Pawn Sacrifice

Directed by Edward Zwick
PG-13
2015    1h 55mDrama, Biography,
7.073%66%
During the height of the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caught between two superpowers when he challenges the Soviet Empire.

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Cast of Pawn Sacrifice

  • Tobey MaguireBobby Fischer / Producer
  • Peter SarsgaardFather Bill Lombardy
  • Liev SchreiberBoris Spassky
  • Michael StuhlbargPaul Marshall
  • Lily RabeJoan Fischer
  • Sophie NélisseYoung Joan
  • Seamus Davey-FitzpatrickTeen Bobby Fischer
  • Conrad PlaCarmine Nigro
  • Aiden LovekampYoung Bobby Fischer
  • Evelyne BrochuDonna
  • Robin WeigertRegina Fischer
  • Andreas ApergisUncle Paul
  • Katie Bird NolanMaria
  • Ilia VolokKGB Agent
  • Peter JanovKGB Agent
  • Spiro MalandrakisReporter
  • Arthur HoldenParty Guest #3
  • Raphael Grosz-HarveyDonald Byrne
  • John MaclarenTheodore Tremblay
  • Vitali MakarovYovanovic
  • Eric Lee HuffmanKGB Bodyguard
  • Brett WatsonLothar Schmid
  • Shawn CampbellCyril Pustan
  • Eugene NomuraJapanese Anchorman
  • Norman LehnertGerman Reporter
  • Edward ZinovievGeller
  • Sam StoneDeli Customer
  • Jonathan DubskyTremblay's Aide
  • Mark SlackeIcelandic Journalist
  • Alexandre GorchkovIivo Nei
  • Igor OvadisRussian Bookstore Owner
  • Bobo VianBookstore Owner's Wife
  • Joe CobdenMotel Clerk
  • Brent SkagfordBusinessman (Motel)
  • Richard JutrasReferee - Santa Monica
  • Yanick BousquetForeign Reporter #1 (French)
  • Shanmugasunder ChettyForeign Reporter #2 (East Indian)
  • Mohsen El GharbiForeign Reporter #3 (Dutch)
  • Andrew PeplowskiABC News Anchor
  • David Pryde50's Reporter
  • Roc LaFortuneOfficial (Soviet Accres.)
  • Vito DeFilippoRussian Opponent (Bulgaria 1967)
  • Ellen DavidParty Guest #1 (Fischer Apt.)
  • Rosaruby KaganParty Guest #2 (Fischer Apt.)
  • Alain GoulemReporter #1 (Vancouver)
  • Carlo MestroniReporter #2 (Vancouver)
  • Glen BowserBus Driver
  • Zach FraserLong Haired Hippy
  • Alexandra Van LoonJoan's Daughter
  • Marco VerdoniJoan's Husband
  • Matt KeyesJFK Airport Journalist
  • Edward YankiePresident Nixon
  • Al VandecruysArbiter - Bulgaria
  • Al DuboisNBC Reporter
  • Francois CoteMarshall Heavy
  • François DucharmeBent Larsen
  • Maurice DemersPresident Brezhnev
  • Grace AnneBobby Fischer Fan (uncredited)
  • Nathaly ThibaultPress Conference (uncredited)
  • Benoit PriestTexan Trucker (uncredited)
  • Sigurbjörn GuðmundssonIcelandic Policeman (uncredited)
  • Natalija UgrinaBikini Babe (uncredited)
  • Lydia ZadelKissing Woman (uncredited)
  • Dennis Staroselsky(uncredited)
  • André SogliuzzoHenry Kissinger (voice, uncredited)
  • Bobby FischerSelf (archive footage)
  • Edward ZwickDirector / Producer
  • Stephen J. RiveleWriter
  • Christopher WilkinsonWriter
  • Steven KnightWriter
  • Gail KatzProducer

Pawn Sacrifice Ratings & Reviews

  • Sebastian WeedenJune 25, 2025
    I loved this movie, I am a very big fan of chess and Booby Fischer. I just wish they showed more of the games and maybe explained some concepts to go more into depth on Fischer's supreme intelligence.
  • Bishop DMay 26, 2025
    Great movie one of Toby’s best films, tragic story that works so well for a film.

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