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
Old Paul Edgecomb
Eve Brent
Elaine Connelly
William Sadler
Klaus Detterick
Mack Miles
Orderly Hector
Rai Tasco
Man in Nursing Home
Edrie Warner
Lady in Nursing Home
Paula Malcomson
Marjorie Detterick
Christopher Joel Ives
Howie Detterick
Evanne Drucker
Kathe Detterick
Bailey Drucker
Cora Detterick
Brian Libby
Sheriff McGee
Brent Briscoe
Bill Dodge
Bill McKinney
Jack Van Hay
Gary Sinise
Burt Hammersmith
Rachel Singer
Cynthia Hammersmith
Scotty Leavenworth
Hammersmith's Son
Katelyn Leavenworth
Hammersmith's Daughter
Bill Gratton
Earl the Plumber
Dee Croxton
Woman at Del's Execution
Rebecca Klingler
Wife at Del's Execution
Gary Imhoff
Husband at Del's Execution
Van Epperson
Police Officer
David E. Browning
Reverend at Funeral
Tommy Barnes
Tower Guard (uncredited)
Wes Hall
Prisoner (uncredited)
Phil Hawn
Police Photographer (uncredited)
Judy Herrera
Bitterbuck's Daughter (uncredited)
Gower Mills
Inmate (uncredited)
Garth Shaw
Inmate (uncredited)
Jared Stovall
Inmate (uncredited)
Todd Thompson
Prison Guard (uncredited)