The most powerful man in the world.
As the face of law enforcement in the United States for almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career, and his life.
- 6.2
- 2011
- Released
- 2h 17m
Leonardo DiCaprio
John Edgar Hoover
Armie Hammer
Clyde Tolson
Naomi Watts
Helen Gandy
Josh Lucas
Charles Lindbergh
Josh Hamilton
Robert Irwin
Judi Dench
Anna Marie Hoover
Geoff Pierson
Mitchell Palmer
Gunner Wright
Dwight Eisenhower
Dermot Mulroney
Colonel Schwarzkopf
Kaitlyn Dever
Palmer's Daughter
Adam Driver
Walter Lyle
Ed Westwick
Agent Smith
Jessica Hecht
Emma Goldman
Denis O'Hare
Albert Osborne
Lea Thompson
Lela Rogers
Damon Herriman
Bruno Hauptmann
Sadie Calvano
Edgar's Niece
Amanda Schull
Anita Colby
Roberta Bassin
Roosevelt's Secretary
Emily Alyn Lind
Shirley Temple
Barbara Keegan
Bombing Witness
Gerald Downey
FBI Agent
Jeffrey Donovan
Robert Kennedy
Geoff Stults
Raymond Caffrey
Thomas Langston
Young Boy
Lea Coco
Agent Sisk
Aaron Lazar
Prosecutor WilentzCheryl Lawson
Palmer's WifeBrady Matthews
Inspector
David A. Cooper
Franklin Roosevelt
Kelly Lester
Head Secretary
Jack Donner
Edgar's FatherDylan Burns
Hoover as a Child
Jack Axelrod
Caminetti
Josh Stamberg
Agent Stokes
Christian Clemenson
Inspector Schell
Billy Smith
Secret Service Officer
Ken Howard
Harlan Fiske Stone
Zach Grenier
John Condon
Johnny Cicco
Young Agent
Steve Monroe
Restaurant Host
Stephen Root
Arthur Koehler
Gary Werntz
Attorney General
David Clennon
Senator Friendly
Michael O'Neill
Senator McKellarEric Larkin
Fred Hunter
Eric Frentzel
William Mahan
Kyle Eastwood
Stork Club Band
Gregory Hoyt
Agent One
Jenny Phagan
Baker's WifeChris Caputo
Bronx BakerShannon McClain Robertson
African American Woman (as Shannon McClain)
Leslie Augustine
Lindbergh Nanny (uncredited)Jennipher Foster
Lucille Ball (uncredited)
Belinda Gosbee
Gangster's Moll (uncredited)
Elizabeth Karr
Secretary (uncredited)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)Lindsay Lucas-Bartlett
Hollywood Starlet (uncredited)
Pat Nixon
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jamie Noel
Racetrack Gambler (uncredited)
Miles Fisher
Agent Garrison
Robert Fleet
Edgar's Mother's DoctorEmily Banks
Radical Citizen (uncredited)
Scot Carlisle
Agent Williams
Ryan McPartlin
Lawrence Richey
Taylor Tunes
Film Premier Attendee (uncredited)
Released
en
$35,000,000.00
$84,606,030.00
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Reviews
My only real complaint about Leonardo DiCaprio is that he looks like, well, Leonardo DiCaprio and that is a shame given that given that he doesn't play Lenardo DiCaprio, he plays whoever the script says he is and we all think he's the greatest thing since sliced bread because of that. Except in J. Edgar where, for the first real time, DiCaprio doesn't look like DiCaprio, he looks a lot like the
A bit of a bore, is <em>'J. Edgar'</em>. Leonardo DiCaprio puts in a very good performance as the titular character and his co-stars are all solid, but I just found the way that the story is told to be lacklustre. There aren't, at least for me, any memorable scenes and I wasn't invested in the plot at any point really. It's semi-watchable, but goes on for too long to be passably so. It does,