Cast342
Stephen Colbert
Self - Host
Jon Stewart
Self
Chris Matthews
Andrew Sullivan
Self
Jeff Goldblum
Toby Keith
Self
Jack White
Self
Lou Dobbs
Self
Arianna Huffington
Self
Ken Burns
Self
Mike Huckabee
David Cross
Russ Lieber (voice) (uncredited)
George Stephanopoulos
Self
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Self
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Neil Young
Christiane Amanpour
Elvis Costello
Self
John Legend
Self
Reza Aslan
Tim Meadows
Eric Drysdale
Bobby (uncredited)
Barney Frank
Self
George Wendt
Santa
Al Franken
Self
Nas
Kevin Bacon
J.J. Abrams
Barbara Boxer
Self
Mark Cuban
Self
Amy Goodman
Steve Martin
Peter Beinart
Daniel Ellsberg
Leslie Feist
Self
Deepak Chopra
Michael Moore
Malcolm Gladwell
Self
Cornel West
Self
Stone Phillips
Self
Jeff Daniels
Self
Paul Dinello
Tad
Tim Robbins
Self
Al Gore
Jim Lovell
Stephen Sondheim
Anderson Cooper
Self (archive footage)
Al Sharpton
Self (archive footage from Rosa Parks funeral)
Scott McClellan
Charlize Theron
David Copperfield
David Brooks
Gloria Steinem
Helen Thomas
Self
Keith Olbermann
Self
Michael Stipe
Self
Henry Kissinger
Eliot Spitzer
Self
Kevin Spacey
Saddam Hussein
Self (archive footage)
Tom Cruise
Maverick (archive footage)
Harry Reid
Self (archive footage)
Chris Dodd
Self
Rick Springfield
Self
Peggy Noonan
Self
Catherine Crier
Self
Maureen Dowd
Self
Barry Manilow
Douglas Brinkley
Bob Costas
Self
Cokie Roberts
Self
Annie Duke
Self
Stephanie Tubbs Jones
Self
Fareed Zakaria
Self
Greg Behrendt
Self
Richard Preston Jr.
Self
Randy Newman
Harry Smith
Self
Christopher Noxon
Jane Fonda
Self - Guest
Mike Lupica
John Kasich
Bob Kerrey
Self
Dermot Mulroney
Self - Guest
Katrina vanden Heuvel
Self
Gideon Yago
Lisa Loeb
Self
David Gergen
Self
Dave Marash
Self
Jim Lehrer
William Kristol
Ted Danson
Emily Yoffe
Self
Tony Hawk
Monica Crowley
Self
Robin Givhan
Self
Ron Suskind
Self
Sam Waterston
Rachel Maddow
Eugene Jarecki
Charlie Rose
Salman Khan
Gary Sinise
Self
Robin Wright
Drew Barrymore
Diane Keaton
Bob Schieffer
Garry Kasparov
Lynn Swann
Richard Dawkins
Amy Sedaris
Ang Lee
John Mellencamp
Erik Weiner
Carole King
Harry Shearer
R. James Woolsey, Jr.
Self
Garry Trudeau
Donna Shalala
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Quincy Jones
Jimmie Johnson
Martin Short
Lorraine Bracco
Alison Becker
Hillary Clinton
Self
Bill Clinton
Ric Ocasek
William Rieflin
Self
Jim Webb
James Taylor
Tony Danza
Steve Carell
Frank Luntz
Mark Ruffalo
James Cameron
Nina Totenberg
Self
Donald Faison
Frank McCourt
Self
Mike Wallace
Ira Glass
Julie Taymor
Lupe Fiasco
Geoffrey Rush
Daniel Craig
Dinesh D'Souza
Sherman Alexie
Kathryn Bigelow
Sugar Ray Leonard
Kevin Mitnick
William Shatner
Audra McDonald
Caroline Kennedy
James Stewart
David McCullough
Austan Goolsbee
Eric McCormack
Ethan Nadelmann
Wesley Clark
Elijah Wood
James Franco
Björk
Self - Musical Guest
John Lithgow
Ron Howard
Tom Vilsack
Self
Julie Andrews
Self - Grimm Colberty Tales
John Heilemann
Charles Murray
Bonnie Raitt
Yo-Yo Ma
Alan Alda
Mike Tyson
Piers Gibbon
Buzz Aldrin
Olivia Wilde
Peter Frampton
Howard Dean
Neil Gaiman
Larry King
Patti Smith
Anthony Bourdain
Jeff Bridges
Michelle Obama
Self
David Frum
Martin Sheen
Aaron Sorkin
Jimmy Fallon
Morgan Spurlock
David Letterman
Tavis Smiley
Self
Frank Deford
Bill O'Reilly
George Saunders
Self
Jesse Ventura
Maria Shriver
Kris Kristofferson
Carl Wilson
Self - Guest
John McCain
Self
Nancy Pelosi
Anne Rice
Regina Spektor
Debra Dickerson
Meryl Streep
Werner Herzog
Brian Cox
Jeri Kehn Thompson
John Grisham
