| Rob Lowe | Sam Seaborn |
| Stockard Channing | Abbey Bartlet |
| Dulé Hill | Charlie Young |
| Allison Janney | C.J. Cregg |
| Janel Moloney | Donna Moss |
| Richard Schiff | Toby Ziegler |
| John Spencer | Leo McGarry |
| Bradley Whitford | Josh Lyman |
| Martin Sheen | President Josiah Bartlet |
| Oliver Platt | Oliver Babish |
| Ron Silver | Bruno Gianelli |
| Hal Holbrook | Asst. Secretary of State Albie Duncan |
| Anna Deavere Smith | Nancy McNally |
| Connie Britton | Connie Tate |
| Valerie Mahaffey | Tawny Cryer, Appropriations Committee |
| Gregory Alan Williams | Robbie Mosley
(as Gregalan Williams) |
| Kim Webster | Ginger |
| Devika Parikh | Bonnie |
| Melissa Fitzgerald | Carol Fitzpatrick |
| Dennis Cockrum | Officer |
| Rick Cramer | Officer |
| Anthony DiCocco | Secret Service Agent
(uncredited) |
| Sean Allen Jones | Uniformed Secret Service Agent
(uncredited) |