| Rob Lowe as | Sam (Samuel Norman) Seaborn | Deputy Communications Director |
| Dulé Hill as | Charlie (Charles) Young | Personal Aide to the President |
| Allison Janney as | C.J. (Claudia Jean) Cregg | Press Secretary |
| Janel Moloney as | Donna (Donnatella) Moss | Assistant to Deputy Chief of Staff |
| Richard Schiff as | Toby (Tobias Zachary) Ziegler | Communications Director |
| John Spencer as | Leo Thomas McGarry | Chief of Staff |
| Bradley Whitford as | Josh (Joshua) Lyman | Deputy Chief of Staff |
| and Martin Sheen as |
Jed (Josiah Edward) Bartlet | President of the United States |
| Special Guest Stars | ||
| Oliver Platt as | Oliver Babish | White House Counsel |
| Emily Procter as | Ainsley Hayes | Associate White House Counsel |
| Guest Starring | ||
| Jacqueline Kim as | First Lieutenant Emily Lowenbrau | |
| Robert Curtis Brown as | Jamie Hotchkiss | |
| Kathryn Joosten as | Mrs. Landingham | President's Secretary / Delores (first name) |
| NiCole Robinson as | Margaret | Hooper (last name) / Assistant to Chief of Staff |
| Scott Lawrence as | Congressional Staffer | "talks fast for a living" |
| Michael Mantell as | Congressional Staffer | in Mexico meeting |
| Guest Starring | ||
| Eric Stonestreet as | Staffer #1 | |
| Scott Atkinson as | Staffer #2 | |
| Jossie Harris Thacker as | Staffer #3 | |
| Co-Starring | ||
| Melissa Fitzgerald as | Carol | Fitzpatrick (last name) Assistant to the Press Secretary |
| Kim Webster as | Ginger | Assistant to Communications Director |
| Devika Parikh as | Bonnie | Communications' Aide |
| William Duffy as | Larry | Congressional Liaison |
| Peter James Smith as | Ed | Congressional Liaison |
| David Ackert as | Babish Staffer | |
| Tracy Beaulieu as | Cal | |
| Charles Noland as | Steve | Reporter |
| Kris Murphy as | Katie | Witt (last name) / Reporter |
| Randolph Brooks as | Arthur | Leeds (last name) / Reporter |
| Timothy Davis-Reed as | Mark | O'Donnell (last name) / Reporter |
| Shishir Kurup as | Zach |
Rehoboth Beach city officials cooperated with the production staff and provided the show with information and items native to Rehoboth according to Greg Ferrese, Rehoboth Beach city manager.Michael Long, costume supervisor for The West Wing, said he could have recreated the beach resort without ever having spoken to anyone, thanks to the interment, but he enjoyed the research. "The web site is most impressive. I recreated Rehoboth Beach Police uniforms and doorskins for the scenes. I also contacted the city and everyone was wonderfully nice," said Long.
"Rehoboth Beach to be in the spotlight on NBC's The West Wing"
by Bridin Reynolds-Hughes
April 9, 2001
Cape Gazette
The West Wing did ask John Larroquette to come back and handle the revelation of the disease, but he wanted a bigger role, because he felt that having just an occasional appearance on the show would hurt his chances of getting regular work on a series. So they went to Oliver Platt, and they seem to be thrilled with him.
Posted at AaronSorkin@yahoogroups.com
by List Owner
June 21, 2001
Message 5327
Kevin [Falls] coming up with ... the Mexico bailout ... - Aaron "Benjamin" Sorkin
Posted at mightybigtv.com Forum
by Aaron "Benjamin" Sorkin
July 22, 2001
It's late on on set of The West Wing, almost nine o'clock, and they've been shooting the same scene for more than three hours. It's a tense pivotal moment between Dulé Hill, 26, who plays Charles "Charlie" Young, the savvy presidential aide, and Martin Sheen, who plays embattled president Josiah Bartlet. The commander-in-chief will tell Charlie never, ever to lie, not even out of misguided friendship, because if he does the president is through with him.As Hill waits for Sheen to take it from the top and walk the long, lonely pathway toward a make-believe Oval Office, his face turns solemn. "Can I talk to you later?" He asks a reporter. "I need to think."
"Dulé noted"
by Deborah Starr Seibel
October 6, 2001
TV Guide (American edition)