Mark Wahlberg (Bob Lee Swagger), Kate Mara (Sarah Fenn), Danny Glover (Colonel Isaac Johnson), Michael Peña (Nick Memphis), Elias Koteas (Jack Payne), Rhona Mitra (Alourdes Galindo), Ned Beatty (Senator Charles F. Meachum), Jonathan Walker (Louis Dobbler), Tate Donovan (Russ Turner), Tom Butler (US-Präsident), Rade Serbedzija (Michael Sandor), Mike Dopud (Söldneranführer), Mackenzie Gray (Dave Simmons), Michael St.John Smith (FBI-Direktor Brandt), Lane Garrison (Donnie Fenn), John Tench (Motelbesitzer), Dean McKenzie (Erzbischof Desmond Mutumbo), Rebecca Toolan (Mrs. Rate), David Bloom (Meachums Kammerdiener), Brian Markinson (Generalstaatsanwalt Russert), Zak Santiago (Agent), Justin Louis (Howard Purnell), Brad Kelly (Sorenson), Alan C. Peterson (Officer Stanley Timmons), Dagmar Midcap (Nachrichtensprecherin), Chic Gibson (Bürgermeister von Philadelphia), Levon Helm (Mr. Rate), Adrian G. Griffiths (Ben Davis), Michael-Ann Connor (Agent), Rade Sherbedgia (Michael Sandor)