Robert Duvall as Euliss Dewey

Farrah Fawcett as Jessie Dewey

Miranda Richardson as Toosie

John Beasley as Brother Blackwell

Walton Goggins as Sam

Billy Bob Thornton as Troublemaker

June Carter Cash as Mrs. Dewey Sr.

Billy Joe Shaver as Joe

Rick Dial as Elmo

Todd Allen as Horace

William Atlas Cole as Bayou Man

Kevin Rankin as Young Man in Car

Renée Victor as Latin Translator

Hunter Hayes as Child Accordionist

Terence Rosemore as Man Saying Amen

Mary Lynette Braxton as Mother Blackwell

Stuart Greer as Texas State Trooper

Daniel Hickman as Flashback Preacher

Emery Hopkins as Virgil

Jewell Jernigan as Sister Jewell

Zelma Loyd as Sister Johnson

Christina Stojanovich as Jessie Jr.

Nicholas Stojanovich as Bobbie

Douglas Perry as Louisiana State Trooper

Jay Robicheaux as Sonny (12 years old)

Joyce Jolivet Starks as Sister Delilah

Jan Fawcett as Needy Receiver #2

Erica Lynn Duncan as Texas Choir Member

Big Hawk as Sonny Supporter #1 (as John E. Hawkins)

Paul Bagget as Tag Team Preacher #3 (as Brother Paul Bagget)

Lenore Banks as Female Sonny Supporter

Brett Brock as Helper

Christopher Canady as Sister Johnson's Twin

Christian Canady as Sister Johnson's Twin

Elizabeth Chisolm as Singer

Frank Collins Jr. as Soloist #4 (as Reverend Frank Collins Jr.)

Carl D. Cook as Civic Auditorium Preacher (as Prophet Carl D. Cook)

Naomi Craig as Scripture Reader

Wayne Dehart as Liquor Store Preacher

Jim Gleason as Young Priest (as James Ivey Gleason)

Chili Graham as Tag Team Preacher #5 (as Reverend Chili Graham)

Bobby Green as Tag Team Preacher #1 (as Reverend Bobby Green)

Brenda B. Jackson as Faith Healer #2

Charles Johnson as Tag Team Preacher #2 (as Reverend Charles Johnson)

Julie Johnson as Baptism Soloist

Vera Kamp as Faith Healer #1

Joseph Granda as Soloist #1 (as Joseph Lindsey)

Sharon K. London as Church Woman

Fernie E. McMillan as Doctor

Jimmie J. Meaux as Church Member #2

L. Christian Mixon as Bodyguard

Richard Nance as Church Man #2

Harold Potier Sr. as Coronet George

Pat Ratliff as Accident Witness

Ronnie Stutes as Needy Receiver

Ruby Francis Terry as Soloist Choir Director

Graham Timbes as Church Man #1

James B. Towry as Nosey Neighbor

Jesse Waldrop as Sonny Supporter #2 (as Reverend Jesse Walkrop)

Steve White as Tag Team Preacher #4 (as Reverend Steve White)

Fay Winn as Tag Team Preacher #5 (as Sister Fay Winn)

Melete Woods as Soloist #3

Margaret Oliver Coleman as Texas Choir Member

Sharon Denise Dickerson as Texas Choir Member

Sondra Jackson Green as Texas Choir Member

David Henderson as Texas Choir Member

Parla J. Johnson as Texas Choir Member

Donna Siddiqui as Texas Choir Member

Tami Boaz Skelton as Texas Choir Member

Rachel V. Stevenson as Texas Choir Member

Gretchen Louise Watts as Texas Choir Member

Jerry H. Skelton as Organist

James Gammon as Brother Edwards (uncredited)