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title: "The Looming Tower: cast and crew"
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cast: 18
crew: 29
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# The Looming Tower (2018): cast and crew

18 cast and 29 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Jeff Daniels](https://film.one/person/jeff-daniels.md) as John O'Neill (10 episodes)
- [Tahar Rahim](https://film.one/person/tahar-rahim.md) as Ali Soufan (10 episodes)
- [Wrenn Schmidt](https://film.one/person/wrenn-schmidt.md) as Diane Priest (10 episodes)
- [Bill Camp](https://film.one/person/bill-camp.md) as Robert Chesney (10 episodes)
- [Louis Cancelmi](https://film.one/person/louis-cancelmi.md) as Vince Stuart (10 episodes)
- [Virginia Kull](https://film.one/person/virginia-kull.md) as Kathy Shaughnessy (10 episodes)
- [Ella Rae Peck](https://film.one/person/ella-rae-peck.md) as Heather (10 episodes)
- [Sullivan Jones](https://film.one/person/sullivan-jones.md) as Floyd Bennet (10 episodes)
- [Michael Stuhlbarg](https://film.one/person/michael-stuhlbarg.md) as Richard Clarke (10 episodes)
- [Peter Sarsgaard](https://film.one/person/peter-sarsgaard.md) as Martin Schmidt (10 episodes)
- [Kenneth Fok](https://film.one/person/kenneth-fok.md) as Chuck Esposito (2 episodes)
- [Richard Lukunku](https://film.one/person/richard-lukunku.md) as Officer Ndereba (1 episodes)
- Rea Rangaka as Simon (1 episodes)
- Rebecca Watson as Under Secretary of Energy (1 episodes)
- [Rachid El Adouani](https://film.one/person/rachid-el-adouani.md) as Taller Man (1 episodes)
- Reem Raouda as Haifa (1 episodes)
- Carl Levin as Self (archive footage) (1 episodes)
- Marty Kintu as Male Janitor (1 episodes)

## Directing

- Justin Bischoff: Second Assistant Director (10 episodes)
- [Craig Zisk](https://film.one/person/craig-zisk.md): Director (3 episodes)
- [Ali Selim](https://film.one/person/ali-selim.md): Director (2 episodes)
- [Michael Slovis](https://film.one/person/michael-slovis.md): Director (2 episodes)
- [John Dahl](https://film.one/person/john-dahl.md): Director (2 episodes)
- [Alex Gibney](https://film.one/person/alex-gibney.md): Director (1 episodes)

## Writing

- [Ali Selim](https://film.one/person/ali-selim.md): Story Editor, Writer (10 episodes)
- [Lawrence Wright](https://film.one/person/lawrence-wright.md): Book, Story (10 episodes)
- [Shannon Houston](https://film.one/person/shannon-houston.md): Staff Writer, Writer (10 episodes)
- [Dan Futterman](https://film.one/person/dan-futterman.md): Teleplay, Writer, Story (2 episodes)
- [Alex Gibney](https://film.one/person/alex-gibney.md): Story (2 episodes)
- [Bathsheba Doran](https://film.one/person/bathsheba-doran.md): Writer (2 episodes)
- [Adam Rapp](https://film.one/person/adam-rapp.md): Writer (2 episodes)

## Production

- [Lawrence Wright](https://film.one/person/lawrence-wright.md): Executive Producer (10 episodes)
- [Dan Futterman](https://film.one/person/dan-futterman.md): Executive Producer (10 episodes)
- [Lauren Whitney](https://film.one/person/lauren-whitney.md): Producer (10 episodes)
- [Alex Gibney](https://film.one/person/alex-gibney.md): Executive Producer (10 episodes)
- [Peter Feldman](https://film.one/person/peter-feldman.md): Producer (10 episodes)
- Avy Kaufman: Casting (10 episodes)
- [Craig Zisk](https://film.one/person/craig-zisk.md): Executive Producer (10 episodes)
- [Adam Rapp](https://film.one/person/adam-rapp.md): Executive Producer (10 episodes)
- [Ali Soufan](https://film.one/person/ali-soufan.md): Producer (10 episodes)
- Moonyeenn Lee: Location Casting (1 episodes)
- Leo Davis: Location Casting (1 episodes)
- Jon Goracy: Casting Assistant (1 episodes)
- Lissy Holm: Location Casting (1 episodes)

## Sound and music

- [Will Bates](https://film.one/person/will-bates.md): Original Music Composer (10 episodes)
- Isaac Derfel: Sound Effects Editor (1 episodes)

## Art

- [Lester Cohen](https://film.one/person/lester-cohen.md): Production Design (10 episodes)

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