Edward James Olmos as Jaime A. Escalante

Lou Diamond Phillips as Angel Guzman

Rosanna DeSoto as Fabiola Escalante

Andy García as Dr. Ramirez

Estelle Harris as Secretary

Mark Phelan as Cop

Virginia Paris as Raquel Ortega

Eliot as Tito (as Mark Eliot)

Adelaida Alvarez as Sexy Girl

Carmen Argenziano as Molina

Bodie Olmos as Fernando Escalante

Vanessa Marquez as Ana Delgado

Graham Galloway as Craig

Daniel Villarreal as Chuco

Manuel Benitez as Heavy Metal Boy

Will Gotay as Pancho Garcia

Ingrid Oliu as Lupe Escobar

Karla Montana as Claudia Camejo

Lydia Nicole as Rafaela Fuentes

Betty Carvalho as Angel's Grandma

Irene Olga López as Lupe's Mother