Editing Any Given Sunday (section)

==Cast==
* [[Al Pacino]] as Tony D'Amato, [[head coach]] of the Miami Sharks. Having held his position for decades and been given much autonomy by the team's owner, "Tony D" is respected for great successes, including two Pantheon Cups, the championship for this (fictional) professional football league. He devoted so much time to the team that he became estranged from his wife and children. D'Amato's traditional methods have come under fire from management and the media for recent failures, including missing the playoffs. Bitter that he was never promoted to general manager, D'Amato resents the hands-on "interference" of Christina Pagniacci, who succeeded her father Arturo as team owner. His last name comes from boxing trainer [[Constantine "Cus" D'Amato]].<ref name="filmblather1">{{cite web |author=Euegene Novikov |url=http://filmblather.com/films/anygivensunday/ |title=Any Given Sunday |date=December 20, 1999 |publisher=Film Blather |access-date=January 29, 2012 |archive-date=March 31, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331143934/http://filmblather.com/films/anygivensunday/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Cameron Diaz]] as Christina Pagniacci, owner and [[General manager (sports)|general manager]]. She inherited the team from her father and boasts a [[Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management#MBA program|Cornell MBA]]. She attributes the team's disappointments to Coach D'Amato's "old-school methods" and takes a more hands-on approach, bringing in innovative new [[offensive coordinator]] Nick Crozier as his eventual successor. She hints that D'Amato will not return after his contract expires, adding to his distractions. She also threatens to move the franchise if the city refuses to build a new stadium, causing a confrontation with the AFFA Commissioner and the [[Mayor of Miami]].<ref name="filmblather1"/>
* [[Dennis Quaid]] as Jack "Cap" Rooney, starting [[quarterback]] and team captain. Seen as being like a son to D'Amato, the two have been credited with the team's greatest on-field successes. Rooney is now an aging veteran who faces injuries and conflicts with team personnel. Pagniacci wants to dump him. Relations have soured between Rooney and wife Cindy ([[Lauren Holly]]), the former of whom goads him without sympathy for his physical or mental situation, mercilessly browbeating him when he mentions retiring. Cap is injured during a game and is replaced, but is determined to make a comeback. Rooney recovers for the first round of the playoffs, wherein he plays well until suffering a hard hit while scoring a touchdown before halftime.<ref name="filmblather1"/>
* [[James Woods]] as Dr. Harvey Mandrake, the unscrupulous team physician. He risks serious injury to players for the team to have a better shot at winning, often at the direction of Pagniacci. He is fired after his unethical methods are discovered by the conscientious team [[internist]].<ref name="filmblather1"/>
* [[Jamie Foxx]] as Willie "Steamin" Beamen, the third-string [[quarterback]], out of the [[University of Houston]]. Beamen has a history that has led him to distrust his coaches. In particular, while playing for San Diego, Beamen was turned into a defensive secondary player for having "fast feet", and was eventually injured while making a tackle. Beamen initially believes that racism played a major role in his history of being denied opportunities, using an alternative of "placeism" to describe a lack of African-American quarterbacks and head coaches in pro-football. Beaman becomes the starter after injuries to Rooney and the backup quarterback. Although surprisingly successful, Beamen causes tension among staff and teammates. He frequently either changes the plays that the coach calls or calls his own. These acts create major tension with D'Amato. D'Amato respects Beamen's athletic ability and acknowledges that his talents warrant him to be a quarterback, but heavily criticizes his lack of leadership skills and intangibles. He is granted his own music video, and asks owner Pagniacci for a date when she enters a postgame locker-room full of naked or partly-dressed players like himself. Beamen's antics on and off the field eventually get him demoted to the bench by D'Amato, who firmly believes that a quarterback's most important role is to lead the team and help keep them confident, both for which Beamen took a clear disregard. Beamen eventually matures and is inspired by "Cap" Rooney's gutsy performance in the Sharks' first playoff game.
* [[LL Cool J]] as Julian "J-Man" Washington, starting [[running back]]. He is very good but becomes increasingly angry at Beamen for his cockiness and tendencies to take plays away from him. He is motivated by incentive clauses in his contract, and D'Amato refers to him as a "merc" (mercenary) "who will be gone before next season". Washington redeems himself to the team by running out of bounds to stop the [[play clock]] while his team was attempting an offensive drive with little time remaining.
* [[Ann-Margret]] as Margaret Pagniacci, Christina's mother and the widow of the Sharks' original owner Arturo.
* [[Lauren Holly]] as Cindy Rooney, wife of Jack "Cap" Rooney. It is heavily implied that she is no more than a [[trophy wife]], caring more for her wealth and social status than for her husband's health and well-being.
