Riven

David Strathairn

as Edward R. Murrow

Patricia Clarkson

as Shirley Wershba

George Clooney

as Fred Friendly

Jeff Daniels

as Sig Mickelson

Robert Downey Jr.

as Joe Wershba

Frank Langella

as William Paley

Ray Wise

as Don Hollenbeck

Robert John Burke

as Charlie Mack

Reed Diamond

as John Aaron

Tate Donovan

as Jesse Zousmer

Grant Heslov

as Don Hewitt

Tom McCarthy

as Palmer Williams

Matt Ross

as Eddie Scott

Rose Abdoo

as Mili Lerner

Alex Borstein

as Natalie

Peter Jacobson

as Jimmy

Robert Knepper

as Don Surine

Dianne Reeves

as Jazz Singer

Peter Martin

as Pianist

Christoph Luty

as Bassist

Jeff Hamilton

as Drummer

Matt Catingub

as Saxophonist

Glenn Morshower

as Colonel Anderson

Don Creech

as Colonel Jenkins

Helen Slayton-Hughes

as Mary

Simon Helberg

as CBS Page

JD Cullum

as Stage Manager

John Kepley

as CBS Lawyer #1

David Paul Christian

as CBS Lawyer #2

Joyce Lasley

as Make-Up Girl

Bill Blair

as TV Studio Crewman (uncredited)

Joseph Dowd

as Reporter (uncredited)

Bruna Matsin

as Sig Mickelson's Wife (uncredited)

Katharine Phillips Moser

as Jesse's Wife (uncredited)

Alexana Thomas

as Senator's Wife (uncredited)

Dave Thompson

as News Photographer (uncredited)

Rochelle Warner

as Speech Wife (uncredited)

Roy Cohn

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Robert F. Kennedy

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Liberace

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Joseph McCarthy

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

John L. McClellan

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Milo Radulovich

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Joseph N. Welch

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

George Clooney

Screenplay

Grant Heslov

Screenplay

Marc Butan

Executive Producer

Ben Cosgrove

Executive Producer

Mark Cuban

Executive Producer

Jennifer Fox

Executive Producer

Grant Heslov

Producer

Chris Salvaterra

Executive Producer

Jeff Skoll

Executive Producer

Steven Soderbergh

Executive Producer

Todd Wagner

Executive Producer

Stephen Mirrione

Editor

George Clooney

Director

Robert Elswit

Director of Photography

Ellen Chenoweth

Casting

James D. Bissell

Production Design

Jan Pascale

Set Decoration

Louise Frogley

Costume Design

Christa Munro

Art Direction

Samuel Hadida

Co-Executive Producer

Victor Hadida

Co-Executive Producer

Barbara A. Hall

Co-Producer

Simon Franks

Co-Producer

Zygi Kamasa

Co-Producer

Kiyotaka Ninomiya

Co-Producer

Edward Tise

Production Sound Mixer

Barbara A. Hall

Unit Production Manager

David Webb

First Assistant Director

Melissa V. Barnes

Second Assistant Director

Colin Anderson

Camera Operator

Barry Idoine

First Assistant "A" Camera

Michael Bauman

Chief Lighting Technician

Michael Kenner

Key Grip

Tony Bonaventura

Property Master

Diane H. Newman

Script Supervisor

Curt Schulkey

Supervising Sound Editor

Aaron Glascock

Supervising Sound Editor

Gae S. Buckley

Set Designer

Ellis J. Barbacoff

Assistant Property Master

Charlotte Raybourn

Art Department Coordinator

Louise Del Araujo

Leadman

Larissa Supplitt

Second Assistant "A" Camera

John T. Connor

First Assistant "B" Camera

J. A. Byerly

Rigging Gaffer

Simone Perusse

Assistant Chief Lighting Technician

Hank Sheppherd

Key Rigging Grip

John Morris

Best Boy Grip

Douglas Crise

First Assistant Editor

Randall L. Johnson

Boom Operator

Rocky Quiroz

Utility Sound

David D. Scott

Video Assist Operator

Lynda Foote

Costume Supervisor

Lucinda Campbell

Key Costumer

Waldo Sanchez

Makeup Department Head

Waldo Sanchez

Hair Department Head

Ron Berkeley

Key Makeup Artist

Joy Zapata

Key Hair Stylist

Carolyn Elias

Hairstylist

Violet Ortiz

Hairstylist

Tad Driscoll

Production Accountant

Rachel Tenner

Casting Associate

Melinda Sue Gordon

Still Photographer

Karen Higgins

Construction Coordinator

Dusty Saunders

Transportation Coordinator

Jeff Winn

Craft Service

Aaron Glascock

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Curt Schulkey

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Lance Brown

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

John Joseph Thomas

Sound Effects Editor

Susan Dudeck

Dialogue Editor

Oscar Mitt

Assistant Sound Editor

John Roesch

Foley Artist

Alyson Dee Moore

Foley Artist

Pamela Kahn

Foley Artist

Mary Jo Lang

Foley Mixer

Scott Morgan

Foley Recordist

Lynne Redding

ADR Voice Casting

Gregg Schaublin

Digital Intermediate Producer

Jeff Kunkle

Dolly Grip

Ryan Piers Williams

Camera Production Assistant