Arliss Howard

as John Limbert

Jeff Fahey

as Hamilton Jordan

Alice Krige

as Parveneh Limbert

Tony Goldwyn

as Jody Powell

Jeff Gurner

as Marine Sergeant

Daniel Gélin

as Shah

George Grizzard

as Jimmy Carter

Ronald Guttman

as Hossein

Keith Edwards

as Bill Belk

Ving Rhames

as Charles Jones

Debra Stipe

as Debra Scott

Graydon Gould

as Col. Tom Schaeffer

Marianne Borgo

as Empress Farah

Didier Flamand

as Sadegh Ghotbzadeh

Valérie Kaprisky

as Zaleh

Garfield Andrews

as Reporter

Yossi Ashdot

as Hamid

Avraham Bar Oryan

as Mullah

Pixie Bigelow

as President's Secretary

Jonathon Breakstone

as Marine Corporal

Jonathan Cherchi

as Zafir

Sharon Dyer

as Eleanor

Daniel Ephrat

as Shervin

Meirav Gary

as Mrs. Rafsheedi

David Gilliam

as Paul Costello

Richard Hardacre

as Reporter

Elki Jacobs

as Anita Schaeffer

Yossi Keinan

as Professor Rafsheedi

Charles Kerr

as Lloyd Cuttler

Shoshi Marciano

as Woman Militant

Mac McDonald

as Dale Leibach

Graham McPherson

as Col Beckwith

Micha Morrim

as Iranian Captain

Leon Pownall

as National Security Advisor

George R. Robertson

as Secretary Cyrus Vance

Natalie Roth

as Mani

Carolyn Scott

as Reporter

Josef Shilda

as Gabreel

Dan Turgeman

as Sayyed

Bob Zidel

as Shah's Advisor