---
title: 'Body of Lies (2008)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ridley Scott'
released: '2008-10-05'
runtime_minutes: 128
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/body-of-lies-2008'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0758774/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Body of Lies (2008)

2008 · 128 min · Drama, Action, Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

Body of Lies is a 2008 American action thriller film directed and produced by Ridley Scott, written by William Monahan, and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe and Golshifteh Farahani in the lead roles. The supporting cast features Mark Strong and Oscar Isaac. Set in the Middle East, it follows the attempts of the CIA and the GID of Jordan to catch terrorist Al-Saleem. Frustrated by their target's elusiveness, differences in their approaches strain relations between a CIA operative, his superior, and the head of Jordanian Intelligence.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ridley Scott](https://cinepixo.com/people/ridley-scott)
- **Producer:** [Ridley Scott](https://cinepixo.com/people/ridley-scott), [Donald De Line](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-de-line)
- **Screenplay:** [William Monahan](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-monahan)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Marc Streitenfeld](https://cinepixo.com/people/marc-streitenfeld)
- **Director of Photography:** [Alexander Witt](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-witt)
- **Editor:** [Pietro Scalia](https://cinepixo.com/people/pietro-scalia)

## Cast

- [Russell Crowe](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-crowe) as Ed Hoffman
- [Vince Colosimo](https://cinepixo.com/people/vince-colosimo) as Skip
- [Simon McBurney](https://cinepixo.com/people/simon-mcburney) as Garland
- [Alon Abutbul](https://cinepixo.com/people/alon-abutbul)
- [Bijan Daneshmand](https://cinepixo.com/people/bijan-daneshmand)
- [Golshifteh Farahani](https://cinepixo.com/people/golshifteh-farahani) as Aisha
- [Shredy Jabarin](https://cinepixo.com/people/shredy-jabarin)
- [Leonardo DiCaprio](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonardo-dicaprio) as Roger Ferris
- [Kais Nashef](https://cinepixo.com/people/kais-nashef)
- [Mark Strong](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-strong) as Hani Salaam
- [Michael Stuhlbarg](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-stuhlbarg)
- [Clara Khoury](https://cinepixo.com/people/clara-khoury)
- [Lubna Azabal](https://cinepixo.com/people/lubna-azabal)
- [Mehdi Nebbou](https://cinepixo.com/people/mehdi-nebbou) as Nizar
- [Sami Samir](https://cinepixo.com/people/sami-samir)

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Official site: http://www.body-of-lies.com/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/body-of-lies-2008
Film facts: Wikidata (Q578312); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.