| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 Kirsten Johnson | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography, Co-Producer |
 Laura Poitras | Crew | Directing | Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Sound Recordist |
 Melody London | Crew | Editing | Editor |
 Sam Esmail | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
Erin Casper | Crew | Editing | Editor |
Katy Scoggin | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography |
Farihah Zaman | Crew | Sound | Sound Recordist |
Yoni Golijov | Crew | Production | Producer |
Andy Hoare | Crew | Sound | Sound Recordist |
Brenda Coughlin | Crew | Production | Producer |
Jeremy Flower | Crew | Sound | Music |
Wellington Bowler | Crew | Sound | Sound Recordist |
Killian Manning | Crew | Visual Effects | Visual Effects |
Neil Reynolds | Crew | Visual Effects | Visual Effects |
 Anderson Cooper | Cast | Actor | Self (archive sound) |
 Daniel Ellsberg | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Donald Trump | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Gavin MacFadyen | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Hillary Clinton | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
Laura Poitras | Cast | Actress | Self (voice) |
 Amy Goodman | Cast | Actress | Self |
 Barack Obama | Cast | Actor | Self (archive sound) |
 Slavoj Žižek | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Lady Gaga | Cast | Actress | Self |
 Jacob Appelbaum | Cast | Actor | Self |
Johannes Wahlström | Cast | Self | |
 Julian Assange | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Chelsea Manning | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Edward Snowden | Cast | Actor | Self |
Sarah Harrison | Cast | Actress | Self |
 Amal Clooney | Cast | Actress | Self |
 Vaughan Smith | Cast | Actor | Self |
Helena Kennedy | Cast | Actress | Self - Lawyer |
Katerina Suvorova | Cast | Actress | Self |
Joseph Farrell | Cast | Self | |
Renata Avila | Cast | Self - Lawyer | |
 Jennifer Robinson | Cast | Actress | Self - Lawyer |
Erinn Clark | Cast | Self - Tor Project developer | |
Ana Alban | Cast | Self - Ecuadorian ambassador | |
Christine Assange | Cast | Self - Julian's mother | |
Louis Bladel | Cast | Self - FBI counterintelligence | |
Roger Dingledine | Cast | Self - Tor Project | |
Tamer Gadalla | Cast | Self - TE Data Managing Director | |
 Kristinn Hrafnsson | Cast | Actor | Self |
Helmut Martin-Jung | Cast | Self - Journalist | |
Mathia Nalappan | Cast | Self - Nokia North Africa General Manager | |
Fidel Narvaez | Cast | Self - Ecuadorian consul | |
 Adam Schiff | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Jeff Sessions | Cast | Self (archive sound) | |
| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
