Cast
- Tim Robbins as Robert "Bob" Roberts, Jr., a folksinger and businessman who runs for the U.S. Senate
- Giancarlo Esposito as John Alijah "Bugs" Raplin, a journalist determined to expose Roberts
- Alan Rickman as Lukas Hart III, Roberts' campaign chairman
- Ray Wise as Chet MacGregor, Roberts' campaign manager
- Brian Murray as Terry Manchester, a British documentary film-maker
- Gore Vidal as Senator Brickley Paiste, the incumbent Senator against whom Roberts campaigns
- Rebecca Jenkins as Delores Perrigrew, a member of Roberts' campaign staff
- Harry Lennix as Franklin Dockett, a Roberts campaign aide
- Robert Stanton as Bart Macklerooney, a Roberts campaign aide
- Kelly Willis as Clarissa Flan, a folk musician
- Tom Atkins as Dr. Caleb Menck, Roberts' personal doctor
- David Strathairn as Mack Laflin, Raplin's attorney
- James Spader as Chuck Marlin, a local news anchor for station WLNO
- Pamela Reed as Carol Cruise, Chuck Marlin's co-anchor at WLNO
- Helen Hunt as Rose Pondell, a field reporter at WLNO
- Peter Gallagher as Dan Riley, host of Good Morning, Philadelphia
- Lynne Thigpen as Kelly Noble, an interviewer on Good Morning, Philadelphia
- Kathleen Chalfant as Constance Roberts, Bob Roberts' mother
- Jack Black as Roger Davis, a fan of Roberts' music and politics
- Matt McGrath as Burt, a friend and bandmate of Davis
- Anita Gillette as Mrs. Davis, wife of the mayor of Harrisburg, mother of Roger
- Susan Sarandon as Tawna Titan, a local news anchor for WFAC-TV News
- Fred Ward as Chip Daley, co-anchor at WFAC-TV News
- Fisher Stevens as Rock Bork, a field reporter at WFAC-TV News
- Bob Balaban as Michael Janes, Cutting Edge Live producer
- John Cusack as Cutting Edge Live host
- Allan F. Nicholls as Cutting Edge Live director
- Robert Hegyes as Ernesto Galleano, a reporter
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