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Leonardo DiCaprio
as J. Edgar Hoover

Armie Hammer
as Clyde Tolson

Naomi Watts
as Helen Gandy

Josh Lucas
as Charles Lindbergh

Judi Dench
as Annie Hoover

Ed Westwick
as Agent Smith

Damon Herriman
as Bruno Hauptmann

Stephen Root
as Arthur Koehler

Jeffrey Donovan
as Robert Kennedy

Ken Howard
as Harlan Fiske Stone

Josh Hamilton
as Robert Irwin

Geoffrey Pierson
as Mitchell Palmer

Cheryl Lawson
as Palmer's Wife

Gunner Wright
as Dwight Eisenhower

David Cooper
as Franklin Roosevelt

David A. Cooper
as Franklin Roosevelt

Brady Matthews
as Inspector

Kaitlyn Dever
as Palmer's Daughter

Kelly Lester
as Head Secretary

Jack Donner
as Edgar's Father

Dylan Burns
as Hoover as a Child

Jordan Bridges
as Labor Dept. Lawyer

Jack Axelrod
as Caminetti

Jessica Hecht
as Emma Goldman

Josh Stamberg
as Agent Stokes

Michael James Faradie
as Bureau Agent (1919)

Christian Clemenson
as Inspector Schell

Billy Smith
as Secret Service Officer

Michael Rady
as Agent Jones

Scot Carlisle
as Agent Williams

Geoff Stults
as Raymond Caffrey

Sadie Calvano
as Edgar's Niece

Allen Nabors
as Agent Appel

Ryan McPartlin
as Lawrence Richey

William Bebow
as Mr. Walters

Joseph Culliton
as Credit Director

Scott Johnston
as Tailor

Tom Archdeacon
as Gangster

Mike Vaughn
as Balding Agent

Miles Fisher
as Agent Garrison

F. Stephen Schmidt
as NJ Officer

Dermot Mulroney
as Colonel Schwarzkopf

Zach Grenier
as John Condon

Johnny Cicco
as Young Agent

Denis O'Hare
as Albert Osborne

Kahil Dotay
as Elmer Irey

Lea Coco
as Agent Sisk

Scott C. Roe
as Wiretap Agent

Ernest Harden Jr.
as Hoover's Driver

Roberta Bassin
as Roosevelt's Secretary

Steve Monroe
as Restaurant Host

Christopher Lee Philips
as William

Sean Murphy
as Truck Driver

Gary Werntz
as Attorney General

David Clennon
as Senator Friendly

Michael O'Neill
as Senator McKellar

Eric Larkin
as Fred Hunter

Manu Intiraymi
as Alvin Karpis

Eric Frentzel
as William Mahan

Michael Klinger
as Harry Brunette

Evan Charest
as Reporter

Emily Alyn Lind
as Shirley Temple

Kyle Eastwood
as Stork Club Band

Joe Bagg
as Stork Club Band

Kye Palmer
as Stork Club Band

Jason Harnell
as Stork Club Band

Michael Gladis
as Stork Club Owner

Jamie Labarber
as Ginger Rogers

Lea Thompson
as Lela Rogers

Amanda Schull
as Anita Colby

Craig Zucchero
as Man at the Counter

Gregory Hoyt
as Agent One

Greg Hoyt
as Agent One

Jeff Cockey
as Agent Two

Gerald Downey
as FBI Agent

Brennan Coulter
as Newspaper Boy

Jenny Phagan
as Baker's Wife

Tommy Christensen
as Theatre Cashier

Chris Caputo
as Bronx Baker

Austin Basis
as Bank Teller

Adam Driver
as Walter Lyle

Shannon McClain
as African American Woman

Justin Alston
as African American Man

Eric Matheny
as Doctor

Ary Katz
as Agent Owens

Duncan Hood
as Radio Announcer

Aaron Lazar
as Prosecutor Wilentz

Ernest Heinz
as Jury Foreman

Teresa Hegji
as Hauptmann's Wife

Thomas Langston
as Young Boy

Robert Fleet
as Edgar's Mother's Doctor

Joe Keyes
as Edgar's Brother

Christopher Shyer
as Richard Nixon

Maxine Weldon
as Hoover's Maid

Larkin Campbell
as H.R. Haldemann

Mark Thomason
as Nixon Aide

Ashley Irwin

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• Jan 14, 2017

  J. Edgar was a somewhat confusing narrative, although it was well acted. The story content is almost boring in a sense when I really think about it, there are tons of dull parts. This is the kind of film I can appreciate, but would not watch again.
  Jarrin R Super Reviewer
• Nov 22, 2013

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  Directors C Super Reviewer
• Feb 26, 2013

  A little long and somewhat boring/slow at times, but the acting was very good.
  Erin C Super Reviewer
• Feb 05, 2013

  MAD HOOVER DOES NOT SUCK OK, forget the make-up on poor old Clyde Tolson, Hoover's gay 'partner', especially in the stroke scene at the end. It is beyond terrible. But this well written, acted and directed take on the life and career of the FBI founder is very good indeed, if you have half a brain. Eastwood and Shane Black are clear about Hoover as a person, and as an American icon - he was driven, mad, a repressed homosexual, who used his office to glorify himself and wield incredible power for an unelected figure. And yet.... He also contributed greatly to the modernisation of police work (imagine the CSI without Hoover), and championed the use of real evidence in criminal proscecutions. I found it a more truthful portrait than any other, as no villain sees himself as evil, but as good. DeCaprio is excellent throughtout the film. He plays Hoover at all stages of his worklife, and the make up on him is pretty good. It is during his rise that DeCaprio shines through as the quality performer. It may sound odd, but he has blossomed into a great actor, as De Niro predicted, with excellent performances in Scorsese's films and so many others. His baby face may still be there, but he is a formidable actor; along with Day Lewis, one of the very best of his generation. The convoluted nature of the storytelling is intelligent, but sometimes undermines the force of the film. It is difficult to find the governing idea - that one man's life, no matter how flawed, can still be great? That one man's flaws can overwhelm whatever good a man does? This did not make the film a waste of time, it made it interesting. It was left to the audience to ask and answer these big questions, and I, for one, found myself fascinated.
  Richard B Super Reviewer

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