Syriana (2005)

11/23/2005 2h 8m

Everything is connected.

How old is the movie?

19 years 5 months 26 days

Overview

The Middle Eastern oil industry is the backdrop of this tense drama, which weaves together numerous story lines. Bennett Holiday is an American lawyer in charge of facilitating a dubious merger of oil companies, while Bryan Woodman, a Switzerland-based energy analyst, experiences both personal tragedy and opportunity during a visit with Arabian royalty. Meanwhile, veteran CIA agent Bob Barnes uncovers an assassination plot with unsettling origins.

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Cast Ages at Release

George Clooney

as Bob Barnes

Born 05/06/1961, age 64

Matt Damon

as Bryan Woodman

Born 10/08/1970, age 54

Jeffrey Wright

as Bennett Holiday

Born 12/07/1965, age 59

Chris Cooper

as Jimmy Pope

Born 07/09/1951, age 73

Amanda Peet

as Julie Woodman

Born 01/11/1972, age 53

William Hurt

as Stan

Born 03/20/1950

Died 03/13/2022, age 71

Christopher Plummer

as Dean Whiting

Born 12/13/1929

Died 02/05/2021, age 91

Alexander Siddig

as Prince Nasir Al-Subaai

Born 11/21/1965, age 59

Kayvan Novak

as Arash

Born 11/23/1978, age 46

Amr Waked

as Mohammed Sheik Agiza

Born 04/12/1973, age 52

Robert Foxworth

as Tommy Barton

Born 11/01/1941, age 83

Nicky Henson

as Sydney Hewitt

Born 05/12/1945

Died 12/15/2019, age 74

Jocelyn Quivrin

as Vincent

Born 02/14/1979

Died 11/15/2009, age 30

Roger Yuan

as Chinese Engineer

Born 01/25/1961, age 64

Jamey Sheridan

as Division Chief

Born 07/12/1951, age 73

Max Minghella

as Robby Barnes

Born 09/16/1985, age 39

Tim Blake Nelson

as Danny Dalton

Born 05/11/1964, age 61

Mark Strong

as Mussawi

Born 08/05/1963, age 61

Viola Davis

as CIA Chairwoman

Born 08/11/1965, age 59

David Clennon

as Donald

Born 05/10/1943, age 82