Christian Bale (Irving Rosenfeld), Bradley Cooper (Richie DiMaso), Amy Adams (Sydney Prosser / Lady Edith Greensley), Jeremy Renner (Bürgermeister Carmine Polito), Jennifer Lawrence (Rosalyn Rosenfeld), Louis C. K. (Stoddard Thorsen), Jack Huston (Pete Musane), Robert De Niro (Victor Tellegio), Michael Peña (Paco Hernandez / Scheich Abdullah), Shea Whigham (Carl Elway), Elisabeth Röhm (Dolly Polito), Alessandro Nivola (Anthony Amado), Adrian Martinez (Julius), Anthony Zerbe (Senator Horton Mitchell), Colleen Camp (Brenda), Dawn Olivieri (Cosmo-Mädchen), Paul Herman (Alfonse Simone), Saïd Taghmaoui (Scheich Abdullahs Spitzel), Thomas Matthews (Francis Polito), Matthew Russell (Dominic Polito)