Gael García Bernal

Maziar Bahari

Shohreh Aghdashloo

Moloojoon

Kim Bodnia

Javadi (Rosewater)

Claire Foy

Paola

Haluk Bilginer

Baba Akbar

Golshifteh Farahani

Maryam

Nasser Faris

Haj Agha

Dimitri Leonidas

Davood

Amir El-Masry

Alireza

Arian Moayed

Hamid

Numan Acar

Rahim

Andrew Gower

Jimmy the avid editor

Jason Jones

Jason Jones

Kambiz Hosseini

Hassan

Ayman Sharaiha

Blue-Eyed Seyyed

Zeid Kattan

Seyyed

Ali Elayan

Channel One State TV Interviewer

Nidal Ali

Prison Soundsman

Alex Klaus

Prison Barber

Firas Fanni

Another Prisoner

Alaadin Khasawneh

Prison Guard

Hamid Masri

Admission Guard #1

Wissam Tobaileh

Admission Guard #2

Amir Rahimzadeh

Abdul

Manar Mughrabi

Female Agent

Mohammad Abdel Raheem

Cyrus

Manaf Irani

Avid Debate Watcher

Mohammad Sami

Teenage Boy

Miles Jupp

Maziar's Producer

Lindsey Hilsum

Herself

Ed Ward

Field Producer

Jonathan Hopper

Young Rosewater

Bassam Hanna

Rosewater's Father

Nafisa Ghazi

Rosewater's Mother

Hassan Sha'er

1980 Prison Warden

Ahmad Massad

Tavab

Hamza Muhaisen

Young Maziar

Saif Goussous

Polling Station Policeman

Ali Hussein

Maziar's Newborn Daughter

Saro Karaoghlanian

Maziar's Friend

Hannah Douglass

Flight Attendant

Eyad Zoubi

Shah's Guard

Mohammad Nizar

Cyrus