Fred Waitzkin

Joe Mantegna

Josh Waitzkin

Max Pomeranc

Bonnie Waitzkin

Joan Allen

Bruce Pandolfini

Ben Kingsley

Vinnie

Laurence Fishburne

Jonathan Poe

Michael Nirenberg

Poe's Teacher

Robert Stephens

Kalev

David Paymer

Morgan

Hal Scardino

Tunafish Father

William H. Macy

Tournament Director

Dan Hedaya

Russian Park Player

Vasek Simek

Fighting Parent

Anthony Heald

Chess Club Regular

Josh Mostel

Chess Club Regular

Tony Shalhoub

School Teacher

Laura Linney

Asa Hoffman

Austin Pendleton

Man of Many Signals

Steven Randazzo

Katya Waitzkin

Chelsea Moore

Chess Club Regular

Josh Kornbluth

Reporter

Tom McGowan

Reporter

Ona Fletcher

Himself

Kamran Shirazi

Night Park Player

Matt DeMatt Reines

Park Player

Jerry Poe McClinton

Washington Square Patzer

Vincent Smith

Night Park Player

Matt De Matt

Himself

Roman Dzindzichashvili

Washington Square Patzer

Jerry Rakow

Statistician

William Colgate

Journalist

Tony De Santis

Final Tournament Director

R.D. Reid

Park Dealer

Anthony McGowan

82nd Girl

Katya Waitzkin

Himself

Joel Benjamin

Himself

Roman Dzindzichashvill

Gym Parent

John Bourgeois

Petey

Ryder Fleming-Jones

Gym Parent

Maria Ricossa

Running Chess Kid

Harris Krofchick

Washington Square Patzers

Robert Vincent Smith

Screaming Mom

Caroline Yeager

Josh's Syracuse Opponent

Andrew Sardella

Josh's Teammate

Nathan Carter

Jared Harris

Birthday Friend

Nicholas Taylor

Shelley Winters

Birthday Friend

Jonathan Fazio

Birthday Friend

Nicky Mellina

Birthday Friend

Philip Neiman

Birthday Friend

Elizabeth Gropman

Himself

Joel Benjamin Mowdy

Self (archive footage)

Bobby Fischer