Kathryn Bigelow returned to acting after an eight-year hiatus with the apocalyptic political thriller, A house of dynamite. Written by former NBC News Chairman Noah Oppenheim, the film focuses on a terrifyingly timely scenario: the U.S. government’s confused response to a single, unidentified nuclear missile launched toward the continental United States, specifically toward Chicago.
The plot, structured into three segments that rewind to cover the same high-stakes 18-minute window from different angles, explores the chaos and devastating protocols in the White House Situation Room and various military command centers. A house of dynamite was released on October 10, 2025, following its world premiere at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on September 2, 2025.
A house of dynamite features an ensemble cast, led by Idris Elba as the President of the United States and Rebecca Ferguson as Captain Olivia Walker, senior officer in the Situation Room. THE casting also includes Gabriel Basso, Jared Harris, Tracy Letts, Anthony Ramos and Moses Ingram, among others.
The main cast of A house of dynamite
Here are the main players in A house of dynamite:
- Idris Elba as Potus: The English actor plays the President of the United States in the film.
- Rebecca Ferguson plays Captain Olivia Walker, who is a senior officer in the White House Situation Room.
- Gabriel Basso plays Deputy National Security Advisor Jake Baerington in the film.
- Jared Harris plays Secretary of Defense Reid Baker in the film.
- Tracy Letts plays General Anthony Brody, a senior military officer in the United States Strategic Command (STRATCOM), in the film.
- Anthony Ramos plays the role of Major Daniel Gonzalez in the film. He plays the commander of a military base responsible for detecting threats.
- Moses Ingram plays Cathy Rogers, one of the officials at FEMA.
- Jonah Hauer-King plays Lt. Commander Robert Reeves, a retaliation strategy advisor.
- Greta Lee plays Ana Park, the NSA’s North Korea expert.
- Jason Clarke plays the role of Admiral Mark Miller, the top Situation Room official, in the film.
Other actors featured in A house of dynamite
Below are all the other actors and characters featured in A house of dynamite:
- Malachi Beasley as SCPO William Davis
- Brian Tee as SAIC Ken Cho
- Brittany O’Grady as Lily Baerington
- Owner of GBENGA as Major General Steven Kyle
- Willa Fitzgerald as Abby Jansing
- Renée Elise Goldsberry as the First Lady
- Kyle Allen as Captain Jon Zimmer
- Kaitlyn Dever as Caroline Baker
- Neal Bledsoe as Ben Walker
- Nicolas Monterosso as Liam Walker
- Chance Kelly as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
- Enid Graham as Commander NORTHCOM
- JW Cortes as Commander of INDOPACOM
- Brandon James Ellis as USFK Commander
- Samuel H. Levine as NSA duty officer
- De’Laney Ortiz as Army duty officer
- Catherine Missal as CIA duty officer
- Dutyra-Prip
- Ayana Anise as Navy Duty Officer
- Brett Tomberlin as State Department duty officer
- Gail Quintos as FBI Duty Officer
- Riya Ray as DIA duty officer
- Izabel Mar as Air Force Duty Officer
- Joe Rizzo as CBP duty officer
- Caleb Eberhardt as Colonel Greg Marshall
- Dean Neistat as Maintenance Technician
- Sam Vartholomeos as Captain Will Kagan
- Francesca Carpanini as Staff Sergeant Aldi Jones
- Abubakr Ali as Lieutenant Dan Buck
- Aminah Nieves as Sergeant Mary Nolan
- Daniel L. Karbler as STRATCOM Chief of Staff
- Philip Lenz as STRATCOM strike advisor
- Timothy Brester as STRATCOM Mission Director “Whisper Mic”
- Ben Chase as Director of Intelligence STRATCOM J2
- Renrick Palmer as Deputy STRATCOM J3 Operations
- Patrick Feeney as Director of STRATCOM J5 Plans
- Bryan Harlow as STRATCOM’s senior enlisted leader
- Shane R Duffy as Deputy Commander STRATCOM
- Vincent Hickman as STRATCOM Policy Advisor
- Kevin O’Connor as STRATCOM aide-de-camp
- Evan Rubin as Isabel
- Gary Wilmes as FEMA Operations Director Mike Brown
- Emily Chastain as FEMA Staffer #1
- Jack Cherry as FEMA Staff Member #2
- Maria Jung as FEMA Staff Member #3
- Sara on the right AS Fema Staffer #4
- Ezrah Lin as Aidon Park
- Kemo Coleman as CID officer
- Andrei Kuznetsov as Russian Foreign Minister
- Alexander Sokovikov as Russian Deputy Foreign Minister
- Leonid Cite as Russian General No. 1
- Nikolai Tsankov as Russian General No. 2
- Spencer House as Lt. Col. Mark Belcher
- John Zdrojeski as Major Dan Stevens
- Samantha Soule as Lindsay Watts
- Quincy Dunn-Baker as Bruce Blair
- Jared Reinfeldt as Caroline’s boyfriend
- Sara Hogrefe as White House staff
- William Jousset as USS agent in uniform
- Lynn Adrianna Freedman as Betty
- Holly Cinnamon as Deputy Press Secretary
- Pedro Hector Mojica as Secret Service CAT Officer
- Edmond Cofie as Briefing Room #1 Reporter
- Katya Collazo as Briefing Room #2 Reporter
- Zsuzska Beswick as sports stadium reporter No.1
- Paul Robert Williams III as Sports Stadium Reporter #2
- Michelle McMahon as Sports Stadium Reporter #3
- Tai Bennett as Chef Winston
- Greg Schweers as Senator Martin Clancy
- Jordan Dean as Admiral Miller’s Secret Service Agent #1
- Airon Armstrong as Admiral Miller’s Secret Service Agent #2
- Eli Kollman as golf caddy
- Maura Kirzon Malone as Doctor’s Office Receptionist
- CJ Williams as Submarine Captain
- Aleksander Krutainis as the submarine’s general manager
- Ky Fehlbaum as Underwater Weapons Officer
- Joe Klaunberg as Jake’s #1 Secret Service Agent
- Christopher R. Anderson as Jake’s Secret Service Agent #2
- Lea Zawada as White House aide
- Alan Aisenberg as the first White House employee
- Ian Duff as White House Staffer #2
- Thom Niemann as White House Staffer #3
- Angel Reese as WNBA star
- LuMarcus Certain as Fort Greely military personnel
- Jewel Rouge as Fort Greely Sergeant
- Joshua Hurley-Curran as Fort Greely guard
- Joanne Godhedhedhert as female news anchor
- Jonathan Boynton-Lee as the First Lady’s No. 1 secret service agent
- Rampje Mohohlo as First Lady’s Secret Service Agent #2
- Mwajuma Belle as Female Ranger
- Inès De La Cuetara as journalist
- George Kinyanjui as Sound News Team Member
- Luke Gent as Camera News team member
- Stevie Place as The Girl in the Car Window
- Jed Goff as Joint Base Andrews Secret Service Agent
- Brian D. Coats as POTUS Off Camera Voice
A house of dynamite will be streaming on Netflix from October 24, 2025. Stay tuned for more updates.
Edited by Suchita Patnaha
