Schauspieler
Tobey Maguire (Bobby Fischer), Liev Schreiber (Boris Spassky), Michael Stuhlbarg (Paul Marshall), Peter Sarsgaard (Father Bill Lombardy), Edward Zinoviev (Efim Geller), Alexandre Gorchkov (Iivo Nei), Lily Rabe (Joan Fischer), Robin Weigert (Regina Fischer), Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick (Teenage Bobby Fischer), Aiden Lovekamp (Young Bobby Fischer), Sophie Nélisse (Young Joan Fischer), Evelyne Brochu (Donna), Conrad Pla (Carmine Nigro), Vitali Makarov (Ivanovich), Brett Watson (Lothar Schmid), Igor Ovadis (Russian Bookstore Owner), Bobo Vian (Bookstore Owner's Wife), Shawn Campbell (Cyril), Katie Nolan, Joe Cobden (Motel Clerk), Brent Skagford (Businessman), John Maclaren (US Chargé d'Affaire Tremblay), Jonathan Dubsky (Tremblay's Aide), Mark Slacke (Icelandic Journalist #1), Yanick Bousquet (Foreign Reporter #1), Shanmugasunder Chetty (Foreign Reporter #2), Mohsen El Gharbi (Foreign Reporter #3), Andrew Peplowski (ABC News Anchor), David Pryde (50's Reporter), Roc LaFortune (Official), Vito DeFilippo (Russian Opponent), Basil McKenna (Kissing Man), Katie Bird Nolan (Maria), Ellen David (Party Guest #1), Rosa Ruby Kagan (Party Guest #2), Arthur Holden (Party Guest #3), Richard Jutras (Referee - Santa Monica), Alain Goulem (Reporter #1), Carlo Mestroni (Reporter #2), Spiro Malandrakis (Reporter), Glen Bowser (Bus Driver), Zach Fraser (Long Haired Hippy), Raphael Grosz-Harvey (Donald Byrne), Alexandra Van Loon (Joan's Daughter), Sam Stone (Customer - Diner), Matt Keyes (JFK Airport Journalist), Ilia Volok (KGB Guy), Edward Yankie (President Nixon), Al Vandecruys (Arbiter - Bulgaria), Christopher de Courcy-Ireland (BBC Anchor), Olga Martchenko (Woman Speaking Russian), Al Dubois (NBC Reporter), Francois Cote (Marshall Heavy), Marco Verdoni (Joan's Husband), François Ducharme (Bent Larsen), Ivan Freud (Reefer Man), Maurice Demers (President Brezhnev), Stephen Walters (Reporter), Norman Roy (FBI Agent), Muhammad Ali (Himself), Andreas Apergis (Uncle Paul), The Beatles (Themselves), Grace Campos (Bobby Fischer Fan)
