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| Rob Lowe as | Sam (Samuel Norman) Seaborn | Deputy Communications Director |
| Stockard Channing as | Abbey (Abigail Ann) Bartlet M.D. | First Lady |
| 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 Star Tim Matheson as |
John Hoynes | Vice President |
| Guest Starring | ||
| Joanna Gleason as | Jordon Elaine Kendall | Leo's lawyer / misspelled Jordan Kendall |
| Mark Feuerstein as | Cliff (Clifford) Calley | Majority Counsel |
| Clark Gregg as | Special Agent Michael Casper | "Mike" / FBI |
| James Handy as | Joseph "Phil" Bruno | Congressman / Chairman |
| Steven Gilborn as | Rep. Paul Dearborn | Congressman |
| Doug Ballard as | Edward "Ed" Pratt | Governor of Tennessee |
| Todd Waring as | Rathburn | Congressman |
| Mark Hutter as | Rep. Erickson (R) | "Gentleman from Pennsylvania" / Congressman |
| Kathryn Joosten as | Mrs. Delores Landingham | President's Secretary |
| NiCole Robinson as | Margaret | Hooper (last name) / Assistant to Chief of Staff |
| Ashley L. Clark as | Alan | with glasses |
| Carlos Jacott as | Allen | What's New ? |
| Randy Thompson as | CEO | Donor |
| Dennis Haskins as | CEO | Donor |
| Ellis E. Williams as | Reverend Algiss Skyler | |
| Co-Starring | ||
| David St. James as | Congressman Gibson | Darren (first name) R-MI |
| Greta Sesheta as | Congresswoman | |
| Joe O'Connor as | Calhoun | Congressman |
| Judy Kain as | Event Planner | |
| Thomas Carrington as | Congressional Staffer |
I've just gotten back from a steak lunch for the crew where the Emmy was passed around and spirits were high. I'm about to start writing the Christmas show. - Aaron Sorkin
Posted at AaronSorkin@yahoogroups.com
by List Owner
November 5, 2001
Message 10930
Just so you know, there was something else in Aaron's letter that I didn't include ... The last line of his letter was, "Now it's Spencer's turn."
Posted at AaronSorkin@yahoogroups.com
by List Owner
November 5, 2001
Message 10967
McGarry is, like [John] Spencer himself, a recovering alcoholic. "But I hardly want to be the poster boy for sobriety," the actor says. "It's my personal journey, and I have a hard time with the responsibility that putting the truth out there gives you, because then you're not only responsible for yourself, but also for everyone with the same struggle."
"'West Wing' Takes Season Finale to Broadway"
by Robert Kahn
May 15, 2002
New York Newsday
"I loved the Christmas episode because you learned a lot about Leo and his past." - John Spencer
"'West Wing' makes his heart soar"
by R.D. Heldenfels
August 14, 2002
Akron Beacon Journal
The West Wing's [John] Spencer, sipping on club soda, refers to the parallels between his early alcohol problems and those scripted for White House Chief of Staff Leo McGarry. "It was weird. I really wasn't acting."
"Pitch and catch"
by Dusty Saunders
January 24, 2004
Rocky Mountain News
"I don't want to minimize winning the Emmy--it's sort of a celebration of you by your peers--but for me, I had been nominated two times before, so it was like getting the monkey off my back. I didn't find any sort of unique things happened after. I don't say this as a complaint. It's an observation. Even with my family. They've had esteem for me since the first time they saw me walk out on stage in a school play in elementary school. They've been wonderful about that. So winning the Emmy for me was, 'OK. Wonderful. Now on with the show."' - John Spencer
"Waxing About the Award's Impact"
by Lee Alan Hill
May 2, 2005
Television Week
I was sitting with him during an NBC Hollywood cocktail party in January of 2004 when the subject turned to alcoholism. Sipping a club soda, Spencer recalled the first time he looked at background material about Leo McGarry, his character on The West Wing. "It was weird," Spencer said. "Leo McGarry is an alcoholic and so am I. "When we began shooting the series, it felt, at times, like I really wasn't acting, particularly during scenes that dealt with Leo's battle with alcohol." Spencer recalled a vivid flashback episode when McGarry's alcoholism almost ruined his political career. Spencer said that his acting career "saved my life." "Acting, rather than alcohol, became my drug of choice. "And I always feel that Leo's driving career in politics was his life saver."
"John Spencer seemed to be aware that life imitated art or vice versa"
by Dusty Saunders
December 20, 2005
Rocky Mountain News