In the early 1980s, Charlie Wilson is a womanizing US congressional representative from Texas who seemed to be in the minor leagues, except for the fact that he is a member of two major foreign policy and covert-ops committees. However, prodded by his major conservative supporter, Joanne Herring, Wilson learns about the plight the people are suffering in the brutal Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. With the help of the maverick CIA agent, Gust Avrakotos, Wilson dedicates his canny political efforts to supply the Afghan mujahideen with the weapons and support to defeat the Soviet Union. However, Charlie Wilson eventually learns that while military victory can be had, there are other consequences and prices to that fight that are ignored to everyone's sorrow.
Tom Hanks | Charlie Wilson |
Julia Roberts | Joanne Herring |
Phillip Seymour Hoffman | |
Philip Seymour Hoffman | Gust Avrakotos |
Amy Adams | Bonnie Bach |
Ned Beatty | Rep. Doc Long |
Stephen Goldblatt | Cinematographer |
Terry Bozeman | CIA Award Presenter |
Antonia Van Drimmelen | Cinematographer |
Brian Markinson | Paul Brown |
Jud Tylor | Crystal Lee |
Hilary Angelo | Kelly |
Cyia Batten | Stacey |
Kirby Mitchell | Stoned Guy |
Ed Regine | Limo Driver |
Daniel Eric Gold | Donnelly |
Emily Blunt | Jane Liddle |
James Newton Howard | Composer |
Peter Gerety | Larry Liddle |
Wynn Everett | Receptionist - Charlie's Angels |
John Bloom | Editor |