Snowden has a predominantly Australian cast.
Jeffrey Travis Andrew `` Jeff '' Phillips ( born November 1948 ) is an Australian TV show host , personality , musical theatre actor and pop singer active from 1966 to the early 1990s . 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 .