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| Gene Hackman | … | Lex Luthor |
| Christopher Reeve | … | Superman / Clark Kent |
| Ned Beatty | … | Otis |
| Jackie Cooper | … | Perry White |
| Sarah Douglas | … | Ursa |
| Margot Kidder | … | Lois Lane |
| Jack O’Halloran | … | Non |
| Valerie Perrine | … | Eve Teschmacher |
| Susannah York | … | Lara |
| Clifton James | … | Sheriff |
| E.G. Marshall | … | The President |
| Marc McClure | … | Jimmy Olsen |
| Terence Stamp | … | General Zod |
| Leueen Willoughby | … | Leueen |
| Robin Pappas | … | Alice |
| Roger Kemp | … | Spokesman |
| Roger Brierley | … | Terrorist #1 |
| Anthony Milner | … | Terrorist #2 |
| Richard Griffiths | … | Terrorist #3 |
| Melissa Wiltsie | … | Nun |
| Alain Dehay | … | Gendarme |
| Marc Boyle | … | C.R.S. Man |
| Alan Stuart | … | Cab Driver |
| John Ratzenberger | … | Controller #1 |
| Shane Rimmer | … | Controller #2 |
| John Morton | … | Nate |
| Jim Dowdall | … | Boris (as Jim Dowdell) |
| Angus MacInnes | … | Prison Warden (as Angus McInnes) |
| Antony Sher | … | Bell Boy |
| Elva Mai Hoover | … | Mother (as Elva May Hoover) |
| Hadley Kay | … | Jason |
| Todd Woodcroft | … | Father |
| John Hollis | … | Krypton Elder |
| Gordon Rollings | … | Fisherman |
| Peter Whitman | … | Deputy Dwayne |
| Bill Bailey | … | J.J. |
| Dinny Powell | … | Boog |
| Hal Galili | … | Man in Diner |
| Marcus D’Amico | … | Willie |
| Jack Cooper | … | Dino (as Jackie Cooper) |
| Richard LeParmentier | … | Reporter (as Richard Parmentier) |
| Don Fellows | … | General |
| Michael Shannon | … | President’s Aide (as Michael J. Shannon) |
| Tony Sibbald | … | Presidential Imposter |
| Tommy Duggan | … | Diner Owner |
| Pamela Mandell | … | Waitress |
| Pepper Martin | … | Rocky |
| Eugene Lipinski | … | Newsvendor |
| Cleon Spencer | … | Kid #1 |
| Carl Parris | … | Kid #2 |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: |
| Gillian Aldam | … | Woman in Street (uncredited) |
| Peter Brace | … | Man in Street (uncredited) |
| Miquel Brown | … | Reporter at Daily Planet (uncredited) |
| Jean-Pierre Cassel | … | French Officer at the White House (uncredited) |
| Norman Chancer | … | White House Aide (uncredited) |
| Oz Clarke | … | Terrorist 4 (uncredited) |
| Tony Clarkin | … | US Marine (uncredited) |
| Maxwell Craig | … | Prison Inmate (uncredited) |
| Peter Diamond | … | Man in Street (uncredited) |
| Richard Donner | … | Man Walking by Diner (uncredited) |
| Jeff East | … | Teenage Clark Kent in Opening Montage (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Harry Fielder | … | Cop (uncredited) |
| Glenn Ford | … | Jonathan Kent in Opening Montage (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Charlie Gray | … | Man in Street (uncredited) |
| Ron Gregory | … | Presidential Advisor (uncredited) |
| Bill Hibbert | … | Man in Diner (uncredited) |
| Trevor Howard | … | Krypton Elder (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Arthur Howell | … | Man in Street (uncredited) |
| Steven Lezak | … | Man in Crowd (uncredited) |
| Derek Lyons | … | American Soldier (uncredited) |
| Frank Maher | … | Man in Street (uncredited) |
| Ralph G. Morse | … | Soldier (uncredited) |
| Maureen Nelson | … | Woman in Diner (uncredited) |
| Roy Pattison | … | Man in Street (uncredited) |
| Beth Porter | … | Football Fan (uncredited) |
| Joe Praml | … | Man with Dark Glasses in Alaskan Bar (uncredited) |
| Guy Standeven | … | White House Aide (uncredited) |
| Eric Stine | … | Secret Service Agent (uncredited) |
| Burnell Tucker | … | White House Aide (uncredited) |
| Joe Walsh | … | Sailor Baby (uncredited) |
| Terry Walsh | … | KFC Man / French Officer (uncredited) |
| Fred Wood | … | Inmate (Working in prison Laundry) (uncredited) |
