Too Big to Fail

Main Street took the fall. Wall Street got the check.

An intimate look at the epochal financial crisis of 2008 and the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world's economy in a matter of a few weeks.

James Woods

(Dick Fuld)

John Heard

(Joe Gregory)

William Hurt

(Henry Paulson)

Paul Giamatti

(Ben Bernanke)

Billy Crudup

(Timothy Geithner)

Topher Grace

(Jim Wilkinson)

Matthew Modine

(John Thain)

Tony Shalhoub

(John Mack)

Bill Pullman

(Jamie Dimon)

Ed Asner

(Warren Buffett)

Evan Handler

(Lloyd Blankfein)

Joey Slotnick

(Dan Jester)

Peter Hermann

(Christopher Cox)

Michael O'Keefe

(Chris Flowers)

Maria Bartiromo

(Self)

Erin Dilly

(Christal West)

Amy Carlson

(Erin Callan)

Ayad Akhtar

(Neel Kashkari)

Cynthia Nixon

(Michele Davis)

Kathy Baker

(Wendy Paulson)

Beau Baxter

(Skip McGee)

Ben Livingston

(Investment Banker)

Erin Burnett

(Self)

Chance Kelly

(Bart McDade)

Bea Miller

(Buffett's Great Grandkid)

Ajay Mehta

(Vikram Pandit)

Laurence Lau

(Greg Fleming)

Dan Hedaya

(Congressman Barney Frank)

Steve Tom

(Senator Chris Dodd)

Jonathan Freeman

(Senator Richard Shelby)

Linda Glick

(Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi)

Rutanya Alda

(Admiral Evans)

Rob Evans

(Sir Christopher)

Laila Robins

(Christine Lagarde)

Patricia Randell

(Chairman Sheila Bair)

Jennifer Van Dyck

(Ruth Porat)

Chil Kong

(Min Euoo Sung)

Daniel K. Isaac

(Translator)

James Saito

(Chinese Official)

Robert Hogan

(Rodgin Cohen)

Victor Slezak

(Greg Curl)

Chandra Thomas

(Assistant)

Tom Mason

(Robert Willumstad)

David Faber

(David Faber)

Josh Casaubon

(Mid-Level Goldman Banker)

Gregory Jones

(Hector Sants)

George Taylor

(Sir Callum McCarthy)

Kathleen Coslett

(Board Secretary)

Danny Darrow

(Mr. Akers)

Peter Hans Benson

(SEC Lawyer)

Andrew Ross Sorkin

(Reporter)

Fiona Choi

(Second Reporter)

Tom Tammi

(Jeffrey Immelt)

Steve Liesman

(Steve Liesman)

Bud Jones

(Senator Harry Reid)

Les Mau

(Gao Xiqing (as Les J.N. Mau))

Jill Dalton

(Mack's Assistant)

Gia McKnight

(Buffett's Great Grandkid)

Casey Biggs

(Dick Kovacevich)

Robert Vincent Smith

(Ken Lewis)

Joe Kernen

(Joe Kernen)

JB Blanc

(Alistair Darling (uncredited))