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