Syriana (2005) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Stephen Gaghan.

Cast

• George Clooney as Bob Barnes
• Matt Damon as Bryan Woodman
• Jeffrey Wright as Bennett Holiday
• Chris Cooper as Jimmy Pope
• Amanda Peet as Julie Woodman
• William Hurt as Stan
• Christopher Plummer as Dean Whiting
• Alexander Siddig as Prince Nasir Al-Subaai
• Kayvan Novak as Arash
• Amr Waked as Mohammed Sheik Agiza
• Robert Foxworth as Tommy Barton
• Nicky Henson as Sydney Hewitt
• Nicholas Art as Riley Woodman
• Steven Hinkle as Max Woodman
• Daisy Tormé as Rebecca
• Peter Gerety as Leland "Lee" Janus
• Richard Lintern as Bryan's Boss
• Mazhar Munir as Wasim Khan
• Jocelyn Quivrin as Vincent
• Shahid Ahmed as Saleem Ahmed Khan
• Bikram Singh Bhamra as Pakistani Translator
• Roger Yuan as Chinese Engineer
• Jamey Sheridan as Division Chief
• Randall Boffman as Distinguished Gentleman #1
• Max Minghella as Robby Barnes
• Nadim Sawalha as Emir Hamed Al-Subaai
• Akbar Kurtha as Prince Meshal Al-Subaai
• Sonnell Dadral as Farooq
• Tim Blake Nelson as Danny Dalton
• Mark Strong as Mussawi
• Badria Timimi as Nasir's Wife
• Viola Davis as CIA Chairwoman
• Ozzie Yue as Chinese Oil Executive
• Donna Mitchell as Pat Janus
• David Clennon as Donald
• Susan Allenback as Paralegal #1
• Katherine Hoskins Mackey as Paralegal
• Linda E. Williams as Paralegal
• Susan Duvall as Assistant at CIA
• Bahar Soomekh as Yassi (uncredited)

Crew

• Stephen Gaghan — Director
• Jennifer Fox — Producer
• Georgia Kacandes — Producer
• Michael Nozik — Producer
• Alexandre Desplat — Original Music Composer
• Robert Elswit — Director of Photography
• Stephen Gaghan — Writer

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