| 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. |
