1 | Mary-Alice | Dodge | Editorial Assistant at Gryphon. |
| Ezra | Blazer | The writer. |
| Anna | | Alice's neighbour. |
2 | Ira | Obstbaum | A doctor. |
| Eileen | | Ezra's ex girlfriend. |
3 | Edwin | Wu | Eileen's husband. |
| Kyle | Wu | Eileen's son. |
| Olivia | Wu | Eileen's daughter. |
| Elaine | | Alice's grandmother. |
| Pransky | | A doctor. |
| Roger | | Alice's boss. |
| Ann | Beattie | An author. |
| Julia | Glass | An author. |
| Clete | | Ezra's worker. |
4 | Virgil | | Ezra's neighbour. |
| | Stokes | Lady who owns the lot. |
5 | Gabriela | | Ezra's day nurse. |
| Francine | | Ezra's night nurse. |
| Adam | | The one who praised Ezra's books. |
| Chaucer | | Ezra's neighbour's dog. |
| Janice | | Ezra's cleaning lady. |
| Nayla | | An interviewer. |
| Cal | | Ezra's friend. |
| Felicity | | Cal's friend. |
| Justine | | Felicity's baby. |
| Rachel | | Anna's granddaughter. |
| Julian | | Alice's friend. |
6 | Clerk | Willoughby | Jury Worker. |
| Patrick | Dwyer | Person in the Jury assembly. |
| Jose | Cardozo | Person in the Jury assembly. |
| Bonnie | Slotnick | Person in the Jury assembly. |
| Hermann | Walz | Person in the Jury assembly. |
| Rafael | Moreno | Person in the Jury assembly. |
| Helen | Pincus | Person in the Jury assembly. |
| Laruen | Unger | Person in the Jury assembly. |
| Marcel | Lewinski | Person in the Jury assembly. |
| Sarah | Smith | Person in the Jury assembly. |
| Bruce | Beck | Person in the Jury assembly. |
| Argentina | Cabrera | Person in the Jury assembly. |
| Donna | Krauss | Person in the Jury assembly. |
| Mary-Ann | Travaglione | Person in the Jury assembly. |
| Laura | Barth | Person in the Jury assembly. |
| Caroline | Koo | Person in the Jury assembly. |
| William | Bialosky | Person in the Jury assembly. |
| Craig | Koestler | Person in the Jury assembly. |
| Clara | Pierce | Person in the Jury assembly. |
| Alma | Castro | Person in the Jury assembly. |
| Sheri | Bloomburg | Person in the Jury assembly. |
| Jordan | Levi | Person in the Jury assembly. |
| Sabrina | Truong | Person in the Jury assembly. |
| Timothy | Halloran | Person in the Jury assembly. |
| Patrick | Philpott | Person in the Jury assembly. |
| Ryan | McGillicuddy | Person in the Jury assembly. |
| Adrian | Sanchez | Person in the Jury assembly. |
| Angela | Ng | Person in the Jury assembly. |
| Devon | Flowers | Person in the Jury assembly. |
| Elizabeth | Hamersley | Person in the Jury assembly. |
| Kanchan | Khemhandani | Person in the Jury assembly. |
| Cynthia | Wolf | Person in the Jury assembly. |
| Orlanda | Olsen | Person in the Jury assembly. |
| Natasha | Stowe | Person in the Jury assembly. |
| Ashley | Brownstein | Person in the Jury assembly. |
| Hannah | Filkins | Person in the Jury assembly. |
| Zachary | Jump | Person in the Jury assembly. |
| Emanuel | Gat | Person in the Jury assembly. |
| Conor | Fleming | Person in the Jury assembly. |
| Pilar | Brown | Person in the Jury assembly. |
| Michael | Firestone | Person in the Jury assembly. |
| Kiril | Dobrovolsky | Person in the Jury assembly. |
| Abigail | Cohen | Person in the Jury assembly. |
| Jennifer | Vanderhover | Person in the Jury assembly. |
| Lottie | Simms | Person in the Jury assembly. |
| Purva | Singh | Person in the Jury assembly. |
| Barry | Featherman | Person in the Jury assembly. |
| Felicia | Porges | Person in the Jury assembly. |
| Leonard | Yates | Person in the Jury assembly. |
| Kendra | Fitzpatrick | Person in the Jury assembly. |
| Clarence | | A patient. |
| Genevieve | | A nurse. |
| Dick | Hillier | Ezra's emergency contact. |
7 | Alastair | Blunt | A journalist. |
| Amar Ala | Jaafari | Iraqi-American economist. |
10 | Zaid | | Amar's friend. |
| Leila | | Amar's friend. |
| Sami | | Amar's brother. |
| Zahra | | Sami's wife. |
| Yasmine | | Sami's daughter. |
13 | Denise | | Airport worker. |
| Ken | | Chinese girl's professor. |
14 | Zaid | | Amar's uncle. |
| Alia | | Amar's aunt. |
| Rania | | Amar's cousin. |
| Ali | | Amar's cousin. |
| Sabah | | Amar's cousin. |
| Hussein | | Amar's cousin. |
| Maddie | Monti | Amar's girlfriend. |
16 | Jiddo | | Amar's grandfather. |
| Ahmed | | Amar's grandmother's husband. |
18 | Michelle | | Abortion clinic's receptionist. |
| Bob | Monkhouse | A british comedian. |
| Colin | Cabbagestalk | Office of Career Services worker. |
| Lachlan | | A volunteer. |
| Joseph | Rotblat | Nobel Peace Prize laureate. |
| Tola | | Joseph's wife. |
| Geoffrey | Stubblebin | Medical professor. |
21 | Waleed | | A doctor. |
| Qusay | | Sadam's son. |
| Uday | | Sadam's son. |
| Huda Salih | Mahdi Ammash | The only American-educated woman. |
22 | Duncan | | Airport worker. |
23 | Hassan | | Zahra's father. |
| Ali | al-Haidari | Baghdad's governor. |
| Kareem | | Jaafaris' broker. |
| Big Yazid | | Zaid's kidnapper. |
| Farrah | | The girl Amar met. |
24 | | Lalwani | A doctor. |
| Muhammed | | A two-year-old kid who'd been shot in the face. |
25 | Milton | Cross | An announcer. |
| Katja | | Ezra's love affair. |
| Erika | Siedl | Ezra's first wife. |
| Dana | Pollock | Ezra's second wife. |
| Genevieve | | Ezra's French lover. |