Tony Snow
Grover Norquist
Self
Nora Ephron
Surya Das
Muhammad Yunus
Ron Reagan
Richard Branson
Deborah Tannen
Peter Singer
Seth Meyers
Claire Danes
Diane Sawyer
Samuel L. Jackson
Willem Dafoe
Neil Patrick Harris
Niall Ferguson
Jeffrey Sachs
Thomas L. Friedman
Self
Michael Phelps
Geraldo Rivera
Brian Eno
Lisa Jackson
Barbara Walters
Cat Stevens
Harry Belafonte
Self - Guest
Martha Stewart
Laird Hamilton
Tom Brokaw
Steve Coll
David Gregory
Self
Bradley Whitford
Self
Sarah Vowell
Herself
Maz Jobrani
Conan O'Brien
Talib Kweli
John Edwards
Self
Paul Simon
Steven Van Zandt
Self
Ralph Nader
Self
Lena Dunham
Andy Cohen
Emmylou Harris
Rick Nielsen
Gary Hart
Self
John Oliver
Self
Tom Hanks
Andrew Young
Self
Ariel Levy
Ed Helms
Carl Bernstein
Self
Michael Smerconish
Self
Mike Mills
Self
Peter Buck
Self
Morley Safer
Scott McCaughey
Self
Bill Berry
Self
Sarah Palin
Herself
Jamie Oliver
Himself
Jeffrey Tambor
Himself
Mike Mullen
Himself
Lynn Sherr
Herself
James M. McPherson
Himself
Leon Wieseltier
Himself
Carol Burnett
Herself
Robert Plant
Himself
Walter Isaacson
Himself
Justin Simien
Himself
William Deresiewicz
Himself
Meredith Vieira
Herself
Jill Lepore
Herself
Eva Longoria
Herself
Alexandra Pelosi
Self
Alan Dershowitz
Self
Paul Begala
Self
John Lewis
Richard Brodhead
Michael Jackson
Self (archive footage)
Martin Bashir
Self (archive footage)
Christian Valdemar Henri John
Self (archive footage)
Mary Elizabeth Donaldson
Self (archive footage)
Jack Kingston
Self
Katie Holmes
Self (archive footage)
Gina Kolata
Self (archive footage)
Juliet Huddy
Self (archive footage)
Mike Jerrick
Self (archive footage)
Jim Cramer
Self
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Self (archive footage from Meet the Press 10/24/2005)
Trace Gallagher
Self (archive footage)
Kathleen P.
Self - Voice (caller from Austin, Texas)
Cheryl G.
Self - Voice (caller from St. Paul, Minnesota)
Ana L.
Self - Voice (caller from Memphis, Tennessee)
Aaron B.
Self - Voice (caller from Buffalo, New York)
Steve Doocy
Self (archive footage from Fox & Friends)
Brian Kilmeade
Self (archive footage from Fox & Friends)
Ainsley Earhardt
Self (archive footage from Fox & Friends)
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Self
Patrick Fitzgerald
Self (archive footage from a press conference 10/28/2005)
Ken Mehlman
Self (archive footage from Meet the Press 10/30/2005)
Camilla Shand
Self (archive footage)
Bruce Feiler
Self
Kelly Wallace
Self (archive footage)
Robyn Curnow
Self (archive footage)
Don Teague
Self (archive footage)
Drew Rosenhaus
Self (archive footage from news conference 11/08/2005)
Terrell Owens
Self (archive footage from news conference 11/08/2005)
Mary Roach
Self
John Mica
Self
Juan Gabriel
Self (archive footage , fall from stage)
Mark Udall
Self
Matt Taibbi
Self
Deborah M.
Self (caller from Austin, Texas)
Colton W.
Self (caller from Poulsboro, Washington)
Bill R.
Self (caller from Canada)
Leyla K.
Self (caller from Waukesha, Wisconsin)
Brian Greene
Self
Jerry Mitchell
Self
Tom Skerritt
Viper (archive footage)
Randy Cunningham
Self (archive footage)
Lesley Stahl
Self
Larry Craig
Self (uncredited)
Charlie Crist
Self
Jerry Nadler
Self
Jackie Speier
Self
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Self
John Dingell
Self
Judy Woodruff
Self
Phil Klay
Self
Kendrick Lamar
Self
Seth Rogen
Self
Sarah Koenig
Self
James Corden
Self
Barack Obama
Self
Paul Farmer
Self
Christopher Nolan
Self
Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe
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