Director: Clint Eastwood

Writer: Dustin Lance Black

Music by: Clint Eastwood

Producers: Clint Eastwood; Brian Grazer; Robert Lorenz

Keywords: Drama, Biography, Washington DC

Biopic dramatizes the life and times of former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover.

ABSTRACT
Told within the frame of an aging Hoover relating his life story to a writer, J. Edgar is a biographical drama that chronicles the career of the long-serving and oft-controversial intelligence agency director, touching upon his formation of the FBI, corruption, rumored homosexuality, and blackmailing of Martin Luther King.

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Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jordan Bridges	Actor	13-Nov-1973		Frankie on Rizzoli & Isles
Christian Clemenson	Actor	17-Mar-1958		Dr. Tom Loman on CSI: Miami
David Clennon	Actor	10-May-1943		Joshua Nankin on The Agency
Judi Dench	Actor	9-Dec-1934		Mrs. Brown
Leonardo DiCaprio	Actor	11-Nov-1974		Titanic
Jeffrey Donovan	Actor	11-May-1968		Michael Westen on Burn Notice
Adam Driver	Actor	19-Nov-1983		Kylo Ren in The Force Awakens
Zach Grenier	Actor	12-Feb-1954		Fight Club
Josh Hamilton	Actor	9-Jun-1969		Alive
Armie Hammer	Actor	28-Aug-1986		Billy: The Early Years
Ernest Harden, Jr.	Actor	25-Nov-1952		Marcus Henderson on The Jeffersons
Jessica Hecht	Actor	28-Jun-1965		Betsy Morgan on What About Joan
Ken Howard	Actor	28-Mar-1944	23-Mar-2016	The White Shadow
Josh Lucas	Actor	20-Jun-1971		Wonderland
Ryan McPartlin	Actor	3-Jul-1975		Devon Woodcomb on Chuck
Dermot Mulroney	Actor	31-Oct-1963		Young Guns
Denis O'Hare	Actor	17-Jan-1962		Larry Harvey on American Horror Story
Stephen Root	Actor	17-Nov-1951		Jimmy James on News Radio
Geoff Stults	Actor	15-Dec-1977		Ben Kinkirk on 7th Heaven
Lea Thompson	Actor	31-May-1961		Caroline in the City
Naomi Watts	Actor	28-Sep-1968		First you see The Ring, then you die
Ed Westwick	Actor	27-Jun-1987		Chuck Bass on Gossip Girl

CAST

Leonardo DiCaprio	...   J. Edgar Hoover
Naomi Watts	...   Helen Gandy
Judi Dench	...   Annie Hoover
Armie Hammer	...   Clyde Tolson
Josh Lucas	...   Charles Lindbergh
Dermot Mulroney	...   Col. Schwarzkopf
Jeffrey Donovan	...   Robert Kennedy
Denis O'Hare	...   Albert Osborne
Stephen Root	...   Arthur Koehler
Zach Grenier	...   John Condon
Damon Herriman	...   Bruno Hauptmann
Lea Thompson	...   Lela Rogers
Ken Howard	...   Harlan Fiske Stone
Josh Hamilton	...   Robert Irwin
Jessica Hecht	...   Emma Goldman
Geoff Pierson	...   Mitchell Palmer
Michael O'Neill	...   Sen. McKellar
Cheryl Lawson	...   Palmer's Wife
Kaitlyn Dever	...   Palmer's Daughter
Brady Matthews	...   Inspector
Gunner Wright	...   Dwight Eisenhower
David A. Cooper	...   Franklin Roosevelt
Ed Westwick	...   Agent Smith
Kelly Lester	...   Head Secretary
Jack Donner	...   Edgar's Father
Dylan Burns	...   Hoover as a Child
Jordan Bridges	...   Labor Dept. Lawyer
Jack Axelrod	...   Caminetti
Josh Stamberg	...   Agent Stokes
Michael James Faradie	...   Bureau Agent (1919)
Christian Clemenson	...   Insp. Schell
Billy Smith	...   Secret Service Officer
Michael Rady	...   Agent Jones
Scot Carlisle	...   Agent Williams
Geoff Stults	...   Raymond Caffrey
Sadie Calvano	...   Edgar's Niece
Allen Nabors	...   Agent Appel
Ryan McPartlin	...   Lawrence Richey
William Bebow	...   Mr. Walters
Joseph Culliton	...   Credit Director
Scott Johnston	...   Tailor
Tom Archdeacon	...   Gangster
Mike Vaughn	...   Balding Agent
Miles Fisher	...   Agent Garrison
Stephen F. Schmidt	...   NJ Officer
Johnny Cicco	...   Young Agent
Kahil Dotay	...   Elmer Irey
Lea Coco	...   Agent Sisk
Scott C. Roe	...   Wiretap Agent
Ernest Harden, Jr.	...   Hoover's Driver
Roberta E. Bassin	...   Roosevelt's Secretary
Steve Monroe	...   Restaurant Host
Christopher Lee Philips	...   William
Sean Murphy	...   Truck Driver
Gary Werntz	...   Attorney General
David Clennon	...   Sen. Friendly
Eric Larkin	...   Fred Hunter
Manu Intiraymi	...   Alvin Karpis
Eric Frentzel	...   William Mahan
Michael Klinger	...   Harry Brunette
Evan Charest	...   Reporter
Emily Alyn Lind	...   Shirley Temple
Kyle Eastwood	...   Stork Club Band
Joe Bagg	...   Stork Club Band
Kye Palmer	...   Stork Club Band
Jason Harnell	...   Stork Club Band
Michael Gladis	...   Stork Club Owner
Jamie LaBarber	...   Ginger Rogers
Amanda Schull	...   Anita Colby
Craig Zucchero	...   Man at the Counter
Gregory Hoyt	...   Agent One
Jeff Cockey	...   Agent Two
Gerald Downey	...   FBI Agent
Brennan Coulter	...   Newspaper Boy
Jenny Phagan	...   Baker's Wife
Tom Christensen	...   Theater Cashier
Chris Caputo	...   Bronx Baker
Austin Basis	...   Bank Teller
Adam Driver	...   Walter Lyle
Shannon McClain	...   African American Woman
Justin Alston	...   African American Man
Eric Matheny	...   Doctor
Ary Katz	...   Agent Owens
Duncan Hood	...   Radio Announcer
Aaron Lazar	...   Prosecutor Wilentz
Ernest Heinz	...   Jury Foreman
Teresa Hegji	...   Hauptmann's Wife
Thomas Langston	...   Young Boy
Robert Fleet	...   Edgar's Mother's Doctor
Joe Keyes	...   Edgar's Brother
Christopher Shyer	...   Richard Nixon
Maxine Weldon	...   Hoover's Maid
Larkin Campbell	...   H. R. Haldeman
Mark Thomason	...   Nixon Aide

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