Morgan Freeman as Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding

Tim Robbins as Andy Dufresne

Bob Gunton as Warden Norton

William Sadler as Heywood

Clancy Brown as Captain Byron T. Hadley

Gil Bellows as Tommy

James Whitmore as Brooks Hatlen

Mark Rolston as Bogs Diamond

Jeffrey DeMunn as 1946 D.A.

Larry Brandenburg as Skeet

Neil Giuntoli as Jigger

Brian Libby as Floyd

David Proval as Snooze

Joseph Ragno as Ernie

Jude Ciccolella as Guard Mert

Paul McCrane as Guard Trout

Renee Blaine as Andy Dufresne's Wife

Scott Mann as Glenn Quentin

John Horton as 1946 Judge

Gordon Greene as 1947 Parole Hearings Man

Alfonso Freeman as Fresh Fish Con

Vincent Foster as Hungry Fish Con

John E. Summers as New Fish Guard

Frank Medrano as Fat Ass

Mack Miles as Tyrell

Alan R. Kessler as Laundry Bob

Morgan Lund as Laundry Truck Driver

Cornell Wallace as Laundry Leonard

Gary Lee Davis as Rooster

Neil Summers as Pete

Ned Bellamy as Guard Youngblood

Joe Pecoraro as Projectionist

Harold E. Cope Jr. as Hole Guard

Brian Delate as Guard Dekins

Don McManus as Guard Wiley

Donald Zinn as Moresby Batter

Dorothy Silver as 1954 Landlady

Robert Haley as 1954 Food-Way Manager

Dana Snyder as 1954 Food-Way Woman

John D. Craig as 1957 Parole Hearings Man

Ken Magee as Ned Grimes

Eugene C. DePasquale as Mail Caller

Bill Bolender as Elmo Blatch

Ron Newell as Elderly Hole Guard

John R. Woodward as Bullhorn Tower Guard

Chuck Brauchler as Man Missing Guard

Dion Anderson as Head Bull Haig

Claire Slemmer as Bank Teller

James Kisicki as Bank Manager

Rohn Thomas as Bugle Editor

Charlie Kearns as 1966 D.A.

Rob Reider as Duty Guard

Brian Brophy as 1967 Parole Hearings Man

Paul Kennedy as 1967 Food-Way Manager

James Babson as Con (uncredited)

Dennis Baker as Old Man on Bus (uncredited)

Fred Culbertson as Police Officer (uncredited)

Alonzo F. Jones as Inmate (uncredited)

Sergio Kato as Inmate II (uncredited)

Gary A. Jones as Convict (uncredited)