
During the height of the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caught between two superpowers when he challenges the Soviet Empire.
Cast

Tobey Maguire
Bobby Fischer

Peter Sarsgaard
Father Bill Lombardy

Liev Schreiber
Boris Spassky

Michael Stuhlbarg
Paul Marshall

Lily Rabe
Joan Fischer

Sophie Nélisse
Young Joan

Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick
Teen Bobby Fischer

Conrad Pla
Carmine Nigro

Aiden Lovekamp
Young Bobby Fischer

Evelyne Brochu
Donna

Robin Weigert
Regina Fischer

Andreas Apergis
Uncle Paul

Katie Bird Nolan
Maria

Ilia Volok
KGB Agent

Peter Janov
KGB Agent

Spiro Malandrakis
Reporter

Arthur Holden
Party Guest #3

Raphael Grosz-Harvey
Donald Byrne

John Maclaren
Theodore Tremblay

Vitali Makarov
Yovanovic
Eric Lee Huffman
KGB Bodyguard

Brett Watson
Lothar Schmid

Shawn Campbell
Cyril Pustan

Eugene Nomura
Japanese Anchorman

Norman Lehnert
German Reporter

Edward Zinoviev
Geller
Sam Stone
Deli Customer

Jonathan Dubsky
Tremblay's Aide

Mark Slacke
Icelandic Journalist

Alexandre Gorchkov
Iivo Nei

Igor Ovadis
Russian Bookstore Owner
Bobo Vian
Bookstore Owner's Wife

Joe Cobden
Motel Clerk

Brent Skagford
Businessman (Motel)

Richard Jutras
Referee - Santa Monica
Yanick Bousquet
Foreign Reporter #1 (French)
Shanmugasunder Chetty
Foreign Reporter #2 (East Indian)

Mohsen El Gharbi
Foreign Reporter #3 (Dutch)
Andrew Peplowski
ABC News Anchor
David Pryde
50's Reporter

Roc LaFortune
Official (Soviet Accres.)
Vito DeFilippo
Russian Opponent (Bulgaria 1967)

Ellen David
Party Guest #1 (Fischer Apt.)
Rosaruby Kagan
Party Guest #2 (Fischer Apt.)

Alain Goulem
Reporter #1 (Vancouver)

Carlo Mestroni
Reporter #2 (Vancouver)
Glen Bowser
Bus Driver
Zach Fraser
Long Haired Hippy
Alexandra Van Loon
Joan's Daughter
Marco Verdoni
Joan's Husband

Matt Keyes
JFK Airport Journalist

Edward Yankie
President Nixon
Al Vandecruys
Arbiter - Bulgaria

Al Dubois
NBC Reporter
Francois Cote
Marshall Heavy
François Ducharme
Bent Larsen
Maurice Demers
President Brezhnev
Grace Anne
Bobby Fischer Fan (uncredited)
Nathaly Thibault
Press Conference (uncredited)

Benoit Priest
Texan Trucker (uncredited)
Sigurbjörn Guðmundsson
Icelandic Policeman (uncredited)

Natalija Ugrina
Bikini Babe (uncredited)

Lydia Zadel
Kissing Woman (uncredited)

Dennis Staroselsky
(uncredited)

André Sogliuzzo
Henry Kissinger (voice, uncredited)

Bobby Fischer
Self (archive footage)
Crew

Edward Zwick
Director, Producer

Stephen J. Rivele
Screenplay

Christopher Wilkinson
Screenplay, Executive Producer

Steven Knight
Screenplay

Steven Rosenblum
Editor, Music Supervisor

Bradford Young
Director of Photography
Joe Gawler
Senior Colorist
Roman Hankewycz
Colorist
Darin Rivetti
First Assistant Director

Renato De Cotiis
Second Assistant Director
Anik Drapeau
Third Assistant Director
Silver Butler
Third Assistant Director
Stéphane Byl
Third Assistant Director
Marie-Elaine Bailly
Production Coordinator

Tobey Maguire
Producer
Gail Katz
Producer
Troy Putney
Associate Producer
Matthew Plouffe
Co-Producer
Isabelle Guay
Production Design
Steev Beeson
Production Controller
Thor Eliasson
First Assistant Camera
Jean Kavanagh
First Assistant Camera
Marie-Ève Gosselin
Second Assistant Camera
Felice Grana
Second Assistant Camera
David A. Seekins
First Assistant "A" Camera
Soupharak Keoborakoth
Second Assistant "A" Camera
Shannon DeWolfe
Second Assistant "A" Camera
Gary Pachany
First Assistant "B" Camera
Ryan Rayner
Second Assistant "B" Camera
Eric Aubin
Second Assistant "B" Camera
Martine Leclerc
First Assistant "C" Camera
Jean-Maurice de Ernsted
Dolly Grip
Claude Fortin
Dolly Grip
George Billinger III
Steadicam Operator
François Daignault
Steadicam Operator
Jamal Bilal
Post Production Coordinator
Isabel Henderson
Post Production Supervisor

