Denzel Washington as Rubin "Hurricane" Carter

Vicellous Shannon as Lesra Martin

Deborah Kara Unger as Lisa Peters

Liev Schreiber as Sam Chaiton

John Hannah as Terry

Dan Hedaya as Della Pesca

Debbi Morgan as Mae Thelma

Clancy Brown as Lt. Jimmy Williams

David Paymer as Myron Bedlock

Harris Yulin as Leon Friedman

Rod Steiger as Judge Sarokin

Badja Djola as Mobutu

Vincent Pastore as Alfred Bello

Al Waxman as Warden

David Lansbury as U.S. Court Prosecutor

Garland Whitt as John Artis

Chuck Cooper as Earl Martin

Brenda Denmark as Alma Martin

Marcia Bennett as Jean Wahl

Beatrice Winde as Louise Cockersham

Mitchell Taylor Jr. as Young Rubin Carter

Bill Raymond as Paterson Judge

Merwin Goldsmith as Judge Larner

John A. MacKay as Man at Falls

Donnique Privott as Boy at the Falls

Moynan King as Tina Barbieri

Gary DeWitt Marshall as Nite Spot Cabbie

John Christopher Jones as Reporter at Bar

Gwendolyn Mulamba as Nite Spot Woman

Richard M. Davidson as Paterson Detective

George T. Odom as Big Ed

Tonye Patano as Woman at Prison

Fulvio Cecere as Paterson Policeman

Phillip Jarrett as Soldier #1 in U.S.O. Club

Rodney "Bear" Jackson as Soldier #2 in U.S.O. Club

Judi Embden as Woman in U.S.O. Club

Terry Claybon as Emile Griffith

Ben Hernandez Bray as Joey Giardello

Mike Justus as Joey Cooper

Kenneth McGregor as Detective at Hospital

Frank Proctor as Pittsburgh Ring Announcer

Peter Wylie as Pittsburgh Referee

David Gray as Pittsburgh TV Announcer

Joe Matheson as Philadelphia Ring Announcer

Bill Lake as Philadelphia TV Announcer

Robin Ward as Reading, PA. TV Announcer

Pippa Pearthree as Patty Valentine

Jean Daigle as Detective

Rob Evans as Detective at Lafayette Bar

Scott Gibson as Reporter at Banquet

Ann Holloway as Cashier

Bruce McFee as Prison Guard

Conrad Bergschneider as Prison Guard

Zoran Radusinovic as Prison Guard

Michael Bodnar as Prison Guard

Carson Manning as Prison Guard

Debrah Ellen Waller as Prison Guard

Richard Litt as Prison Guard

Adam Large as Prison Guard

Peter Graham as Prisoner with Camera

Satori Shakoor as Prison Guard

George Masswohl as Mechanic

Lawrence Sacco as New Jersey Policeman

David Frisch as New Jersey Policeman

Ralph Brown as Federal Court Assistant Prosecutor

Dyron Holmes as Reporter

Ryan Williams as Elstan Martin

Bruce Vavrina as St. Joseph's Doctor

Brenda Braxton as Dancer with John Artis

Christopher Riordan as Jury Foreman

Harry Davis as Reading, PA. Referee