerial Camera |
| Lilly Kilvert | Production Design |
| Ann Roth | Costume Design |
| Terrence Laron Burke | Key Grip |
| Larry M. Cherry | Hairstylist |
| Ozzy Inguanzo | Art Department Assistant |
| Henry Antonacchio | Construction Foreman |
| John Warnke | Supervising Art Director |
| Todd Kleitsch | Prosthetic Makeup Artist |
| Charlie Marroquin | Best Boy Electric |
| Fred Toye | Visual Effects |
| Robert A. Levine | Unit Publicist |
| Jonathan Filley | Unit Production Manager |
| Richard Davis, Jr. | Location Manager |
| Joel Holland | Video Assist Operator |
| Joseph Conti | Visual Effects Producer |
| Carl S. Griffin | Production Supervisor |
| Jay B. Richardson | Music Editor |
| John Kurlander | Scoring Mixer |
| Ellen Gannon | Production Coordinator |
| Tim Simonec | Orchestrator |
| Richie Ford | Rigging Gaffer |
| Blake R. Cornett | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Jeff Sutherland | Digital Compositors |
| Jeremy Knaster | Electrician |
| Thomas A. Imperato | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| John A. Larsen | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Chuck E. Stewart | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Robert Stromberg | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Richard Curry | Transportation Coordinator |
| Gregory Hainer | Sound Designer |
| William Moore | Gaffer |
| Frank Gaeta | Sound Editor |
| Ida Lee Henderson | Production Accountant |
| Allan Byer | Sound Mixer |
| T. Sean Ferguson | Assistant Director |
| R.J. Kizer | ADR Supervisor |
| Michael Haight | Dialogue Editor |
| Daniel Fair | Assistant Editor |
| Greg Hale | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Peter Clemence | Best Boy Grip |
| Paul Haslinger | Music Programmer |
| Eric Yellin | Key Production Assistant |
| Donald Sylvester | ADR Editor |
| Josh Blakeslee | Camera Loader |
| Tom Macdonald | Key Costumer |
| Deborah Brozina | Second Assistant Camera |
| Anita Sum | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| Gayle Wesley | First Assistant Sound Editor |
| Jessica A. Milstein | Art Department Production Assistant |
| Amy Roth | Costume Coordinator |
| Philip Maldonado | Costumer |
| Ed Dally | Assistant Camera |
| David Bernstein | Colorist |
| Alan Colbert | Assistant Chief Lighting Technician |
| Marisa B. Gunzenhauser | Production Secretary |
| Craig Haagensen | Second Unit Director |
| Donna Maloney | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Bruce Hamme | Dolly Grip |
| Jeffrey Angel | Location Assistant |
| Jeffrey Neumeier | Second Assistant Accountant |
| David H. Kramer | ADR Voice Casting |
| Sam Hutchins | Assistant Location Manager |
| Susanne Lariviere | First Assistant Accountant |
| James Boniece | Key Rigging Grip |
| Joan Winters | Graphic Designer |
| Sarah Jackson Burt | Assistant Decorator |
| Michael Scarola | Key Construction Grip |
| Peter C. Clarke | Assistant Property Master |
| Larry Kenton | Conductor |
| Jeffrey Wilhoit | Foley Artist |
| Julio Salazar | Production Driver |
| Bobby Johanson | ADR Recordist |
| Darryl A. Smith | Payroll Accountant |
| Paul Russell | Casting Assistant |
| Jason Dean | Production Assistant |
| Cynthia E. Thornton | Associate Editor |
| Bruce Benson | Pilot |
| Wayne Petrucelli | Security Coordinator |
| Paul Bernard | Second Assistant Director |
| Justin Corbett | Construction Grip |
| David W. Alstadter | Foley Mixer |
| Terry Erickson | Special Effects Technician |
| Roland Brooks | Charge Scenic Artist |
| Joseph S. Alfieri | Construction Coordinator |
| Lori Crowder | Stunts |
| Rosine 'Ace' Hatem | Stunts |
| Angela Meryl | Stunts |
| Kimberly Cossette | Stunts |
| Janet Brady | Stunts |
| Kathy Semke | Stunts |
| Connie Picard | Stunts |
| Annie Ellis | Stunts |
| Jodi Michelle Pynn | Stunts |
| Barbara Anne Klein | Stunts |
| Rich Thorne | Production Executive |
| Jeff Imada | Stunts |
| Ronnie Rondell Jr. | Stunts |
| Charlie Picerni | Stunts |
| Troy Brown | Stunts |
| Gary McLarty | Stunts |
| John C. Meier | Stunts |
| John Cenatiempo | Stunts |
| Chris Cenatiempo | Stunts |
| Buddy Joe Hooker | Stunts |
| Billy D. Lucas | Stunts |
| Kenny Endoso | Stunts |
| Lane Leavitt | Stunts |
| Tim Trella | Stunts |
| Tom Elliott | Stunts |
| Lisa France | Stunts |
