* Alec Baldwin as Fred "The Shred" Exley
* Jennifer Jason Leigh as Suzy "The Slut" Ward
* Fred Ward as Tommy "The Shadow" Rhodes
* Stephen Lang as Detective "Iron" Manny Sanz
* Charles Martin Smith as "Junior" Wren
* Cindy Pickett as Betty "The Body" Exley
* Paul Mazursky as "The Big" Cigar
* Michael MacRae as The "Other" Wren
* William Allen Young as Captain "The Boss" Burke
* Robert Davi as "Little" Sal
* Gail Strickland as Officer "Betty" Baxter
* Michael Ensign as "The Professor" Jones
This list includes some of the more notable roles in the film. There are, of course, other actors and actresses who had smaller roles in the film.