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As the face of law enforcement in the United States for almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career, and his life.
Language
Budget$35,000,000
Revenue $84,606,030
English
Budget$35,000,000
Revenue $84,606,030
Keywords
fbi
biography
historical figure
lgbt
gay
Casts

Leonardo DiCaprio
John Edgar Hoover

Armie Hammer
Clyde Tolson

Naomi Watts
Helen Gandy

Josh Lucas
Charles Lindbergh

Josh Hamilton
Robert Irwin

Judi Dench
Anna Marie Hoover

Geoff Pierson
Mitchell Palmer

Gunner Wright
Dwight Eisenhower

Dermot Mulroney
Colonel Schwarzkopf

Kaitlyn Dever
Palmer's Daughter

Adam Driver
Walter Lyle

Ed Westwick
Agent Smith

Jessica Hecht
Emma Goldman

Denis O'Hare
Albert Osborne

Lea Thompson
Lela Rogers

Damon Herriman
Bruno Hauptmann

Sadie Calvano
Edgar's Niece

Amanda Schull
Anita Colby

Roberta Bassin
Roosevelt's Secretary

Emily Alyn Lind
Shirley Temple

Barbara Keegan
Bombing Witness

Gerald Downey
FBI Agent

Jeffrey Donovan
Robert Kennedy

Geoff Stults
Raymond Caffrey
Thomas Langston
Young Boy

Lea Coco
Agent Sisk

Aaron Lazar
Prosecutor Wilentz
Cheryl Lawson
Palmer's Wife
Brady Matthews
Inspector

David A. Cooper
Franklin Roosevelt

Kelly Lester
Head Secretary

Jack Donner
Edgar's Father
Dylan Burns
Hoover as a Child

Jack Axelrod
Caminetti
Michael James Faradie
Bureau Agent (1919)

Josh Stamberg
Agent Stokes

Christian Clemenson
Inspector Schell

Billy Smith
Secret Service Officer

Ken Howard
Harlan Fiske Stone

Zach Grenier
John Condon

Johnny Cicco
Young Agent

Steve Monroe
Restaurant Host

Stephen Root
Arthur Koehler

Gary Werntz
Attorney General

David Clennon
Senator Friendly

Michael O'Neill
Senator McKellar
Eric Larkin
Fred Hunter

Eric Frentzel
William Mahan

Kyle Eastwood
Stork Club Band

Gregory Hoyt
Agent One

Jenny Phagan
Baker's Wife
Chris Caputo
Bronx Baker
Shannon McClain Robertson
African American Woman (as Shannon McClain)

Leslie Augustine
Lindbergh Nanny (uncredited)

Fileena Bahris
Starlet (uncredited)
Jennipher Foster
Lucille Ball (uncredited)

Belinda Gosbee
Gangster's Moll (uncredited)

Elizabeth Karr
Secretary (uncredited)

Martin Luther King Jr.
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lindsay Lucas-Bartlett
Hollywood Starlet (uncredited)

Pat Nixon
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jamie Noel
Racetrack Gambler (uncredited)

Miles Fisher
Agent Garrison

Robert Fleet
Edgar's Mother's Doctor
Emily Banks
Radical Citizen (uncredited)

Scot Carlisle
Agent Williams

Ryan McPartlin
Lawrence Richey
Crews

Clint Eastwood
Producer

Dustin Lance Black
Writer

Clint Eastwood
Director

Brian Grazer
Producer
Erica Huggins
Executive Producer

Joel Cox
Editor

Tom Stern
Director of Photography
Gary D. Roach
Editor

Fiona Weir
Casting

Robert Lorenz
Producer
Tim Moore
Executive Producer
Deborah Hopper
Costume Design
Kevin Murray
Assistant Sound Editor
Brian Avery
Stunts

Clint Eastwood
Original Music Composer
Gregg Rudloff
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Matthew R. Anderson
Stunts
Gary Fettis
Set Decoration

Justin Gant
Stunts
James J. Murakami
Production Design

Chuck Waters
Stunts
Jacob Chambers
Stunts

Buddy Van Horn
Stunt Coordinator
Patrick M. Sullivan Jr.
Art Direction
Greg Berry
Art Direction
David M. Bernstein
First Assistant Director

Duncan Jarman
Makeup Artist

Duncan Jarman
Prosthetic Makeup Artist
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