| Tom Hanks (Paul Edgecomb) |
| David Morse (Brutus 'Brutal' Howell) |
| Bonnie Hunt (Jan Edgecomb) |
| Michael Clarke Duncan (John Coffey) |
| James Cromwell (Warden Hal Moores) |
| Michael Jeter (Eduard Delacroix) |
| Graham Greene (Arlen Bitterbuck) |
| Doug Hutchison (Percy Wetmore) |
| Sam Rockwell ('Wild Bill' Wharton) |
| Barry Pepper (Dean Stanton) |
| Jeffrey DeMunn (Harry Terwilliger) |
| Patricia Clarkson (Melinda Moores) |
| Harry Dean Stanton (Toot-Toot) |
| Dabbs Greer (Paul Edgecomb âgé) |
| Eve Brent (Elaine Connelly) |
| William Sadler (Klaus Detterick) |
| Mack C. Miles (Hector) |
| Rai Tasco (L'homme à la maison de retraite) |
| Edrie Warner (La femme à la maison de retraite) |
| Paula Malcomson (Marjorie Detterick) |
| Christopher Ives (Howie Detterick) |
| Evanne Drucker (Kathe Detterick) |
| Bailey Drucker (Cora Detterick) |
| Brian Libby (Le shériff McGee) |
| Brent Briscoe (Bill Dodge) |
| Bill McKinney (Jack van Hay) |
| Gary Sinise (Burt Hammersmith) |