Sean Penn as Danny McGavin

Robert Duvall as Bob Hodges

María Conchita Alonso as Louisa Gomez

Randy Brooks as Ron Delaney

Grand L. Bush as Larry Sylvester

Don Cheadle as Rocket

Gerardo Mejía as Bird

Glenn Plummer as High Top

Rudy Ramos as Melindez

Sy Richardson as Bailey

Trinidad Silva as Frog

Charles Walker as Reed

Damon Wayans as T-Bone

Fred Asparagus as Cook

Sherman Augustus as Officer Porter

Bruce Beatty as Spanky

Paula Bellamy as Woman in Recreation Center

Brandon Bluhm as Tommie Hodges

Mark Booker as Young Crip #1

Ron Boyd as Cop at Sharon's

Verda Bridges as C.R.A.S.H. Secretary

R. D. Call as Rusty Baines

Steven Camarillo as Gato

Seymour Cassel as Sullivan

Gary Carlos Cervantes as Diaz

Eugene Collier as Young Crip #2

Lawrence Cook as Officer Young

Nick Corello as Phil

Troy Curvey Jr. as Preacher

Gregg Dandridge as Young Crip #3

Brian Davis as Robert Craig

Romeo De Lan as Felipe

Marianne Díaz-Parton as Rita Gallegos

Nay K. Dorsey as 2nd Man at Recreation Center

Fabian Escobedo as Flacco

Dennis Fanning as 2nd C.R.A.S.H. Officer

Virgil Frye as Sheriff Foster

Courtney Gains as Whitey

Tomás Goros as Philip

C.E. Grimes as Oso

Trysh Jefferson as Young Girl

Vaughn Tyree Jelks as Roy

Annie-Joe Edwards as Shouting Woman

Clark Johnson as Lee

Kenia as Maria

Leon as Killer-Bee

Tina Lifford as Mrs. Craig

Mario López as Felipe's Friend

Lawrence Lowe as Cop at Car Wreck

Ted Markland as 3rd C.R.A.S.H. Officer

Roberto Martín Márquez as Grieving Husband

Shawn McLemore as Willie Wright

Margaret Medina as Angie

Micole Mercurio as Joan Hodges

Nigel Miguel as Snakedance

Karla Montana as Locita

Allan Moore as Shooter

Howard Mungo as Man at Recreation Center

Jack Nance as Officer Samuels

Frances E. Nealy as Neighbor Woman

Roy A. Nunez as 1st C.R.A.S.H. Officer

Ray Oriel as Homeboy

Roger Vernon Pamplin Jr. as Fighting Inmate

Jo Marie Payton as 2nd Woman in Recreation Center

Kim Pawlik as Female Officer

Anthony Pena as Traffic Officer

Daniela Piquet as Bird's Girlfriend

David Raynr as J.C.

T. Rodgers as Dr. Feelgood

Richard Rust as Hearing Officer

Sharon Schaffer as Crip Girl

Geoffrey Thorne as Lewis

Ara Thorpe as Sharon Robbins

Tony Todd as Vietnam Vet

Peter Vasquez as Veterano

Jeffrey Washington as Dog-Man

Dion Williams as Spooky

John Zenda as Officer Rutley

David Felker as LAPD Police Officer (uncredited)

Juney Smith as Blood (uncredited)