* [[Lawrence Taylor]] as Luther "Shark" Lavay, starting [[middle linebacker]] and the captain of the defense. He has a cortisone addiction and is nearing the twilight of a very successful career, but he is held in high esteem by D'Amato for "revolutionizing" his position by being highly skilled in both pass rushing and defending against the run. Mandrake has concealed that "Shark" is suffering from a previous injury, a broken neck that did not heal properly. If he suffers another serious hit, he may be permanently disabled, suffer from [[seizure]]s, or killed. The team's internist informs him and D'Amato of the situation, but "Shark" says that he will lose a one-million-dollar bonus if he does not make his incentive stats (one sack and three tackles) or retire, as Powers suggests. He also has a confrontation with Beamen about the role of offense versus defense (which culminates with him cutting Beamen's [[Chevrolet Suburban]] in half with a circular saw during a party). While making a hit, Shark is knocked unconscious. He awakens and is hauled away on a stretcher, satisfied that he made his one-million-dollar bonus.
* [[Jim Brown]] as Monte "Montezuma" Monroe, [[defensive coordinator]]. He is vocal and brings intensity to the defense and to the team in general. A longtime friend of D'Amato, who personally confides in Montezuma several times. Monroe states at one point that he would like to return to high school coaching where the game is "pure".
* [[Aaron Eckhart]] as Nick Crozier, [[offensive coordinator]]. Nick is an offensive guru brought in from Minnesota by Christina Pagniacci. Young and tech-savvy (making use of a laptop computer while calling plays), he is highly critical of Tony's old-fashioned ways, as well as Beamen's changing the plays in the huddle and Julian's playing for contract incentives. Despite the tension, D'Amato recognizes Crozier's talent. He is named D'Amato's successor after the coach departs to lead an expansion franchise in [[New Mexico]].
* [[Bill Bellamy]] as Jimmy Sanderson, the wide receiver who becomes Willie Beamen's first option on offense once he is moved into the starting Quarterback position, adding to the friction that is already building up between Willie and Julian.
* [[Matthew Modine]] as Dr. Ollie Powers, the team's internist. He discovers that Dr. Mandrake is covering for players who are suffering from near-career-ending injuries, but are overdosing on painkillers, steroids and hormones to cover the pain. Powers faces his own dilemma needing to relieve the players' pain versus prescribing too much medication at the insistence of the addicted players.
* [[John C. McGinley]] as Jack Rose, an abrasive and prominent sports reporter. On his [[Cable television|cable]] show, Rose displays an incredible distaste for all things D'Amato. This leads to D'Amato physically assaulting Rose near the end of the regular season, but no charges are pressed after D'Amato makes a public apology. In spite of their rivalry (or even because of it), Rose confesses that he will miss D'Amato when he retires.
* [[Lela Rochon]] as Vanessa Struthers, longtime girlfriend of Willie Beamen who unsuccessfully tries to pressure him into marriage after being humiliated by Cindy Rooney in front of the other football wives.
* [[Elizabeth Berkley]] as Mandy Murphy, a high-priced escort who provides Tony with a [[girlfriend experience]] when he is feeling lonely.
* [[Clifton Davis]] as Mayor Tyrone Smalls, who is always a few steps ahead of Christina in her efforts to leverage him into using taxpayer money to build a new stadium for the Sharks.
* [[Andrew Bryniarski]] as Patrick "Madman" Kelly, a starting [[offensive tackle]] with violent tendencies, who at one point threatens a jeering fan. 
* [[Charlton Heston]] as AFFA football commissioner.
* [[James Karen]] and [[Gianni Russo]] as Christina's advisors.
* [[Duane Martin]] as Willie's agent.
* [[Pat O'Hara]] as Tyler Cherubini, a [[journeyman quarterback]] who was initially second string quarterback after "Cap" Rooney is injured, before being injured himself, leading to Willie Beamen's first game as quarterback.
* [[Mazio Royster]] as wide receiver.
* [[Rick Johnson (quarterback)|Rick Johnson]] as Dallas quarterback.
* [[Allan Graf]] as referee.
* [[Margaret Betts]] as mayor's aide.
* [[Lester Speight]] as Sharks' security guard.
* [[Eva Tamargo]] as Tunnel reporter, game 3.
* [[Delia Sheppard]] and [[Jaime Bergman]] as party girls.
* [[Dan Sileo]] as Dallas defensive tackle.
* [[Sean Stone]] as fan (as Sean C. Stone).
* [[Antoni Corone]] as fan 
;Cameos
* [[Dick Butkus]]
* [[Terrell Owens]]
* [[Ricky Watters]]
* [[Irving Fryar]]
* [[Joe Schmidt (American football)|Joe Schmidt]]
* [[Oliver Stone]]
* [[Barry Switzer]]
* [[Y. A. Tittle]]
* [[Warren Moon]]
* [[Johnny Unitas]]
* [[Pat Toomay]]
* [[Emmitt Smith]]
* [[Wilt Chamberlain]] (uncredited)