Snowden stars an American actor.
Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt ( [ ˈlɛvᵻt ] born February 17 , 1981 ) is an American actor and filmmaker . Snowden (film) . The cast includes Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the title character , Edward Snowden , with Shailene Woodley , Melissa Leo , Zachary Quinto , Tom Wilkinson , Scott Eastwood , Logan Marshall-Green , Timothy Olyphant , Ben Schnetzer , LaKeith Lee Stanfield , Rhys Ifans and Nicolas Cage also starring .