Matthew McConaughey as Jake Brigance

Sandra Bullock as Ellen Roark

Samuel L. Jackson as Carl Lee Hailey

Kevin Spacey as Rufus Buckley

Ashley Judd as Carla Brigance

Donald Sutherland as Lucien Wilbanks

Oliver Platt as Harry Rex Vonner

Charles S. Dutton as Ozzie Walls

Brenda Fricker as Ethel Twitty

Kiefer Sutherland as Freddie Lee Cobb

Patrick McGoohan as Judge Omar Noose

Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly as Tonya Hailey

Tonea Stewart as Gwen Hailey

John Diehl as Tim Nunley

Chris Cooper as Dwayne Looney

Nicky Katt as Billy Ray Cobb

Doug Hutchison as Pete Willard

Kurtwood Smith as Stump Sisson

Tim Parati as Winston

Beth Grant as Cora Mae Cobb

Anthony Heald as Wilbert Rodeheaver

M. Emmet Walsh as Willard Tyrell Bass (uncredited)

Octavia Spencer as Roark's Nurse

Darrin Mitchell as Skip Hailey

LaConte McGrew as Slim Hailey

Devin Lloyd as Willie Hailey

Mark W. Johnson as Willie Hastings

Joe Seneca as Reverend Isaiah Street

Thomas Merdis as Reverend Ollie Agee

Alexandra Kyle as Hannah Brigance

Terry Loughlin as Jury Foreman

Andy Stahl as Reluctant Male Juror

Joe Bullen as Joe Frank Perryman

Lorraine Middleton as Blonde Woman Juror

Graham Timbes as Male Juror

Jonathan Hadary as Norman Reinfield

Benjamin Mouton as Klan Bomber

Byron Jennings as Brent Musgrove

Patrick Sutton as Militant Teenager

Greg Lauren as Taylor

Danny Nelson as Bud Twitty

Mike Pniewski as Deputy Tatum

Elizabeth Omilami as Woman Angry at Klan

Lukas Cain as Looney's Son

Stacy Rae Toyon as Looney's Wife

Wayne Dehart as Claude

Helen E. Floyd as Waitress at Claude's

David Brian Williams as Customer at Claude's

Rebecca Koon as Dell

James M. Crumley Jr. as Guardsman Mackenvale

Jim Ritchie as Tom Hardy

Perry Ritchie as Sarah Hardy

Mike McLaren as Administrator at Whitfield

Tim Monich as Reverend Fink

Leonard L. Thomas as Man in Lumberyard

Brance H. Beamon as Noose's Butler

Mildred J. Gilbreath as Noose's Housekeeper

Will Crapps as Minister

David U. Hodges as Bailiff

Maggie Wade Dixon as T.V. Anchor

Russell Hambline as Old Man Bates

Robert Chapman as Young Fisherman

Robert R. Bell Jr. as Fisherman

Tommy McCullough as Old Fisherman

Ryk St. Vincent as Deputy

Bettina Rose as Evelyn

Linda Calvin Johnson as Sugar

Terrance Freeman as Court Deputy

Alice Julius-Scott as N.A.A.C.P. Woman

William Truly Jr. as N.A.A.C.P. Man #1

Walter L. Hutchins as N.A.A.C.P. Man #2

Jerry Hunt as John

Howard Ballou as Reporter #1 with Hastings

Todd Demers as Reporter #1 with Jake

Stephanie Strickland as Stephanie (Reporter #1 with Buckley)

Kim Hendrix as Kim (Reporter #2 with Buckley)

Rob Jay as Reporter #3 with Buckley

Sherri Hilton as Reporter #2 with Jake

Steve Coulter as Klansman

Jackie Stewart as Fire Chief

Rosebud Dixon-Green as Woman at Rally