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| James Gandolfini | Lt. Gen. George Miller |
| Peter Capaldi | Malcolm Tucker |
| Harry Hadden-Paton | Civil servant |
| Samantha Harrington | Malcolm's Secretary |
| Gina McKee | Judy Molloy |
| Tom Hollander | Simon Foster |
| Olivia Poulet | Suzy |
| Chris Addison | Toby Wright |
| James Smith | Michael Rodgers |
| Zach Woods | Chad |
| Mimi Kennedy | Karen Clark |
| Anna Chlumsky | Liza Weld |
| Enzo Cilenti | Bob Adriano |
| Lucinda Raikes | Reporter |
| James Doherty | Reporter |
| Reid Sasser | Airport Security Man |
| Jamie Cairney | Cinematographer |
| David Rasche | Linton Barwick |
| Johnny Pemberton | A.J. Brown |
| Janelle Schmidt | Club Dancer |
| Chipo Chung | Annabelle Hsin |
| Del Pentecost | White House Tourist |
| Joanna Scanlan | Roz |
| Joanna Brookes | Mrs. McDiarmid |
| Steve Coogan | Paul Michaelson |
| Ian Martin | Additional Dialogue |
| Rita May | Mrs. Michaelson |
| Chizzy Akudolu | UN Cleaner (uncredited) |
| Paul Higgins | Jamie MacDonald |
| Stephanie Cannon | US State Department Employee (uncredited) |
| Jen Carden | Club Dancer (uncredited) |
| Alex Macqueen | Sir Jonathan Tutt |
| Scot Cregan | Airport Traveller (uncredited) |
| Eve Matheson | New Minister |
| Jim Hild | Party Goer (uncredited) |
| Will Smith | New Advisor |
| Michael Koltes | US State Department worker (uncredited) |
| Christian Contreras | Jeff Romero (scenes deleted) |
| Julie Mun | State Dept. Staffer (uncredited) |
| Cristina Casali | Production Designer |
| Natasha Sattler | Club Dancer (uncredited) |
| Al Sotto | Limo Driver (uncredited) |
| Patrick Michael Strange | State Dept. Staffer (uncredited) |
| John Warman | Security (uncredited) |
| Don Whatley | Party Goer (uncredited) |

