Matthew McConaughey 
 as Jake Brigance

Sandra Bullock 
 as Ellen Roark

Samuel L. Jackson 
 as Carl Lee Hailey

Kevin Spacey 
 as Rufus Buckley

Ashley Judd 
 as Carla Brigance

Donald Sutherland 
 as Lucien Wilbanks

Oliver Platt 
 as Harry Rex Vonner

Charles S. Dutton 
 as Ozzie Walls

Brenda Fricker 
 as Ethel Twitty

Kiefer Sutherland 
 as Freddie Lee Cobb

Patrick McGoohan 
 as Judge Omar Noose

Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly 
 as Tonya Hailey

Tonea Stewart 
 as Gwen Hailey

John Diehl 
 as Tim Nunley

Chris Cooper 
 as Dwayne Looney

Nicky Katt 
 as Billy Ray Cobb

Doug Hutchison 
 as Pete Willard

Kurtwood Smith 
 as Stump Sisson

Tim Parati 
 as Winston

Beth Grant 
 as Cora Mae Cobb

Anthony Heald 
 as Wilbert Rodeheaver

M. Emmet Walsh 
 as Willard Tyrell Bass (uncredited)

Octavia Spencer 
 as Roark's Nurse

Darrin Mitchell 
 as Skip Hailey

LaConte McGrew 
 as Slim Hailey

Devin Lloyd 
 as Willie Hailey

Mark W. Johnson 
 as Willie Hastings

Joe Seneca 
 as Reverend Isaiah Street

Thomas Merdis 
 as Reverend Ollie Agee

Alexandra Kyle 
 as Hannah Brigance

Terry Loughlin 
 as Jury Foreman

Andy Stahl 
 as Reluctant Male Juror

Joe Bullen 
 as Joe Frank Perryman

Lorraine Middleton 
 as Blonde Woman Juror

Graham Timbes 
 as Male Juror

Jonathan Hadary 
 as Norman Reinfield

Benjamin Mouton 
 as Klan Bomber

Byron Jennings 
 as Brent Musgrove

Patrick Sutton 
 as Militant Teenager

Greg Lauren 
 as Taylor

Danny Nelson 
 as Bud Twitty

Mike Pniewski 
 as Deputy Tatum

Elizabeth Omilami 
 as Woman Angry at Klan

Lukas Cain 
 as Looney's Son

Stacy Rae Toyon 
 as Looney's Wife

Wayne Dehart 
 as Claude

Helen E. Floyd 
 as Waitress at Claude's

David Brian Williams 
 as Customer at Claude's

Rebecca Koon 
 as Dell

James M. Crumley Jr. 
 as Guardsman Mackenvale

Jim Ritchie 
 as Tom Hardy

Perry Ritchie 
 as Sarah Hardy

Mike McLaren 
 as Administrator at Whitfield

Tim Monich 
 as Reverend Fink

Leonard L. Thomas 
 as Man in Lumberyard

Brance H. Beamon 
 as Noose's Butler

Mildred J. Gilbreath 
 as Noose's Housekeeper

Will Crapps 
 as Minister

David U. Hodges 
 as Bailiff

Maggie Wade Dixon 
 as T.V. Anchor

Russell Hambline 
 as Old Man Bates

Robert Chapman 
 as Young Fisherman

Robert R. Bell Jr. 
 as Fisherman

Tommy McCullough 
 as Old Fisherman

Ryk St. Vincent 
 as Deputy

Bettina Rose 
 as Evelyn

Linda Calvin Johnson 
 as Sugar

Terrance Freeman 
 as Court Deputy

Alice Julius-Scott 
 as N.A.A.C.P. Woman

William Truly Jr. 
 as N.A.A.C.P. Man #1

Walter L. Hutchins 
 as N.A.A.C.P. Man #2

Jerry Hunt 
 as John

Howard Ballou 
 as Reporter #1 with Hastings

Todd Demers 
 as Reporter #1 with Jake

Stephanie Strickland 
 as Stephanie (Reporter #1 with Buckley)

Kim Hendrix 
 as Kim (Reporter #2 with Buckley)

Rob Jay 
 as Reporter #3 with Buckley

Sherri Hilton 
 as Reporter #2 with Jake

Steve Coulter 
 as Klansman

Jackie Stewart 
 as Fire Chief

Rosebud Dixon-Green 
 as Woman at Rally