Film record

Argo

2012Feature film120 minVerification: Verified

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Production countries
United States
Languages
English · Persian
Genres
drama film · historical film · thriller film · biographical film · political thriller film

Credits

Direction

Ben Affleck — Directing

Cast

Ben Affleck — Acting (Tony Mendez)
Bryan Cranston — Acting (Jack O'Donnell)
Alan Arkin — Acting (Lester Siegel)
John Goodman — Acting (John Chambers)
Victor Garber — Acting (Ken Taylor)
Michael Cassidy — Acting
Clea DuVall — Acting (Cora Lijek)
Rory Cochrane — Acting (Lee Schatz)
Tate Donovan — Acting (Robert Anders)
Kerry Bishé — Acting (Kathy Stafford)
Kyle Chandler — Acting (Hamilton Jordan)
Bob Gunton — Acting (Cyrus Vance)
Philip Baker Hall — Acting (CIA Director Stansfield Turner)
Chris Messina — Acting (Malinov)
Adrienne Barbeau — Acting
Tom Lenk — Acting
Titus Welliver — Acting (Jon Bates)
Richard Kind — Acting (Max Klein)
Michael Parks — Acting (Jack Kirby)
Željko Ivanek — Acting (Robert Pender)
Keith Szarabajka — Acting (Adam Engell)
Scoot McNairy — Acting (Joe Stafford)
Barry Livingston — Acting
Matt Doherty — Acting
Richard Dillane — Acting (Peter Nicholls)
Taylor Schilling — Acting (Christine Mendez)
Sheila Vand — Acting (Sahar)
Scott Elrod — Acting
Yuri Sardarov — Acting
Jimmy Carter — Acting
Cas Anvar — Acting
Fouad Hajji — Acting
Jamie McShane — Acting
Victor McCay — Acting
Tehmina Sunny — Acting
Lindsey Ginter — Acting
Muhammed Cangören — Acting
Christopher Denham — Acting (Mark Lijek)
Matt Nolan — Acting
Omid Abtahi — Acting (Reza Borhani)

Writing

Chris Terrio — Screenwriting
Joshuah Bearman — Screenwriting
Tony Mendez — Screenwriting

Production

Grant Heslov — Production
Graham King — Executive production
Ben Affleck — Production
Timothy Headington — Executive production
George Clooney — Production

Music

Alexandre Desplat — Music composition

Cinematography

Rodrigo Prieto — Cinematography

Editing

William Goldenberg — Editing

Versions and cuts

No versions have been documented yet.

Releases by territory

United States · Original release
31 Aug 2012Checked 11 Sep 2026
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