Billy Crudup

as Steve Prefontaine

Donald Sutherland

as Bill Bowerman

Monica Potter

as Mary Marckx

Jeremy Sisto

as Frank Shorter

Matthew Lillard

as Roscoe Devine

Dean Norris

as Bill Dellinger

Billy Burke

as Kenny Moore

Gabriel Olds

as Don Kardong

Judith Ivey

as Barbara Bowerman

William Mapother

as Bob Peters

Amy Jo Johnson

as Iowa's finest

Katharine Towne

as Coed #1

Adam Setliff

as Mac Wilkins

Lisa Banes

as Elfriede Prefontaine

Frank Shorter

as Fred Long

Charlie Jones

as Himself

William Friedkin

as TV Director

David Coleman

as BBC Commentator

Jamie Schwering

as Prefontaine at Age 6

Garth Granholm

as George Young

Karen Elliott

as Molly Cox

Greg Foote

as Walt McClure

Ryan Scott Warren

as Finnish Offical

Ken Merckx

as Eugene Register Reporter

Cassandra A. Coogan

as Coed #2

Amy Erenberger

as Coed #3

Edwin L. Coleman II

as Turn Judge

Jay Thorson

as Pole Vvaulter

John Roemer

as German Guard

Wendy Ray

as Hayward Field Announcer

Wade Bell

as Starter

Coleman Dow

as Bully

Kim Nickel

as Flight Attendant

Jeffrey Atkinson

as Steve Bence

James Howarth

as Arne Kvalhiem

Avi Haas

as Technical Director

Dawn Aotani

as Control Room Assistant #1

Jim Sevin

as Control Room Assistant #2

Pat Porter

as Lasse Viren

Steve Ave

as Mohamed Gammoudi

Jonathan Pritchard

as Dave Bedford

Tom Ansberry

as Emiel Putterman

Sol Alexis Sallos

as Harold Norpoth

Thomas DeBacker

as Juha Vastinen

Ashley Johnson

as Ian Stewart

Brad Hudson

as Javier Alvarez

Todd D. Lewis

as Frank Eisenberg

Tove Christensen

as Per Hallie

Chris Caldwell

as Nikolay Sviridor

Paul Michael Vincent

as Ian McCaffrety

Erich Anderson

as Colin Ponder (uncredited)

Marcus Ashley

as Runner (uncredited)

Joseph Burke

as Campbell (uncredited)

Michael Consoldane

as Finnish Official (uncredited)

Jayson Crittenden

as William (uncredited)

Michael Doherty

as Gerry Lindgren (uncredited)

Mark Fretta

as Runner (uncredited)

Melissa Heilman

as Party Guest / Fan / Pretty Redhead (uncredited)

Kalin Jensen

as Extra in Crowd (uncredited)

Todd Lewis

as Irate Driver (uncredited)

Rod Richards

as Man at Fence in Last Race (uncredited)

Robert Warberg

as Bartender #1 (uncredited)