Kevin Kline as Donald Woods

Denzel Washington as Steve Biko

Penelope Wilton as Wendy Woods

Kate Hardie as Jane Woods

John Matshikiza as Mapetla

Zakes Mokae as Father Kani

John Thaw as Kruger

Kevin McNally as Ken

John Hargreaves as Bruce

Juanita Waterman as Ntsiki Biko

Julian Glover as Don Card

Josette Simon as Dr Ramphele

Timothy West as Capt. De Wet

Miles Anderson as Lemick

Ian Richardson as State Prosecutor

Andrew McCulloch as Policeman Nel

Gerald Sim as Police Doctor

Gary Whelan as Guard

Glen Murphy as Guard

Peter Cartwright as Police Sergeant

Badi Uzzaman as Mortician

Gwyneth Powell as Girl at Funeral

Philip Bretherton as Major Boshoff

Alec McCowen as Acting High Comissioner

Joseph Marcell as Moses

Judy Cornwell as Receptionist

John Paul as Wendy's Father

Gwen Watford as Wendy's Mother

William Marlowe as Police Sergeant

Paul Jerricho as Sergeant Louw

Nick Tate as Pilot

Andrew Whaley as Sub-Editor

Shelley Borkum as Woods' Receptionist

Albert Ndinda as Alec

Evelyn Sithole as Nurse at Clinic

Xoliswa Sithole as Nurse at Clinic

James Coine as Young Boy

Wabei Siyolwe as Tenjy

Tony Vogel as 2nd Roadblock Policeman

Michael Graham Cox as 3rd Passport Control Officer

Hepburn Graham as Soga

Graeme Taylor as Dillon Woods

Sophie Mgcina as Evalina

Jim Findley as Peter Jones

Garrick Hagon as McElrea

Adam Stuart Walker as Duncan Woods

Hamish Stuart Walker as Gavin Woods

Spring Stuart Walker as Meg Woods

Patricia Gumede as Shebeen Queen

Angela Gavaza as Shebeen Queen's Niece

Nocebo Mlambo as Aunt

Walter Matemavi as Nephew

Clement Muchachi as Father

Ruth Chinamando as Mother

Basil Chidyamathamba as Brother-in-Law

Marcy Mushore as Niece

Alton Kumalo as Speaker

Lawrence Simbarashe as Informer

Carl Chase as Policeman

William Morgan Sheppard as Policeman (as Morgan Sheppard)

Tichatonga Mazhindu as Dilima

Neil McPherson as Lemick's Assistant

Claude Maredza as 1st Rugby Player

Carlton Chance as 2nd Rugby Player

Russell Keith Grant as 2nd Security Guard

Munyaradzi Kanaventi as Samora Biko

George Lovell as Nkosinathi Biko

Graham Fletcher-Cook as Nel's Partner

Karen Drury as Young Secretary

Niven Boyd as 1st Roadblock Policeman

Christopher Hurst as 3rd Roadblock Policeman

Dudley Dickin as Nationalist Party Delegate

David Trevena as Mortician

Robert Phillips as Speaker at Funeral

Fishoo Tembo as Biko's Brother

Peggy Marsh as Helen Suzman

Gwyneth Strong as Girl at Funeral

Paul Herzberg as Beukes

Robert MacNamara as Security Policeman

Hans Sittig as Security Policeman

Kimpton Mativenga as Black Security Policeman

David Henry as Afrikaner Farmer

Michael Turner as Judge Boshoff

Mawa Makondo as Jason

Kalie Hanekom as Magistrate Prins

Star Ncube as 1st Prisoner

David Guwaza as 2nd Prisoner

Tommy Buson as Tami

Hilary Minster as 1st Passport Control Officer

James Aubrey as 2nd Passport Control Officer

Peter Cary as White Frontier Policeman

Dominic Kanaventi as Black Frontier Policeman

Sam Mathambo as Lesotho Passport Officer

Walter Muparutsa as Lesotho Businessman

Louis Mahoney as Lesotho Goverment Official

John Hartley as 4th Passport Control Officer

Simon Shumba as Young Lesotho Official

Marilyn Poole as Acting High Commissioner's Wife