Victoria Thomas
Casting
Martine Gagnon
Assistant Costume Designer
Françoise Labelle
Wardrobe Master
Mario Davignon
Costume Supervisor
Renée April
Costume Design
Jean-Jacques Dion
Hair Department Head
Rocco Stallone
Hairstylist
Nathalie Garon
Hairstylist
Cynthia Patton
Hairstylist
Mireille Piché
Hairstylist
Anne-Marie Lanza
Assistant Hairstylist
Raymonde Daliberté
Assistant Hairdresser
Colleen Quinton
Makeup Department Head
Marianne Bobet
Assistant Makeup Artist
Sabrina Trudel
Makeup Artist
Kathy Kelso
Makeup Artist
Sylvaine Dufaux
Second Unit Director of Photography
Hélène Lamarre
Art Department Coordinator
Charlotte Rouleau
Assistant Art Director
Lon Bender
Sound Designer
Kris Fenske
Sound Designer
Bill R. Dean
Sound Editor
Allan Zaleski
Sound Editor
Eric McAllister
Assistant Sound Editor
Eric Hirsch
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Tom Fleischman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Louis Marion
Sound Mixer
Daði Freyr Pétursson
Boom Operator
Cedric Charron
Boom Operator
Bill Sweeney
Foley Editor
Matthew Haasch
Foley Mixer
Bobbi Banks
ADR Supervisor

Chris Navarro
ADR Mixer
Michael Miller
ADR Mixer
Beauxregard Neylon
ADR Mixer
Justine Baker
ADR Recordist
Denis Lavigne
Special Effects Coordinator
Louis Craig
Special Effects Supervisor
Alan Munro
Visual Effects Supervisor

Linda Drake
Visual Effects Coordinator
Josiane Fradette
Visual Effects Coordinator

James Newton Howard
Original Music Composer
Jim Weidman
Supervising Music Editor
David Olson
Music Editor
Lewis Horwitz
Finance
Dan Korintus
Dialogue Editor
Michael Buster
Dialect Coach
Irina Cazazaeva
Dialect Coach
Patrick Bourbonniere
Rigging Grip
Etienne Geoffron
Rigging Grip

Hélèna Laliberté
Rigging Grip
Francis Comeau
Rigging Grip
Miguel Chouinard
Rigging Grip
Kim Larouche
Rigging Grip
Alexandre Bouchard
Rigging Grip
Paul Duchesne
Rigging Grip
Patrick St. Denis
Rigging Grip
Maude Turcot
Rigging Grip
Stephane St-Pierre
Rigging Grip
Emile Gonin Robidoux
Rigging Grip
Christian Lalonde
Rigging Grip
Sylvain Girouard
Rigging Grip
Jacob Fortier
Rigging Gaffer
Paul Hotte
Set Decoration
Daniel Hamelin
Set Decoration
André Valade
Set Decoration
Frédéric Berthiaume
Set Decoration
Martine Giguère-Kazemirchuk
Set Decoration
Geneviève Parent
Assistant Set Decoration
Josiane Jospitre
Assistant Set Decoration
Jean Gagnon
Set Designer
Veronique Meunier
Set Designer
Takashi Seida
Still Photographer
Lorette Leblanc
Script Supervisor
Pierre Daudelin
Best Boy Electric
Mike Bonnaud
Best Boy Electric
Pierre Blondin
Location Manager
Roman Martyn
Assistant Location Manager

Tim Connolly
Stunts

Sean Graham
Stunts
Alex Krimm
Stunts
Siurbjorn Gudmundsson
Stunts
Kris A. Jeffrey
Stunts

Tyler Hall
Stunt Coordinator
Alexis Bureau
Stunt Double
Claire Alary
Property Master
Annie Carpentier
Assistant Property Master
Tommy Diotte
Best Boy Grip
Cynthia E. Thornton
Associate Editor
Alain Masse
Key Grip
Eames Gagnon
Gaffer
Jacky Lavoie
Unit Production Manager
Didier Communaux
Unit Manager
Eva Jensen
Studio Teacher
Puelo Deir
Unit Publicist
Charles Castonguay
Unit Publicist
Jean-Pierre Paquet
Art Direction
Robert Parle
Art Direction
Aron Bergmann Magnússon
Art Direction
Robert Harrison
Set Medic
Stéphanie Croteau
Set Medic
Marlène Poulin
First Assistant Editor
Timothy Donovan
First Assistant Editor

Mark Orton
Orchestrator
Roger Paquin
Greensman
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