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# The Brink of War (2026): cast and crew

32 cast and 10 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Jeff Daniels](https://film.one/person/jeff-daniels.md) as Ronald Reagan
- [Jared Harris](https://film.one/person/jared-harris.md) as Mikhail Gorbachev
- [J.K. Simmons](https://film.one/person/j-k-simmons.md) as George Shultz
- [Hope Davis](https://film.one/person/hope-davis.md) as Nancy Reagan
- [Branka Katić](https://film.one/person/branka-katic.md) as Raisa Gorbachev
- [Aya Cash](https://film.one/person/aya-cash.md) as Cleo
- [Guy Burnet](https://film.one/person/guy-burnet.md) as Alexander
- [Adrian Rawlins](https://film.one/person/adrian-rawlins.md) as Max Rampleman
- [Tim Dutton](https://film.one/person/tim-dutton.md) as Edward Shevardnadze
- [Stephen Brennan](https://film.one/person/stephen-brennan.md) as Paul Nitze
- [Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson](https://film.one/person/johannes-haukur-johannesson.md) as Richard Perle
- [John Ross Bowie](https://film.one/person/john-ross-bowie.md) as Ken Adelman
- Catherine Burdon as Margaret Clancy
- Joi Johannsson as KGB Colonel
- Ari Freyr Isfeld Oskarsson as KGB Officer
- [Jóel Sæmundsson](https://film.one/person/joel-smundsson.md) as CIA Officer
- Vladimir Kulich as Sergey Akhromeyev
- Hjörtur Jóhann Jónsson as Major Alexei Ivanov
- Sigurdur Jefferson as Colonel Tim Schilling
- Kristín Lea Sigríðardóttir as Soviet Attaché
- Tristan Roche as Samantha Lightning - WH Staffer
- Brynja Anderiman as Horse Rider
- Sara Rut Arnardóttir as Ronald Regan Assistant (uncredited)
- Alexander Briem as Journalist (uncredited)
- Ebba Guðný Guðmundsdóttir as Protocol Officer (uncredited)
- Tommi Thor Gudmundsson as US Notetaker (uncredited)
- [Einar Haraldsson](https://film.one/person/einar-haraldsson.md) as USSR Negotiating Team (uncredited)
- Jón Jónsson as TV Reporter (uncredited)
- Jafet Máni Magnúsarson as Gorbachev KGB (uncredited)
- Axel Ólafsson as KGB Notetaker (uncredited)
- Dagur Þór Óskarsson as Stand In (uncredited)
- Stefán Þór Þorgeirsson as Shultz Staffer (uncredited)

## Directing

- [Michael Russell Gunn](https://film.one/person/michael-russell-gunn.md): Director

## Writing

- [Michael Russell Gunn](https://film.one/person/michael-russell-gunn.md): Writer

## Production

- [Michael Russell Gunn](https://film.one/person/michael-russell-gunn.md): Producer
- [John Logan Pierson](https://film.one/person/john-logan-pierson.md): Producer
- [Christopher Hammond](https://film.one/person/christopher-hammond.md): Producer

## Camera

- [Magdalena Górka](https://film.one/person/magdalena-gorka.md): Director of Photography

## Editing

- [Michael L. Sale](https://film.one/person/michael-l-sale.md): Editor
- [Laura Steiger](https://film.one/person/laura-steiger.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [Austin Wintory](https://film.one/person/austin-wintory.md): Original Music Composer

## Costume and make-up

- Ivana Primorac: Hair Designer, Makeup Designer

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