The Brink of War (2026) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Michael Russell Gunn.

Cast

• Jeff Daniels as Ronald Reagan
• Jared Harris as Mikhail Gorbachev
• J.K. Simmons as George Shultz
• Hope Davis as Nancy Reagan
• Branka Katić as Raisa Gorbachev
• Aya Cash as Cleo
• Guy Burnet as Alexander
• Adrian Rawlins as Max Rampleman
• Tim Dutton as Edward Shevardnadze
• Stephen Brennan as Paul Nitze
• Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson as Richard Perle
• John Ross Bowie as Ken Adelman
• Catherine Burdon as Margaret Clancy
• Joi Johannsson as KGB Colonel
• Ari Freyr Isfeld Oskarsson as KGB Officer
• Jóel Sæmundsson as CIA Officer
• Vladimir Kulich as Sergey Akhromeyev
• Hjörtur Jóhann Jónsson as Major Alexei Ivanov
• Sigurdur Jefferson as Colonel Tim Schilling
• Kristín Lea Sigríðardóttir as Soviet Attaché
• Tristan Roche as Samantha Lightning - WH Staffer
• Brynja Anderiman as Horse Rider
• Sara Rut Arnardóttir as Ronald Regan Assistant (uncredited)
• Alexander Briem as Journalist (uncredited)
• Ebba Guðný Guðmundsdóttir as Protocol Officer (uncredited)
• Tommi Thor Gudmundsson as US Notetaker (uncredited)
• Einar Haraldsson as USSR Negotiating Team (uncredited)
• Jón Jónsson as TV Reporter (uncredited)
• Jafet Máni Magnúsarson as Gorbachev KGB (uncredited)
• Axel Ólafsson as KGB Notetaker (uncredited)
• Dagur Þór Óskarsson as Stand In (uncredited)
• Stefán Þór Þorgeirsson as Shultz Staffer (uncredited)

Crew

• Michael Russell Gunn — Writer
• Michael Russell Gunn — Director
• Michael Russell Gunn — Producer
• John Logan Pierson — Producer
• Christopher Hammond — Producer
• Magdalena Górka — Director of Photography
• Austin Wintory — Original Music Composer

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