Orson Welles

Liev Schreiber

William Randolph Hearst

James Cromwell

Marion Davies

Melanie Griffith

Herman Mankiewicz

John Malkovich

Gregg Toland

Liam Cunningham

Louella Parsons

Brenda Blethyn

George Schaefer

Roy Scheider

Louis B. Mayer

David Suchet

Hedda Hopper

Fiona Shaw

Carole Lombard

Anastasia Hille

John Houseman

Simeon Andrews

Walt Disney

Roger Allan

Walt Disney

Roger Allam

Dolores Del Rio (uncredited)

Lucy Cohu

Joseph Cotten

Angus Wright

Mr. Lewis

William Armstrong

Bernard Herrmann

Kerry Shale

Darryl Zanuck

Jay Benedict

David O. Selznick

Ron Berglas

Jack Warner

Tim Woodward

Top Brass #2

Paul Birchard

Harry Cohn

Geoffrey Hutchings

Mr. Thomson

Neil Conrich

Joseph Willicombe

Michael Cronin

Dorothy Comingore

Sarah Franzl

Script Girl

Briony Glassco

Flunkie #2

Louis Hammond

Young Orson Welles

Aaron Keeling

Harry Cohn

Joseph Long

Top Brass #1

Gareth Marks

Sam Goldwyn

Olivier Pierre

News Reader

Roger Rose

Flunkie #1

Rolf Saxon

Paul Stewart

Adrian Schiller

Jeweller

Cyril Shaps

Welles' Mother

Tusse Silberg

Sound Technician

Toby Whithouse

Director

Benjamin Ross