J. Edgar (2011) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Clint Eastwood.

Cast

• Leonardo DiCaprio as John Edgar Hoover
• Armie Hammer as Clyde Tolson
• Naomi Watts as Helen Gandy
• Josh Lucas as Charles Lindbergh
• Josh Hamilton as Robert Irwin
• Judi Dench as Anna Marie Hoover
• Geoff Pierson as Mitchell Palmer
• Gunner Wright as Dwight Eisenhower
• Dermot Mulroney as Colonel Schwarzkopf
• Kaitlyn Dever as Palmer's Daughter
• Adam Driver as Walter Lyle
• Ed Westwick as Agent Smith
• Jessica Hecht as Emma Goldman
• Denis O'Hare as Albert Osborne
• Lea Thompson as Lela Rogers
• Damon Herriman as Bruno Hauptmann
• Sadie Calvano as Edgar's Niece
• Amanda Schull as Anita Colby
• Roberta Bassin as Roosevelt's Secretary
• Emily Alyn Lind as Shirley Temple
• Barbara Keegan as Bombing Witness
• Gerald Downey as FBI Agent
• Jeffrey Donovan as Robert Kennedy
• Geoff Stults as Raymond Caffrey
• Thomas Langston as Young Boy
• Lea Coco as Agent Sisk
• Aaron Lazar as Prosecutor Wilentz
• Cheryl Lawson as Palmer's Wife
• Brady Matthews as Inspector
• David A. Cooper as Franklin Roosevelt
• Kelly Lester as Head Secretary
• Jack Donner as Edgar's Father
• Dylan Burns as Hoover as a Child
• Jack Axelrod as Caminetti
• Michael James Faradie as Bureau Agent (1919)
• Josh Stamberg as Agent Stokes
• Christian Clemenson as Inspector Schell
• Billy Smith as Secret Service Officer
• Ken Howard as Harlan Fiske Stone
• Zach Grenier as John Condon

Crew

• Clint Eastwood — Producer
• Dustin Lance Black — Writer
• Clint Eastwood — Director
• Brian Grazer — Producer
• Tom Stern — Director of Photography
• Robert Lorenz — Producer
• Clint Eastwood — Original Music Composer

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