The Post

Rating: 8/10 Drama History

Release Year: 2017 Language: en

Overview

A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events.

Cast Members

Meryl Streep as Kay Graham Tom Hanks as Ben Bradlee Sarah Paulson as Tony Bradlee Bob Odenkirk as Ben Bagdikian Tracy Letts as Fritz Beebe Bradley Whitford as Arthur Parsons Bruce Greenwood as Robert McNamara Matthew Rhys as Daniel Ellsberg Alison Brie as Lally Graham Carrie Coon as Meg Greenfield Jesse Plemons as Roger Clark David Cross as Howard Simons Zach Woods as Anthony Essaye Pat Healy as Phil Geyelin John Rue as Gene Patterson Rick Holmes as Murray Marder Philip Casnoff as Chalmers Roberts Jessie Mueller as Judith Martin Stark Sands as Don Graham Michael Cyril Creighton as Jake Will Denton as Michael Deirdre Lovejoy as Debbie Regan Michael Devine as Copy Chief Kelly Miller as Copy Editor Jennifer Dundas as Liz Hylton Austyn Johnson as Marina Bradlee Brent Langdon as Paul Ignatius Michael Stuhlbarg as Abe Rosenthal Deborah Green as Ann Marie Rosenthal Gary Wilmes as Punch Sulzberger Christopher Innvar as James Greenfield Luke Slattery as NY Times Runner Justin Swain as Neil Sheehan Robert G. McKay as NY Times Staffer Sasha Spielberg as Woman with Package Bryan Burton as Lafayette Protester Coral Peña as Nancy Dan Bittner as Government Lawyer Kenneth Tigar as Solicitor Griswold David Aaron Baker as Alexander Bickel Gannon McHale as Judge Gurfein Kevin Loreque as Waiter (F Street Club) Francis Dumaurier as Head Waiter (Oakroom) Stephen Mailer as Exchange President Ned Noyes as Lazard Banker John Henry Cox as Lazard Banker Dan Bucatinsky as Joe Alsop David Costabile as Art Buchwald Johanna Day as Ann Buchwald Annika Boras as Mrs. Alsop Carolyn McCormick as Mrs. McNamara Susan Blackwell as Dinner Wife Jordan Baker as Dinner Wife Lauren Lim Jackson as Eastern Air Stewardess Peter Van Wagner as Harry Gladstein Angus Hepburn as Judge Gessell James Riordan as Vice Admiral Blouin Kelly AuCoin as Kevin Maroney Cotter Smith as Under Secretary William Macomber Ben Livingston as Dennis Doolin Stephen Rowe as Judge Robb Rick Crom as Supreme Court Marshall Fenton Lawless as Linotype Printer Cullen Oliver Johnson as Linotype Printer JaQwan J. Kelly as Watergate Security Guard Brett G. Smith as Platoon Leader Brett Diggs as G.I. Anthony M Walker as G.I Saul Alvarez as G.I. Theis Weckesser as Military Advisor David Beach as Robert Komer Shawn Allen McLaughlin as Reporter (Andrews AFB) Shaun O'Hagan as Harry Rowen (RAND) Thaddeus Daniels as Rand Corp Guard Brendan Burke as Rand Corp Guard Celeste Arias as Lynda Sinay Sonny Valicenti as Tony Russo Patrick Noonan as LA Cop Will Blomker as LA Cop Amy Russ as White House Assistant Aaron Roman Weiner as Bob Haldeman Catherine Wolf as RAND Receptionist Joel Nagle as Man on Phone Tom Bair as Rehnquist (Asst AG) Walter Brandes as 18th Street Protester Juliana Davies as Katherine Hazel Mason as Pamela Ginger Mason as Pamela Sawyer Spielberg as Plaza Protester Mark Jacoby as Chief Justice Burger Jon Donahue as Bertram Plain Seth Barrish as Layout Editor Clarke Thorell as Layout Editor Joseph Tudisco as Delivery Man Steve Witting as NY Times Staffer Gary Galone as NY Times Staffer Frank Ridley as NY Times Staffer Jeremiah Wiggins as NY Times Staffer Alexander Sage Oyen as Protest Singer Brittney Johnson as Protest Singer Caleb Eberhardt as Protest Singer Don McCloskey as Protest Singer Estelle Bajou as Protest Singer Kaylyn Scardefield as Protest Singer Leslie Kujo as Protest Singer Lilli Cooper as Protest Singer Odiseas Georgiadis as Protest Singer Sean Meehan as Suspicious Man Steven Kearney as Ehrlichman Curzon Dobell as Nixon Matthew Piazzi as Newscaster Armand Schultz as WTOP-AM Reporter Jerry Lobrow as G.I. #4 Mark Pinelli as AMEX Photographer