Cast
- Leonardo DiCaprio as Danny Archer: Born in 1968 to a white farming family from war-torn Rhodesia, Archer fled the country after his parents were savagely murdered during the bush war. He joined the South African Defence Force in 1986, serving with some distinction across the southern subcontinent. Unwilling or unable to pursue a legitimate military career after the fall of apartheid, the unemployed soldier turned smuggler and began running arms for profit. Understandably cynical by nature, Archer continues to harbour nostalgic feelings for 'Rhodesia', refusing to acknowledge the regime change which rechristened his homeland as black-ruled Zimbabwe.
- Djimon Hounsou as Solomon Vandy: A dedicated but humble family man, Vandy's greatest wish is to see his son, Dia, through a difficult education in poverty-stricken Sierra Leone. Balking at the notion that the child should become a poor, illiterate, fisherman like himself, Solomon hopes that Dia will one day enter the medical field.
- Jennifer Connelly as Maddy Bowen: An American journalist who has traveled the globe extensively. She arrives in Africa hoping to document Sierra Leone's ongoing violence and raise international awareness regarding the illicit diamond trade flourishing there.
- Kagiso Kuypers as Dia Vandy: Solomon Vandy's only son. The pride and joy of his loving father, Dia is eventually kidnapped by rebel fighters, who brainwash him into becoming a merciless child soldier.
- Arnold Vosloo as Colonel Coetzee: A veteran military stategist, Coetzee fought in Angola during the 1980s alongside South Africa's 32 Battalion. With the close of the South African Border War, he began traveling abroad in search of mercenary work. Coetzee presently heads a private military company in Sierra Leone with ties to the diamond industry.
- Antony Coleman as Cordell Brown
- Benu Mabhena as Jassie Vandy
- Anointing Lukola as N'Yanda Vandy
- David Harewood as Captain Poison
- Basil Wallace as Benjamin Kapanay
- Jimi Mistry as Nabil
- Michael Sheen as Rupert Simmons
- Marius Weyers as Rudolf Van de Kaap
- Stephen Collins as Ambassador Walker
- Ntare Mwine as M'Ed
- Ato Essandoh as Captain Rambo
- Tony Kgoroge as the Liberian Army Officer
- Ade M'Cormack as R.U.F. Trainer
- Gaurav Chopra as bus passenger
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