Bob Roberts - Cast

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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