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)