Roberto Benigni as Gendarme Jacques Gambrelli

Herbert Lom as Police Commisioner Charles Dreyfus

Claudia Cardinale as Maria Gambrelli

Shabana Azmi as Queen

Debrah Farentino as Princess Yasmin

Jennifer Edwards as Yussa

Robert Davi as Hans Zarba

Mark Schneider as Arnon

Mike Starr as Hanif

Kenny Spalding as Garth

Anton Rodgers as Police Chief Charles Lazar

Burt Kwouk as Cato Fong

Graham Stark as Professor Auguste Balls

Oliver Cotton as King Haroak

Aharon Ipalé as Gen. Jaffar

Natasha Pavlovich as Rima

Henry Goodman as Andre (anchorman)

Dermot Crowley as Sergeant Francois Duval

Herb Tanney as Jean Claude (as Sputare Tanney)

Liz Smith as Marta Balls

Joe James as Doctor

Selva Rasalingam as Customs official (as Sylvestre Tobias)

Nadim Sawalha as Lugash agent

Jon Paul Morgan as Col. Al-Durai

Andrew Hawkins as French agent

Badi Uzzaman as Wasim

Mozaffar Shafeie as Omar

Arnold Yarrow as Uncle Idris

Harry Audley as Pilot

Jacinta Mulcahy as Louise Chauvin

Steven Crossley as Reporter

Babette Barat as Female reporter (as Elisabeth Barat)

Bill Wallis as President

John H. Francis as Yacht captain (as John Francis)

Simon De Selva as Co-pilot

Ahmed Khalil as Otter pilot

Sheila Hyde as Wafiyyah

Tony Kirwood as Marcel Langois (scenes deleted)

Elizabeth Banks as Nurse

Nicoletta Braschi as Jacqueline Gambrelli

Tony Adams as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Henry Mancini as Self (uncredited)

Bobby McFerrin as Self (uncredited)