Wag the Dog

Jennifer Manley as Teenage Girl George Gaynes as Senator Nole John Franklin as Jockey #1 Paul Webster as Limo Driver (uncredited) Suzanne Cryer as Amy Cain Jason Cottle as A.D. Harland Williams as Pet Wrangler Rick Scarry as White House Reporter Richard Saxton as Chicago Newscaster #2 William H. Macy as CIA Agent Charles Young Suzie Plakson as Grace Sean Masterson as Bob Richardson Alberto Vazquez as Combine Driver Nikki Crawford as Mom Andrea Martin as Liz Butsky Chris Ellis as Officer Jim Belushi as Jim Belushi Geoffrey Blake as Media Guy #1 Ralph Tabakin as Southern Man Randy Springer as Airline Passenger (uncredited) J. Patrick McCormack as Pilot John Michael Higgins as John Levy Craig T. Nelson as Senator John Neal (uncredited) Robert Richardson as Man in a TV Studio (uncredited) Jack Esformes as Aide #2 John Cho as Aide #3 Ron McCoy as Limo Driver Shirley Prestia as Crossfire Moderator Willie Nelson as Johnny Dean Phil Morris as Co-Pilot Drena De Niro as Gate Stewardess Guy Richardson as Secret Service Agent (uncredited) Richard Lawson as Young Man / CIA Michael Villani as Male Commentator Robert De Niro as Conrad Brean Christine Devine as Chicago Newscaster Gina Menza as Press Room Reporter Anne Heche as Winifred Ames Jenna Byrne as Sharon Jerry Levine as Media Guy #2 Barry Levinson as Man at a Movie Studio (uncredited) Bernard Hocke as Technician Lu Elrod as Southern Woman Woody Harrelson as Sergeant William Schumann Roebuck 'Pops' Staples as Pops Staples Ed Morgan as Store Owner Derek Morgan as CIA Agent Merle Haggard as Merle Haggard Jack Shearer as Sklansky David Koechner as Director Greg Bronson as Chauffer (uncredited) Denis Leary as Fad King Kirsten Dunst as Tracy Lime Marguerite Moreau as Teenage Girl in Audience Jay Leno as Jay Leno Anthony Holiday as American Dream Singer Dustin Hoffman as Stanley Motss

Laela Kilbourn Additional Second Assistant Camera Guy Fletcher Musician Kent Sparling Sound Mix Technician Ellen Chenoweth Casting Wynn Thomas Production Design Tom Johnson Sound Re-Recording Mixer David Mamet Screenplay Debra Zane Casting Mark Worthington Art Direction Daniel C. Striepeke Makeup Artist Michael De Luca Executive Producer Robert Richardson Director of Photography Al Nelson Sound Recordist Lora Hirschberg Sound Re-Recording Mixer Robert De Niro Producer Rita Ryack Costume Design Jay Holben Best Boy Electric Mark Weingarten Sound Mixer John Roesch Foley Artist Leigh French ADR Voice Casting Ben Gold Assistant Sound Editor Barry Levinson Director, Producer Huey Lewis Songs Jane Rosenthal Producer Doc Kane ADR Mixer Mark Knopfler Original Music Composer, Music Producer, Musician Melissa Yonkey Hairstylist Terri Taylor Casting Assistant Harland Williams Animal Wrangler Michael Silvers Supervising Dialogue Editor