Obsada

• Forest Whitaker — Cecil Gaines
• David Banner — Earl Gaines
• Mariah Carey — Hattie Pearl
• Jim Gleason — R.D. Warner
• Oprah Winfrey — Gloria Gaines
• Alan Rickman — Ronald Reagan
• Minka Kelly — Jackie Kennedy
• Liev Schreiber — Lyndon B. Johnson
• Jesse Williams — Rev. James Lawson
• Cuba Gooding Jr. — Carter Wilson
• Jane Fonda — Nancy Reagan
• Stephen Rider — Admiral Rochon
• Nealla Gordon — Senator Kassebaum
• Yaya DaCosta — Carol Hammie
• Michael Rainey Jr. — Cecil Gaines (8)
• David Oyelowo — Louis Gaines
• Alex Pettyfer — Thomas Westfall
• Vanessa Redgrave — Annabeth Westfall
• Clarence Williams III — Maynard
• John Cusack — Richard Nixon
• Robin Williams — Dwight Eisenhower
• James Marsden — John F. Kennedy
• Lenny Kravitz — James Holloway
• Terrence Howard — Howard
• Elijah Kelley — Charlie Gaines