Cast
- Denzel Washington as Major Bennett Marco
- Liev Schreiber as Congressman Raymond Prentiss Shaw (the "Manchurian candidate")
- Meryl Streep as Senator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw
- Kimberly Elise as Eugenie Rose
- Jon Voight as Senator Thomas Jordan
- Vera Farmiga as Jocelyne Jordan
- Jeffrey Wright as CPL Al Melvin
- Simon McBurney as Dr. Atticus Noyle
- Bruno Ganz as Delp
- David Keeley as Agent Evan Anderson
- Ted Levine as Colonel Howard
- Miguel Ferrer as Colonel Garret
- Dean Stockwell as Mark Whiting
- Charles Napier as General Sloan
- Jude Ciccolella as David Donovan
- Tom Stechschulte as Governor Robert "Bob" Arthur
- Pablo Schreiber as PFC Eddie Ingram
- Anthony Mackie as PFC Robert Baker III
- Robyn Hitchcock as Laurent Tokar
- Obba Babatundé as Senator Wells
- Zeljko Ivanek as Vaughn Utly
Because the film takes place during a presidential campaign, Al Franken makes a cameo appearance as himself, while Sidney Lumet, Anna Deavere Smith, Roy Blount, Jr. and Fab Five Freddy make short appearances as political pundits. Roger Corman also cameos as the Secretary of State. Beau Sia can be seen briefly on a TV-screen, as the presenter of a late-night comedy show while Gayle King can be seen on TV-screens several times as the presenter of a political chat show.
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