J. Edgar

The most powerful man in the world.

As the face of law enforcement in the United States for almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career, and his life.

Drama Crime History

Leonardo DiCaprio

(John Edgar Hoover)

Naomi Watts

(Helen Gandy)

Armie Hammer

(Clyde Tolson)

Josh Lucas

(Charles Lindbergh)

Josh Hamilton

(Robert Irwin)

Judi Dench

(Anna Marie Hoover)

Geoff Pierson

(Mitchell Palmer)

Gunner Wright

(Dwight Eisenhower)

Dermot Mulroney

(Colonel Schwarzkopf)

Kaitlyn Dever

(Palmer's Daughter)

Adam Driver

(Walter Lyle)

Ed Westwick

(Agent Smith)

Jessica Hecht

(Emma Goldman)

Denis O'Hare

(Albert Osborne)

Lea Thompson

(Lela Rogers)

Damon Herriman

(Bruno Hauptmann)

Sadie Calvano

(Edgar's Niece)

Amanda Schull

(Anita Colby)

Roberta Bassin

(Roosevelt's Secretary)

Emily Alyn Lind

(Shirley Temple)

Barbara Keegan

(Bombing Witness)

Gerald Downey

(FBI Agent)

Jeffrey Donovan

(Robert Kennedy)

Geoff Stults

(Raymond Caffrey)

Thomas Langston

(Young Boy)

Lea Coco

(Agent Sisk)

Aaron Lazar

(Prosecutor Wilentz)

Cheryl Lawson

(Palmer's Wife)

Brady Matthews

(Inspector)

David A. Cooper

(Franklin Roosevelt)

Kelly Lester

(Head Secretary)

Jack Donner

(Edgar's Father)

Dylan Burns

(Hoover as a Child)

Jack Axelrod

(Caminetti)

Michael James Faradie

(Bureau Agent (1919))

Josh Stamberg

(Agent Stokes)

Christian Clemenson

(Inspector Schell)

Billy Smith

(Secret Service Officer)

Ken Howard

(Harlan Fiske Stone)

Zach Grenier

(John Condon)

Johnny Cicco

(Young Agent)

Steve Monroe

(Restaurant Host)

Stephen Root

(Arthur Koehler)

Gary Werntz

(Attorney General)

David Clennon

(Senator Friendly)

Michael O'Neill

(Senator McKellar)

Eric Larkin

(Fred Hunter)

Eric Frentzel

(William Mahan)

Kyle Eastwood

(Stork Club Band)

Gregory Hoyt

(Agent One)

Jenny Phagan

(Baker's Wife)

Chris Caputo

(Bronx Baker)

Shannon McClain Robertson

(African American Woman (as Shannon McClain))

Leslie Augustine

(Lindbergh Nanny (uncredited))

Fileena Bahris

(Starlet (uncredited))

Jennipher Foster

(Lucille Ball (uncredited))

Belinda Gosbee

(Gangster's Moll (uncredited))

Elizabeth Karr

(Secretary (uncredited))

Martin Luther King Jr.

(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))

Lindsay Lucas-Bartlett

(Hollywood Starlet (uncredited))

Pat Nixon

(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))

Richard Nixon

(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))

Jamie Noel

(Racetrack Gambler (uncredited))

Miles Fisher

(Agent Garrison)

Robert Fleet

(Edgar's Mother's Doctor)

Emily Banks

(Radical Citizen (uncredited))

Scot Carlisle

(Agent Williams)

Ryan McPartlin

(Lawrence Richey)