Cast and Crew of Silkwood

Cast of
Silkwood

About Silkwood

The story of Karen Silkwood, a metallurgy worker at a plutonium processing plant who was purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing blatant worker safety violations at the plant.

Full Cast of Silkwood

Meryl Streep
plays Karen Silkwood

Meryl Streep as Karen Silkwood

Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep (born June 22, 1949) is an American actress. Often described as "the best actress of her g...

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Kurt Russell
plays Drew Stephens

Kurt Russell as Drew Stephens

Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17, 1951) is an American actor. He began acting on television at the age of 12 in the ...

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Cher
plays Dolly Pelliker

Cher as Dolly Pelliker

Cher (born Cherilyn Sarkisian; May 20, 1946) is an American singer and actress. Commonly referred to as the Goddess o...

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Craig T. Nelson
plays Winston

Craig T. Nelson as Winston

Craig Theodore Nelson (born April 4, 1944) is an American actor. He is probably best known for his Emmy-winning role ...

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Fred Ward
plays Morgan

Fred Ward as Morgan

Fred Ward (December 30, 1942 - May 5, 2022) was an American actor. He began his career in 1979 alongside Clint Eastwo...

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Diana Scarwid
plays Angela

Diana Scarwid as Angela

Diana Elizabeth Scarwid is a retired American actress, best known for her portrayal of Christina Crawford (as an adul...

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Ron Silver
plays Paul Stone

Charles Hallahan
plays Earl Lapin

Josef Sommer
plays Max Richter

Sudie Bond
plays Thelma Rice

Henderson Forsythe
plays Quincy Bissell

E. Katherine Kerr
plays Gilda Schultz

Bruce McGill
plays Mace Hurley

Bruce McGill as Mace Hurley

Bruce Travis McGill (born July 11, 1950) is an American actor who has an extensive list of credits in film and televi...

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David Strathairn
plays Wesley

David Strathairn as Wesley

An American film and television actor, best known for his portrayal of journalist Edward R. Murrow in the feature fil...

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J.C. Quinn
plays Curtis Schultz

Kent Broadhurst
plays Carl

Richard Hamilton
plays Georgie

Les Lannom
plays Jimmy

M. Emmet Walsh
plays Walt Yarborough

Graham Jarvis
plays Doctor at Union Meeting

James Rebhorn
plays Los Alamos Doctor

Bill Cobbs
plays Man in Lunchroom

Ray Baker
plays Pete Dawson

Will Patton
plays Joe

Will Patton as Joe

William Rankin Patton (born June 14, 1954) is an American actor and audiobook narrator. He starred as Colonel Dan Wea...

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Tom Stovall
plays 3rd Los Alamos Doctor

Drew Stephens
plays Waiter (uncredited)

Stephanie D'Abruzzo

Stephanie D'Abruzzo

Stephanie D'Abruzzo (born December 7, 1971) has been a Sesame Street puppeteer since 1993, has performed a myriad of ...

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Crew of Silkwood

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