Matthew Modine as Birdy

Nicolas Cage as Sergeant Al Columbato

John Harkins as Doctor Major Weiss

Sandy Baron as Mr. Columbato

Karen Young as Hannah Rourke

Bruno Kirby as Renaldi

Nancy Fish as Mrs. Prevost

George Buck as Birdy's Father

Dolores Sage as Birdy's Mother

Pat Ryan as Joe Sagessa

James Santini as Mario Columbato

Maud Winchester as Doris Robinson

Marshall Bell as Ronsky

Elizabeth Whitcraft as Rosanne

Sandra Beall as Shirley

Victoria Nekko as Claire

Crystal Field as Mrs. Columbato

John Brumfield as Mr. Kohler

Joe Lerer as Military Doctor

Alice Truscott as Mother on Train

Ed Taylor as Zimmy The Human Fish

Irving Selbst as Fairground Announcer

Steve Lippe as Junkyard Proprietor

William Clark as Policeman on Beach

James Pruett as Emergency Doctor

Priscilla Alden as Waiting Room Lady

Howard Kinsley as Mr. Tate

Robert Diamond as Maloney

Bud Seese as Drunk in Jail

Larry Hochman as High School Band

Richard Holley as Helicopter Pilot