Tom Hanks as Paul Edgecomb

David Morse as Brutus 'Brutal' Howell

Bonnie Hunt as Jan Edgecomb

Michael Clarke Duncan as John Coffey

James Cromwell as Warden Hal Moores

Michael Jeter as Eduard Delacroix

Graham Greene as Arlen Bitterbuck

Doug Hutchison as Percy Wetmore

Sam Rockwell as 'Wild Bill' Wharton

Barry Pepper as Dean Stanton

Jeffrey DeMunn as Harry Terwilliger

Patricia Clarkson as Melinda Moores

Harry Dean Stanton as Toot-Toot

Dabbs Greer as Old Paul Edgecomb

Eve Brent as Elaine Connelly

William Sadler as Klaus Detterick

Mack Miles as Orderly Hector

Rai Tasco as Man in Nursing Home

Edrie Warner as Lady in Nursing Home

Paula Malcomson as Marjorie Detterick

Christopher Joel Ives as Howie Detterick

Evanne Drucker as Kathe Detterick

Bailey Drucker as Cora Detterick

Brian Libby as Sheriff McGee

Brent Briscoe as Bill Dodge

Bill McKinney as Jack Van Hay

Gary Sinise as Burt Hammersmith

Rachel Singer as Cynthia Hammersmith

Scotty Leavenworth as Hammersmith's Son

Katelyn Leavenworth as Hammersmith's Daughter

Bill Gratton as Earl the Plumber

Dee Croxton as Woman at Del's Execution

Rebecca Klingler as Wife at Del's Execution

Gary Imhoff as Husband at Del's Execution

Van Epperson as Police Officer

David E. Browning as Reverend at Funeral

Tommy Barnes as Tower Guard (uncredited)

Wes Hall as Prisoner (uncredited)

Phil Hawn as Police Photographer (uncredited)

Judy Herrera as Bitterbuck's Daughter (uncredited)

Gower Mills as Inmate (uncredited)

Garth Shaw as Inmate (uncredited)

Jared Stovall as Inmate (uncredited)

Todd Thompson as Prison Guard (uncredited)

Fred Astaire as Self (archive footage)