Shawn Driscoll character U-2 Pilot
Kevin Costner character Kenneth O'Donnell
Drake Cook character Mark O'Donnell
Lucinda Jenney character Helen O'Donnell
Caitlin Wachs character Kathy O'Donnell
Jon Foster character Kenny O'Donnell, Jr.
Matthew Dunn character Kevin O'Donnell
Kevin O'Donnell character NPIC Photo Interpreter
Janet Coleman character Evelyn Lincoln
Bruce Thomas character Floyd
Stephanie Romanov character Jacqueline Kennedy
Bruce Greenwood character John F. Kennedy
Frank Wood character McGeorge Bundy
Dakin Matthews character Arthur Lundahl
Liz Sinclair character Kenny's Assistant #1
Colette O'Connell character Kenny's Assistant #2
Karen Ludwig character Operator Margaret
Audrey Rapoport character White House Operator #1
Marliese Schneider character White House Operator #2
Steven Culp character Robert F. Kennedy
Dylan Baker character Robert McNamara
Bill Smitrovich character Gen. Maxwell Taylor
Henry Strozier character Dean Rusk
Ed Lauter character Gen. Marshall Carter
Michael Fairman character Adlai Stevenson
Walter Adrian character Lyndon Johnson
Tim Kelleher character Ted Sorensen
James Karen character George Ball
Dan Ziskie character Gen. Walter 'Cam' Sweeney
Len Cariou character Dean Acheson
Peter White character John McCone
Kevin Conway character Gen. Curtis LeMay
Kelly Connell character Pierre Salinger
Olek Krupa character Andrei Gromyko
Elya Baskin character Anotoly Dobrinyn
Timothy Jerome character Journalist
Jack McGee character Richard J. Daley
Lamar Smith character Aide
John Aylward character Orville Dryfoos
Madison Mason character Adm. George Anderson
Vivien Straus character White House Aide
Christopher Lawford character Cmdr. William B. Ecker
David O'Donnell character Lt. Bruce Wilhemy
Gene Del Bianco character Petty Officer
Benjamin Koldyke character RF-8 Pilot
Daniel Vergara character OAS Secretary General José A. Mora
Ruben Moreno character Argentine Diplomat
Thomas Roberts character Sonar Operator
Sean Bergin character Chief Sonarman
Alan Francis Sullivan character Executive Officer of USS Pierce
Robert Munstis character Radio Room Operator #1
Michael Gaston character Captain of USS Pierce
Joseph Repoff character Radio Room Operator #2
J. Tucker Smith character Captain of USS Kennedy
Chris Henry Coffey character Officer of Destroyer
Oleg Vidov character Valerian Zorin
Radu Gavor character Romanian Delegate
Zitto Kazann character Chilean Delegate
Alex Veadov character Radio Room Operator #3
Jack Blessing character John Scali
Tom Everett character Walter Sheridan
Karl Makinen character Young FBI Agent
Boris Lee Krutonog character Alexander Fomin
Charles Esten character Maj. Rudolf Anderson
Charles Barrett character Air Force NCO
Darryl Smith character Football Coach
Allan Graf character Football Referee
Robert Miranda character RFK's Driver
Todd Sible character RFK's Staffer
Marya Kazakova character Soviet Woman
Cliff Fleming character Aerial Coordinator
Craig Hosking character Pilot
Michael R. Bowman character Aide to JFK (uncredited)
Greg Bronson character Secret Service Agent (uncredited)
Walter Cronkite character Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ryder Davis character Boy Scout (uncredited)
Roger Ferreira character Army Lieutenant General (uncredited)
Armen Garo character Crewman on Freighter (uncredited)
Gilley Grey character Air Force Pilot (uncredited)
Phil Hawn character UN Administrator (uncredited)
Ted Hollis character OAS Delegate (uncredited)
Rick Kain character Carpenter (uncredited)
John F. Kennedy character Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Steven Koller character White House Staff (uncredited)
Pramod Kumar character U Thant (uncredited)
Paul McMichael character JFK Fan / Greeter (uncredited)
Richard Rossi character Reporter (uncredited)
Larry Strauss character Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon (uncredited)
Brad Yoder character Sorensen's Assistant (uncredited)