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The Post

2017 Thriller film Drama film Biographical film Historical film Political thriller

The Post is a 2017 film directed by Steven Spielberg. It stars Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, Sarah Paulson and others.

Top cast

41 people

Tom Hanks

Ben Bradlee Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep

Katharine Graham Sarah Paulson

Sarah Paulson

Antoinette Pinchot Bradlee, Antoinette "Tony" Pinchot Bradlee Bob Odenkirk

Bob Odenkirk

Ben Bagdikian

Tracy Letts

Fritz Beebe

Bradley Whitford

Arthur Parsons

Bruce Greenwood

Robert McNamara

Matthew Rhys

Daniel Ellsberg

Michael Stuhlbarg

A. M. Rosenthal

Alison Brie

Lally Weymouth, Lally Graham

Carrie Coon

Meg Greenfield

David Cross

Howard Simons

More cast

  • Jesse Plemons Roger Clark
  • Philip Casnoff Chalmers Roberts
  • Stark Sands Donald E. Graham
  • Deirdre Lovejoy
  • Kenneth Tigar
  • David Aaron Baker
  • Dan Bucatinsky
  • David Costabile Art Buchwald
  • Annika Boras
  • Carolyn McCormick Margaret McNamara
  • Susan Blackwell
  • Armand Schultz
  • Neal Huff
  • Zach Woods Anthony Essaye
  • Pat Healy Philip L. Geyelin
  • John Rue Eugene Patterson, Gene Patterson
  • Richard Holmes Murrey Marder
  • Jessie Mueller Judith Martin
  • Michael Cyril Creighton Jake
  • Brent Langdon Paul Robert Ignatius, Paul Ignatius
  • Gary Wilmes Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Punch Sulzberger
  • Christopher Innvar James L. Greenfield
  • James Riordan Vice Admiral Joseph Francis Blouin
  • Kelly AuCoin Assistant Attorney General Kevin Maroney
  • Tom Bair William Rehnquist
  • Cotter Smith William Macomber
  • Jennifer Dundas Liz Hylton
  • Justin Swain Neil Sheehan
  • Will Denton Michael

Sources

  • Wikidata (Q30203425), accessed October 2026
  • Cast photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each profile

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