Chris Cooper as Sam Deeds

Matthew McConaughey as Buddy Deeds

Elizabeth Peña as Pilar

Kris Kristofferson as Charlie Wade

Joe Morton as Del

Frances McDormand as Bunny

Stephen J. Lang as Mikey

Oni Faida Lampley as Celie

LaTanya Richardson Jackson as Priscilla Worth

Leo Burmester as Cody

Eleese Lester as Molly

Richard Coca as Enrique

Miriam Colon as Mercedes Cruz

Jeff Monahan as Young Hollis

Eddie Robinson as Chet

Ron Canada as Otis

Chandra Wilson as Athena

Marco Perella as Anglo Father

Gordon Tootoosis as Wesley Birdsong

Vanessa Martinez as Young Pilar

Clifton James as Hollis

Stephen Mendillo as Cliff

Joe Stevens as Deputy Travis

Gonzalo Castillo as Amado

Tony Frank as Fenton

Damon Guy as Shadow

Dee Macaluso as Anglo Mother

Luis Cobo as Mexican-American Father

Don Phillips, Jr. as Principal

Mary Jane R. Hernandez as Mexican-American Mother

Jesse Borrego as Danny

Carina Martinez as Paloma

Tony Plana as Deputy Sheriff Ray Hernandez

Richard Andrew Jones as Ben Wetzel

Beatrice Winde as Minnie Bledsoe

Gabriel Casseus as Young Otis

Randy Stripling as Roderick

Richard Reyes as Jorge

Olga Luna as Waitress

Juan Vega III as Cook

Lizzie Curry Martinez as Girl

Carmen De Lavallade as Carolyn

Tay Strathairn as Young Sam

Sam Vlahos as Pete

Maricela Gonzalez as Anselma

Tony Amendola as Chucho Montoya

Gilbert R. Cuellar Jr. as Eladio Cruz

James Borrego as Young Chucho Montoya

Lisa Suarez as Marisol

Jesus Ramirez as Driver

John Griesemer as Football Announcer (voice)

Eduardo Martínez as Jaime

Azalea Mendez as Young Mercedes