Cast and crew
Snowden
Directed by Oliver Stone · starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley and Melissa Leo
- 23 actors
- 4 in the crew
- 2016
- 2 h 14 min
Snowden: cast and crew
Director
Actors and characters
- Actors
- 23
- Crew
- 4
- Youngest at release
- 25 yearsShailene Woodley
- Eldest at release
- 70 yearsDonald Trump
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt Edward Snowden
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Shailene Woodley Lindsay Mills
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Melissa Leo Laura Poitras
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Zachary Quinto Glenn Greenwald
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Rhys Ifans Corbin O'Brian
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Christian Contreras CIA Psychologist
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Nicolas Cage Hank Forrester
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Parker Sawyers CIA Interviewer
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Michael Benz CIA Student
The whole cast 23
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt Edward Snowden
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Shailene Woodley Lindsay Mills
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Melissa Leo Laura Poitras
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Zachary Quinto Glenn Greenwald
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Rhys Ifans Corbin O'Brian
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Christian Contreras CIA Psychologist
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Nicolas Cage Hank Forrester
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Parker Sawyers CIA Interviewer
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Michael Benz CIA Student
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Tom Wilkinson Ewen MacAskill
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Joely Richardson Janine Gibson
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Nicholas Rowe Assistant Editor Guardian
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Demetri Goritsas CIA Supervisor
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Timothy Olyphant CIA Agent Geneva
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Ben Schnetzer Gabriel Sol
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Bhasker Patel Marwan Al-Kirmani
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Scott Eastwood Trevor James
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LaKeith Stanfield Patrick Haynes
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Logan Marshall-Green Male Drone Pilot
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Ben Chaplin Robert Tibbo
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George Bush Self
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Donald Trump Self
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Nike Maria Vassil Guest
Crew
Writers 1
Producers 3
Questions about the cast of Snowden
- Who plays Edward Snowden in Snowden?
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays Edward Snowden.
- Who plays Lindsay Mills in Snowden?
- Shailene Woodley plays Lindsay Mills.
- Who plays Laura Poitras in Snowden?
- Melissa Leo plays Laura Poitras.
- Who plays Glenn Greenwald in Snowden?
- Zachary Quinto plays Glenn Greenwald.
- Who plays Corbin O'Brian in Snowden?
- Rhys Ifans plays Corbin O'Brian.
- Who plays CIA Psychologist in Snowden?
- Christian Contreras plays CIA Psychologist.
- Who directed Snowden?
- Oliver Stone.
- Who wrote Snowden?
- Oliver Stone.
- How many actors are in Snowden?
- 23 actors are credited, and 4 people in the crew.
The cast in numbers
Oliver Stone had already directed Nicolas Cage in World Trade Center (2006).
Donald Trump and George Bush have worked together on 9 other films: Steal This Story, Please! (2026), Orwell: 2+2=5 (2025), Fahrenheit 11/9 (2018) and 6 more.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Timothy Olyphant had already worked together on 2 films: Elektra Luxx (2010) and Stop-Loss (2008).
Tom Wilkinson and Ben Chaplin had already worked together on 2 films: Little Boy (2015) and Stage Beauty (2004).
Parker Sawyers and Christian Contreras had already worked together on one film: Zero Dark Thirty (2012).
Rhys Ifans and Joely Richardson had already worked together on one film: Anonymous (2011).
With the most films on MovieNCo: Nicolas Cage (75), Tom Wilkinson (49) and Donald Trump (49).
The cast’s average age at release is 48 (of the 18 actors whose birth date we know).



