| Adam Curtis | Narrator , producer, written by, Narrator | |
| Donald Trump | Self - Businessman | |
| Vladimir Putin | Self - Russia Leader | |
| Patti Smith | Self - Singer | |
| Henry Kissinger | Self - US Secretary of State | |
| Hafez al-Assad | Self - President of Syria | |
| Ronald Reagan | Self - President of the United States | |
| Nancy Reagan | Self - Ronald Reagan's Wife | |
| Ayatollah Khomeini | Self - Ayatollah of Iran | |
| Timothy Leary | Self - Psychologist | |
| John Perry Barlow | Self - Electronic Frontier Foundation | |
| Muammar Gaddafi | Self - Ruler of Lybia | |
| Mikhail Gorbachev | Self - URSS Leader | |
| Nicolae Ceausescu | Self - Romania Leader | |
| Jane Fonda | Self - Aerobics Trainer | |
| Joseph Weizenbaum | Self - Creator of the ELIZA Computer Program | |
| Ivana Trump | Self - Donald Trump's Wife | |
| Benjamin Netanyahu | Self - Prime Minister of Israel | |
| George W. Bush | Self - President of the US | |
| Tony Blair | Self - Prime Minister of the UK | |
| Bashar al-Assad | Self - President of Syria | |
| Judea Pearl | Self - Artificial Intelligence Expert | |
| Daniel Pearl | Self - Wall Street Journal Reporter | |
| Vladislav Surkov | Self - Consultant to Vladimir Putin | |
| Barack Obama | Self - President of the US | |
| David Cameron | Self - Prime Minister of the UK | |
| Nigel Farage | Self - UK Independence Party Leader | |
| Bill Clinton | Self - President of the US | |
| Hillary Clinton | Self - US Secretary of State | |
| Mark Abene | Self |
