Noah Hathaway as Atreyu

Barret Oliver as Bastian

Tami Stronach as The Childlike Empress

Alan Oppenheimer as Rockbiter / Falkor / G'mork / Narrator (voice)

Sydney Bromley as Engywook

Patricia Hayes as Urgl

Moses Gunn as Cairon - Empress' Servant

Frank Lenart as Teeny Weeny / Night Hob (voice)

Robert Jadah as Morla the Ancient One (voice)

Gerald McRaney as Bastian's Father

Tilo Prückner as Night Hob

Deep Roy as Teeny Weeny

Chris Eastman as 1st Bully

Darryl Cooksey as 2nd Bully

Nicholas Gilbert as 3rd Bully

Thomas Hill as Carl Conrad Koreander - the Librarian

Donald Arthur as School's Caretaker (uncredited)

Bernd Eichinger as Man Next to Man Who Drops Milk (uncredited)

Wolfgang Petersen as Man Who Drops Milk (uncredited)

Brian Wheeler as Giant Mushroom Creature (uncredited)

Silvia Seidel as Fairy (uncredited)

Beth Andersen as The 2nd Balladeer (voice) (uncredited)