Christopher Reeve

Clark Kent / Superman

Margot Kidder

Lois Lane

Gene Hackman

Lex Luthor

Mariel Hemingway

Lacy Warfield

Jackie Cooper

Perry White

Marc McClure

Jimmy Olsen

Jon Cryer

Lenny

Sam Wanamaker

David Warfield

Mark Pillow

Nuclear Man

Damian McLawhorn

Jeremy

William Hootkins

Harry Howler

Jim Broadbent

Jean Pierre Dubois

Stanley Lebor

General Romoff

Don Fellows

Levon Hornsby

Robert Beatty

U.S. President

Bradley Lavelle

Tall Marshall

Mac McDonald

Marshall #2

Steve Plytas

Russian General #2

Czeslaw Grocholski

Russian General 1

John Hollis

Russian General 3 (Kremlin)

Bob Sherman

Senator - Pentagon

Eiji Kusuhara

U.N. Guard - Japanese

Yuri Borienko

Russian General - Red Square

Boris Isarov

Cosmonaut Captain

Dorota Zięciowska

Cosmonaut

Jayne Brook

Teacher - JFK High School

Susannah York

Lara (voice)

Diana Hunter

Museum Tour Guide

Indira Joshi

Secretary General U.N.

Jiří Stanislav

Cosmonaut

Ron Travis

Convict

Matthew Freeman

Submariner

Douglas W. Iles

Chief of Staff

Ted Maynard

Army Chief

Raymond Marlowe

Navy Chief

John Cagon

Technician

Malcolm Bullivant

U.N. Guard - Swedish

Mark Caven

Priest - Boystown

Nicholas Colicos

Paul - Metro Sports Club

David Garth

First Elder

Esmond Knight

Second Elder

Keith Edwards

Technician - Fort Mason

Eugene Lipinski

Cosmonaut - Space Walker

Dennis Creaghan

Bill Compton

Philip Fox

Husband - Great Wall of China

Jimmy Fung

Chinese Official - Great Wall of China

Guinevere John

Tourist - Great Wall of China

Peter Penry-Jones

Tourist - Great Wall of China

Witold Schejbal

Russian Premiere

Rex Robinson

Engineer - Subway

Kerry Shale

MBC Newscaster

Samantha Weysom

Lex Luther Girlfriend

Kenneth Coombs

Reporter

Stephanie English

Woman in Crowd

Jill Goldston

Commuter (uncredited)

Colin Hunt

Sergeant York (uncredited)