Directed by Ron Howard Written by Peter Morgan   Cast Frank Langella ... Richard Nixon Michael Sheen ... David Frost Sam Rockwell ... James Reston, Jr. Kevin Bacon ... Jack Brennan Matthew Macfadyen ... John Birt Oliver Platt ... Bob Zelnick Rebecca Hall ... Caroline Cushing Toby Jones ... Swifty Lazar Andy Milder ... Frank Gannon Kate Jennings Grant ... Diane Sawyer Gabriel Jarret ... Ken Khachigian Jim Meskimen ... Ray Price Patty McCormack ... Pat Nixon Geoffrey Blake ... Interview Director Clint Howard ... Lloyd Davis Rance Howard ... Ollie Gavin Grazer ... White House Director Simon James ... Frost Show Director Eloy Casados ... Manolo Sanchez Jay White ... Neil Diamond Wil Albert ... Sammy Cahn (as Will Albert) Keith MacKechnie ... Marv Minoff Penny L. Moore ... Lady with Dachshund (as Penny Moore) Janneke Williamson ... Frost's Female Assistant (as Janneke Arent) David Ross Paterson ... Birt TV Show Presenter Jennifer Hanley ... Makeup Woman Robert Pastoriza ... Interview Cameraman Louie Mejia ... Interview Cameraman Kevin P. Kearns ... Fan at Airport (as Kevin Kearns) David Kelsey ... Smith House Reporter James Ritz ... Smith House Reporter Pete Rockwell ... Smith House Reporter Ned Vaughn ... Secret Serviceman Simone Kessell ... Airport Check-In Woman BP Major ... Australian Stage Manager (as Ben Pauley) Noah Craft ... Australian Stage Director Talley Singer ... Stewardess (as Taylor Singer) Kaine Bennett Charleston ... Sydney Assistant Director Gregory H. Alpert ... White House Cinematographer Kimberly Robin ... Ma Maison Girl Michelle Manhart ... Disco Girl Steve Kehela ... Premiere Reporter Antony Acker ... Premiere Reporter (as Anthony H. Acker) John Kerry ... Man at Disco Jenn Gotzon ... Tricia Nixon Googy Gress ... Network Executive Marc McClure ... Network Executive Joe Spano ... Network Executive Jason Suhrke ... Press Reporter (voice) Uncredited Cast Mickie Banyas ... Fina Sanchez Jay Bird ... Vietnam Protestor Michael Patrick Breen ... Houston Ballroom Diner Scott Bryson ... John Bryson Shawn Card ... Photographer Marianne Chambers ... Frost's Blonde John Chancellor ... Self (archive footage) Rich Cohen ... Secret Service Agent #2 Danielle Cooper ... Playmate Alexandria Cree ... Julie Nixon Walter Cronkite ... Self (archive footage) Eve Curtis ... Sue Mengers John Dean ... Self (archive footage) Sam Ervin ... Self (archive footage) Joe Fedio ... Secret Service Agent Gerald Ford ... Self (archive footage) Maggie Grant ... Australian Reporter Alan Gray ... Orthodontist Darbi Gwynn ... Photo Mistress w / Michael Sheen in airport scene Christopher Haskell ... Man in Restaurant Jimmy Heck ... Bouncer Kristina Hughes ... White House Aide Candy Ibarra ... Nightclub Entourage Rachael Jane ... Socialite Dave Johnson ... Nightclub Patron Christopher Jude ... Smith House Press / Reporter Adam Karst ... Huston Ballroom Shaun R.L. King ... Vietnam Protestor Ariel Lazarus ... Playboy Bunny Paula Lemes ... Woman in the Sofá Steve Longmuir ... Cameraman John Luder ... Staffer Les Mahoney ... TV Reporter Dasha Mironova ... Model Victoria Monroe ... Disco Dancer Roger Mudd ... Self (archive footage) Andrew Jackson Murphy ... Club Goer Susanna Musotto ... Tennis Player Eddie Napolillo ... Smith Crew Robert Phares ... White House Aide Bill Porter ... Houston Ball Room Attendee Yvette Rachelle ... Playboy Bunny John Robert ... Heathrow Businessman Chris Roessner ... Surfer Howard J Rosen ... Secret Service Agent Andrea Russell ... Nightclub Patron James Seaman ... Passenger Eric Sevareid ... Self (archive footage) Evan Silverman ... Smith Crew Mark Simich ... Hugh Hefner Max Elliott Slade ... Camera Operator (Smith crew) Cecelia Specht ... Australian Talk Show Script Girl Arne Starr ... Business Man Mark Strohman ... Heathrow Businessman Chris Thompson ... Valet Robert Trout ... Self Robson Vieira ... Swimmer Holly Weber ... Playboy Playmate Aaron White ... Secret Serviceman Denise Winsor ... Airport Passenger Produced by David Bernardi   Tim Bevan   Liza Chasin   William M. Connor   Eric Fellner   Brian Grazer   Todd Hallowell   Debra Hayward   Ron Howard   Karen Kehela Sherwood   Kathleen McGill   Peter Morgan   Matthew Byam Shaw   Louisa Velis   Original Music by Hans Zimmer

Additional Info Premiere: October 15, 2008 Theatrical Release: January 23, 2009 DVD Release: April 21, 2009 Blu-ray Release: April 21, 2009 Countries: Distributor: Universal Studios Websites: Production Companies Universal Pictures (presents) Imagine Entertainment (presents) Working Title Films (presents) StudioCanal (in association with) (as StudioCanal) Relativity Media (in association with) Digital Image Associates Distributors Universal Pictures   (2008) (USA) (theatrical) Home Box Office (HBO)   (2010) (USA) (TV) ION Television   (2013) (USA) (TV) Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)   (2009) (USA) (DVD) Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)   (2009) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.7 / 10 Our Rating 6.2 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 6.4 / 10 Female Users 5.0 / 10 Site Ranking #1,532 / 20,869 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 2 total ratings Average 1 total rating Site Ranking #1,528 The Final Destination (2009) #1,529 Brahmastra Part One: Shiva (2022) #1,530 The Marvels (2023) #1,531 The Wolfman (2010) #1,532 Frost/Nixon (2008) #1,533 Meet The Spartans (2008) #1,534 Cool Runnings (1993) #1,535 Titans: Season 4 (2022) #1,536 As Above, So Below (2014)