| Dave |
Belling | Copy Editor |
| Hardy |
Benjamin | Business reporter |
| Milton |
Berber | Editor in the 70's |
| Mr. |
Berlusconi | Politician |
| Lloyd |
Burko | Paris Correspondent |
| Eileen |
Burko | Lloyd's wife |
| Charlotte (Charlie) |
Burko | Lloyd's daughter |
| Jerome |
Burko | Lloyd's son |
| Winston |
Cheung | Cairo Stringer |
| Herman |
Cohen | Corrections Editor |
| Miriam |
Cohen | Herman's wife |
| Dario |
de Monterecchi | Kathleen's old friend |
| Ornella |
de Monterecchi | Dario's mother, reader |
| Filippo |
de Monterecchi | Dario's younger brother |
| Massimiliano |
de Monterecchi | Dario's son |
| Mr. |
Deveen | Oliver's companion from school |
| Gerda |
Erzberger | Austrian Intellectual |
| Arthur |
Gopal | Obituary Writer |
| Pickle |
Gopal | Arthur's 8 y/o daughter |
| Visantha |
Gopal | Arthur's wife |
| R. P. |
Gopal | Arthur's father |
| Ken |
Lazzarino | Friend of Lloyd |
| Betty |
Lieb | Leo's wife |
| Leo |
Marsh | Betty's husband |
| Craig |
Menzies | News Editor |
| Clint |
Oakley | Arthur's boss |
| Cyrus |
Ott | Business owner from U.S. |
| Jeanne |
Ott | Cyrus Ott's wife |
| Boyd |
Ott | Cyrus Ott's son |
| Charles |
Ott | Cyrus Ott's brother |
| Oliver |
Ott | Boyd's youngest son |
| Vaughn |
Ott | Boyd's oldest son |
| Jimmy |
Pepp | Herman's friend from school |
| Deb |
Pepp | Jimmy's new wife |
| Abbey |
Pinnola | Chief Financial Officer |
| Henry |
Pinnola | Abbey's son |
| Ed |
Rance | Copy Editor |
| Rich |
Snyder | Journalist |
| Kathleen |
Solson | Editor in Chief |
| Nigel |
Solson | Katherine's husband |
| Ruby |
Zaga | Copy Editor |
| Kurt |
Zaga | Older brother of Ruby |
| Didier |
| Neighbor across the hall |
| Brigitte |
| Lloyd's second ex-wife |
| Nathalie |
| Charlotte's friend |
| Francoise |
| Jerome's mother |
| Julia |
| Gerda's niece |
| Annika |
| Hardy's unemployed friend |
| Rory |
| Hardy's hanger-on boyfriend |
| Petros |
| Gallery Manager |
| Dyer |
| Moved in with Herman |
| Lorraine |
| Moved in with Herman |
| Nedra |
| Moved in with Herman |
| Zeina |
| Rents apartment to Winston |
| Paolo |
| Man in Annika's yoga class |
| Marta |
| Housekeeper for Ornella |
| Wojciech |
| Marta's husband |
| Schopenhauer |
| Oliver's Basset Hound |