Clark Kent / Superman

Christopher Reeve

Acting

Lois Lane

Margot Kidder

Acting

Lex Luthor

Gene Hackman

Acting

Lacy Warfield

Mariel Hemingway

Acting

Perry White

Jackie Cooper

Acting

Jimmy Olsen

Marc McClure

Acting

Lenny

Jon Cryer

Acting

David Warfield

Sam Wanamaker

Acting

Nuclear Man

Mark Pillow

Acting

Jeremy

Damian McLawhorn

Acting

Harry Howler

William Hootkins

Acting

Jean Pierre Dubois

Jim Broadbent

Acting

General Romoff

Stanley Lebor

Acting

Levon Hornsby

Don Fellows

Acting

U.S. President

Robert Beatty

Acting

Tall Marshall

Bradley Lavelle

Acting

Marshall #2

Mac McDonald

Acting

Russian General #2

Steve Plytas

Acting

Russian General 1

Czeslaw Grocholski

Acting

Russian General 3 (Kremlin)

John Hollis

Acting

Senator - Pentagon

Bob Sherman

Acting

U.N. Guard - Japanese

Eiji Kusuhara

Acting

Russian General - Red Square

Yuri Borienko

Acting

Cosmonaut Captain

Boris Isarov

Acting

Cosmonaut

Dorota Zięciowska

Acting

Teacher - JFK High School

Jayne Brook

Acting

Lara (voice)

Susannah York

Acting

Museum Tour Guide

Diana Hunter

Acting

Secretary General U.N.

Indira Joshi

Acting

Cosmonaut

Jiří Stanislav

Acting

Convict

Ron Travis

Acting

Submariner

Matthew Freeman

Camera

Chief of Staff

Douglas W. Iles

Acting

Army Chief

Ted Maynard

Acting

Navy Chief

Raymond Marlowe

Acting

Technician

John Cagon

Acting

U.N. Guard - Swedish

Malcolm Bullivant

Acting

Priest - Boystown

Mark Caven

Acting

Paul - Metro Sports Club

Nicholas Colicos

Acting

First Elder

David Garth

Acting

Second Elder

Esmond Knight

Acting

Technician - Fort Mason

Keith Edwards

Acting

Cosmonaut - Space Walker

Eugene Lipinski

Acting

Bill Compton

Dennis Creaghan

Acting

Husband - Great Wall of China

Philip Fox

Acting

Chinese Official - Great Wall of China

Jimmy Fung

Acting

Tourist - Great Wall of China

Guinevere John

Acting

Tourist - Great Wall of China

Peter Penry-Jones

Acting

Russian Premiere

Witold Schejbal

Acting

Engineer - Subway

Rex Robinson

Acting

MBC Newscaster

Kerry Shale

Acting

Lex Luther Girlfriend

Samantha Weysom

Acting

Reporter

Kenneth Coombs

Acting

Woman in Crowd

Stephanie English

Acting

Commuter (uncredited)

Jill Goldston

Acting

Sergeant York (uncredited)

Colin Hunt

Acting