Christopher Reeve
Role: Clark Kent / Superman
Margot Kidder
Role: Lois Lane
Gene Hackman
Role: Lex Luthor
Mariel Hemingway
Role: Lacy Warfield
Jackie Cooper
Role: Perry White
Marc McClure
Role: Jimmy Olsen
Sam Wanamaker
Role: David Warfield
Mark Pillow
Role: Nuclear Man
Damian McLawhorn
Role: Jeremy
William Hootkins
Role: Harry Howler
Jim Broadbent
Role: Jean Pierre Dubois
Stanley Lebor
Role: General Romoff
Don Fellows
Role: Levon Hornsby
Robert Beatty
Role: U.S. President
Bradley Lavelle
Role: Tall Marshall
Mac McDonald
Role: Marshall #2
Steve Plytas
Role: Russian General #2
Czeslaw Grocholski
Role: Russian General 1
John Hollis
Role: Russian General 3 (Kremlin)
Bob Sherman
Role: Senator - Pentagon
Eiji Kusuhara
Role: U.N. Guard - Japanese
Yuri Borienko
Role: Russian General - Red Square
Boris Isarov
Role: Cosmonaut Captain
Dorota Zięciowska
Role: Cosmonaut
Jayne Brook
Role: Teacher - JFK High School
Susannah York
Role: Lara (voice)
Diana Hunter
Role: Museum Tour Guide
Indira Joshi
Role: Secretary General U.N.
Jiří Stanislav
Role: Cosmonaut
Matthew Freeman
Role: Submariner
Douglas W. Iles
Role: Chief of Staff
Ted Maynard
Role: Army Chief
Raymond Marlowe
Role: Navy Chief
John Cagon
Role: Technician
Malcolm Bullivant
Role: U.N. Guard - Swedish
Mark Caven
Role: Priest - Boystown
Nicholas Colicos
Role: Paul - Metro Sports Club
David Garth
Role: First Elder
Esmond Knight
Role: Second Elder
Keith Edwards
Role: Technician - Fort Mason
Eugene Lipinski
Role: Cosmonaut - Space Walker
Dennis Creaghan
Role: Bill Compton
Philip Fox
Role: Husband - Great Wall of China
Jimmy Fung
Role: Chinese Official - Great Wall of China
Guinevere John
Role: Tourist - Great Wall of China
Peter Penry-Jones
Role: Tourist - Great Wall of China
Witold Schejbal
Role: Russian Premiere
Rex Robinson
Role: Engineer - Subway
Kerry Shale
Role: MBC Newscaster
Samantha Weysom
Role: Lex Luther Girlfriend
Kenneth Coombs
Role: Reporter
Stephanie English
Role: Woman in Crowd
Jill Goldston
Role: Commuter (uncredited)
Colin Hunt
Role: Sergeant York (uncredited)