Directed by Edward Zwick   Written by Lawrence Wright   Menno Meyjes   Edward Zwick   Cast Denzel Washington ... Anthony Hubbard Annette Bening ... Elise Kraft / Sharon Bridger Bruce Willis ... General William Devereaux Tony Shalhoub ... Frank Haddad Sami Bouajila ... Samir Nazhde Ahmed Ben Larby ... Sheik Achmed Bin Talal Mosleh Mohamed ... Muezzin Lianna Pai ... Tina Osu (as Liana Pai) Mark Valley ... Mike Johanssen Jack Gwaltney ... Fred Darius David Proval ... Danny Sussman Lance Reddick ... FBI Agent Floyd Rose Jeremy Knaster ... INS Official William Hill ... INS Uniform Aasif Mandvi ... Khalil Saleh Frank DiElsi ... Officer Williams Wood Harris ... Officer Henderson Ellen Bethea ... Anita David Costabile ... Fingerprint Expert Glenn Kessler ... Fiber Expert Jeffrey Waid ... Video Agent (as Jeffrey Allan Waid) Tom McDermott ... Phone Bank Agent Sherry Ham-Bernard ... Hubbard's Secretary Joseph Hodge ... Landlord Joey Naber ... Rashad Said Faraj ... Yousuf Ali Afshar ... Ali (as Alex Dodd) Jacqueline Antaramian ... Najiba Haddad Helmi Kassim ... Frank Haddad Jr. Ghoulam R. Rasoully ... Frank Jr.'s Teacher Joseph Badalucco Jr. ... EMT Diana Naftal ... Injured Woman Ben Shenkman ... Kaplan, INS Barton Tinapp ... Mayoral A.A. Neal Jones ... NYPD Representative Donna Hanover ... District Attorney Peter Schindler ... Johnson, FAA Hany Kamal ... Arab Spokesman Chip Zien ... Chief of Staff Dakin Matthews ... Senator Wright John Rothman ... Congressman Marshall John Henry Cox ... Speaker of the House E. Katherine Kerr ... Attorney General Jimmie Ray Weeks ... Army General Will Lyman ... FBI Director Ray Godshall ... CIA Director Victor Slezak ... Colonel Hardwick Chris Messina ... Corporal Gilbert Rosales ... Mechanic Amro Salama ... Tariq Husseini Jim Shankman ... ACLU Lawyer Matt Servitto ... Journalist #1 Jourdan Fremin ... Journalist #2 Susie Essman ... Protest Speaker Anjua Warfield-Maximo ... March Organizer Jeff Beatty ... Undercover FBI Agent Rory J. Aylward ... Lieutenant Graham Larson ... FBI Agent (as Graham J. Larson) Arianna Huffington ... Capitol Week Pundit Robert Scheer ... Capitol Week Pundit Matt Miller ... Capitol Week Pundit John Beard ... Newscaster (as John F. Beard) Stan Brooks ... Newscaster Alex Chadwick ... Newscaster Epi Colon ... Newscaster Judy de Angelis ... Newscaster Luis Jimenez ... Newscaster Sean Hannity ... Newscaster Ron Kuby ... Newscaster (as Ronald Kuby) Daniel Schorr ... Newscaster Curtis Sliwa ... Newscaster Susan Stamberg ... Newscaster Mary Alice Williams ... Newscaster Uncredited Cast Mike Akrawi ... Terrorist Michael Arthur ... Army Major Anthony Batarse ... Terrorist Scott Charles Blamphin ... Fireman Buzz Cartier ... Concentration Camp Detainee Christian Chase ... Prisoner Bill Clinton ... Self (archive footage) Gerard Cordero ... Hostage Sean Patrick Doherty ... FBI Agent Patrick Ferraro ... Angry Man Sean Patrick Folster ... Arab Jason Gonzalez ... Protester Mark Langston ... Terrorist Andrew Lasky ... FBI agent Marshall Dancing Elk Lucas ... Bus Hostage John E. Mack ... Firefighter Dave Mallow ... Newscaster (voice) Tom Malloy ... Lt. Muckley Tim Maloney ... FBI Agent Lisa Masters ... Reporter #2 Trish McGettrick ... FBI Agent Tim McRae ... Driver Traffic Jam John Meier ... Soldier with Devereaux in base Ali Merhi ... Ali Akhmed George F. Miller ... Soldier / Humvee Driver Luis Moro ... Hubbard FBI Decoy Derek Muterspaw ... Crowd Member Garry Pastore ... Officer Perry Robin Anne Phipps ... Crying Girl on Monitor Patrick Potter ... Special Agent FBI Andy Redmond ... Officer McFall Joseph C. Reyes ... Soldier Martin Rinab ... FBI agent Rocco ... Fireman / Reporter Michael Rothberger ... EMT #2 / ESU #2 Marc Schwarz ... Soldier Tony Snow ... Newscaster Suzanne Solomon ... Extra Alberto Suarez ... Detainee Angel Katherine Taormina ... Girl in Pink Jacket on Street Valeria Von Leczycki Goncharova Barrett ... Screaming Woman in Silver Gown Produced by Robin Budd   Bruce Devan   Jonathan Filley   Lynda Obst   Peter Schindler   Edward Zwick   Original Music by Graeme Revell

Additional Info Premiere: November 06, 1998 DVD Release: April 20, 1999 Blu-ray Release: June 09, 2009 Country: Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox Websites: Production Companies Twentieth Century Fox (presents) (as Twentieth Century Fox) Lynda Obst Productions (as Lynda Obst) The Bedford Falls Company Distributors Twentieth Century Fox   (1998) (USA) (theatrical) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (1998) (USA) (DVD) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (2009) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD) Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.4 / 10 Our Rating 4.3 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 4.3 / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #1,944 / 21,118 Ratings Breakdown Average 3 total ratings Mediocre 1 total rating Crap 1 total rating Site Ranking #1,940 Norbit (2007) #1,941 Violent Night (2022) #1,942 Fearless (2006) #1,943 Charlie's Angels (2019) #1,944 The Siege (1998) #1,945 Cold Pursuit (2019) #1,946 Speed Racer (2008) #1,947 Five Feet Apart (2019) #1,948 Wolf Creek (2005)