* Tim Robbins as James Carville
* John Malkovich as Paul Begala
* Jeffrey DeMunn as George Stephanopoulos
* Lane Smith as Bob Shrum
* Michael Murphy as Bill Clinton
* Anna Deavere Smith as Mary Matalin
* Richard Bradford as James A. Baker III
Supporting cast
* Tony Shalhoub as David Wilhelm
* Josh Pais as Rick Stearns
* Nelson Mashita as Bruce Lindsey
* J. T. Walsh as Frank Greer
* Stanley Anderson as Al Gore
* Debra Monk as Dee Dee Myers
* Don Scardino as Mickey Kantor
* John Pankow as Tom Harkin
* John McMartin as John Sununu
* Bill Sims as Ron Brown