"The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies the anti-communist HUAC committee and is blacklisted."
Bryan Cranston
as Dalton Trumbo
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
as Virgil Brooks
Louis C.K.
as Arlen Hird
David James Elliott
as John Wayne
Elle Fanning
as Niki Trumbo
John Goodman
as Frank King
Diane Lane
as Cleo Trumbo
Michael Stuhlbarg
as Edward G. Robinson
Alan Tudyk
as Ian McLellan Hunter
Helen Mirren
as Hedda Hopper
Dan Bakkedahl
as Roy Brewer
Roger Bart
as Buddy Ross
Christian Berkel
as Otto Preminger
Peter MacKenzie
as Robert Kenny
Dean O'Gorman
as Kirk Douglas
Richard Portnow
as Louis B. Mayer
Stephen Root
as Hymie King
Dave Maldonado
as Rocco
John Getz
as Sam Wood
Laura Flannery
as Party Goer
Toby Nichols
as Chris Trumbo (age 6-10)
Joseph Martino
as Rally Participant
Madison Wolfe
as Niki Trumbo (age 8-11)
Jason Bayle
as Young Father
James DuMont
as J. Parnell Thomas
Johnny Sneed
as Robert Stripling
Rio Hackford
as Reporter
Dane Rhodes
John Neisler
as Jury Foreman
Sean Bridgers
as Jeff Krandall
J.D. Evermore
as Prison Guard
PJ Marshall
Meghan Wolfe
as Mitzi Trumbo (age 6-8)
Mitchell Zakocs
as Chris Trumbo (age 10-12)
Jason Kirkpatrick
as Mover
Wayne Péré
as Next Door Neighbor
A.J. Allegra
as Messenger
Mattie Liptak
as Chris Trumbo (age 13-17)
Becca Nicole Preston
as Mitzi Trumbo (age 9-12)
Garrett Hines
as Andrew Hird
Mark Harelik
as Ed Muhl
Chris LeBlanc
as Niki's Friend
Ron Fassler
as Journalist
Jim Gleason
as TV Interviewer
Rick Kelly
as John F. Kennedy
Billy Slaughter
as DC Reporter
Griff Furst
as Master of Ceremonies
John Mark Skinner
as Chris Trumbo (age 29)
Jaclyn Bethany
as Starlet (uncredited)
Kate Kuen
as Ethel (uncredited)
Suzanne LaChasse
as Showgirl (uncredited)
Rhonda Laizer
as Trumbo Friend (uncredited)
Veronica Parks
Anne Speed
as Juror (uncredited)
George Parra
First Assistant Director
Monica Levinson
Unit Production Manager
Scott August
Second Assistant Director
Cindy Carr
Set Decoration
Lisa Marinaccio
Art Direction
Laurie Lieser
Associate Producer
Jay Roach
Producer
Gary Archer
Prosthetics
Director
Michelle Graham
Co-Producer
Kevin Kelly Brown
Janice Williams
Alan Baumgarten
Editor
Jesse Rosenthal
Jim Denault
Director of Photography
Michael London
Mark Ricker
Production Design
Nimitt Mankad
Shivani Rawat
Kelly Mullen
Executive Producer
David Rubin
Casting
Theodore Shapiro
Original Music Composer
John McNamara
Bruce Cook
Book
Heather Arthur
Stunt Coordinator
Jeri Habberstad
Stunt Double
Geoffrey Haley
"A" Camera Operator
Steadicam Operator
Writer
Daniel Orlandi
Costume Design