Tom Holland as Arvin Russell

Robert Pattinson as Reverend Preston Teagardin

Bill Skarsgård as Willard Russell

Riley Keough as Sandy Henderson

Jason Clarke as Carl Henderson

Sebastian Stan as Deputy Lee Bodecker

Haley Bennett as Charlotte Russell

Harry Melling as Roy Laferty

Eliza Scanlen as Lenora Laferty

Mia Wasikowska as Helen Hatton

Douglas Hodge as Leroy Brown

Kristin Griffith as Emma

Pokey LaFarge as Theodore

Donald Ray Pollock as Narrator (voice)

Banks Repeta as Arvin At 9

Emilio Subercaseaux Campos as Baby Arvin

David Atkinson as Earskell

Matthew Vaughn as Poacher #1

Billy Joe Bradshaw as Poacher #2

Gregory Kelly as BoBo McDaniels

David Maldonado as Henry Dunlap

Mark Jeffrey Miller as Hank

Ryan Anthony Williams as Marine #1

Wes Robinson as Bus Driver

Todd Barnett as Wooden Spoon Manager

Michael Harding as Reverend Albert Sykes

Lucy Faust as Cynthia Teagardin

Abby Glover as Pamela Sue Reaster

Kelly Lind as Church Member #1

Cotton Yancey as Church Member #2

Adam Fristoe as Priest

Morganna Bridgers as Florence

Karson Kern as Social Worker

Ivan Hoey Jr. as Orville Buckman

Zack Shires as Gene Dinwoodie

Drew Starkey as Tommy Matson

Caleb J. Thaggard as Butcher

Ever Eloise Landrum as Lenora At 7

Given Sharp as Susie Cox

Cory Scott Allen as Sheriff Thompson

Emma Coulter as Juanita

Cody Jones as Tecumseh Bouncer

Madelyn Wall as White Cow Waitress

Jason Collett as Gary Matthew Bryson

Eric Mendenhall as Deputy Howser

Teddy Cole as Hippie

Michael H. Cole as Doctor

Cort Chandler as Jim Lacey

Bruce Cooper as Jasper Taps

Daniel James Vaughn as Dispatcher

Edward Hall as Skinned Soldier

Jeff McCarthy as Evangelist

Santino Fontana as AM Radio DJ

John Rue as Newscaster

Phillip DeVona as Calvin Claytor (uncredited)

Kevin Waterman as Arresting Police Officer (uncredited)

Sarah Hamff as Beth Ann Reaster (uncredited)

Shannon Frye as Alma Reaster (uncredited)

James H. Keating as Meat Processor (uncredited)

Scott Rapp as Teacher (uncredited)

Lawrence Hinkle as Diner Patron (uncredited)

Kyle Sawyer as Shop Patron (uncredited)

Emily Towles as 1965 High School Student (uncredited)

Meagan Bown as 1966 High School Student (uncredited)

Ben Bailey as Necking Guy (uncredited)

Beth Scott as 1945 Diner Patron (uncredited)

Kacey Hayes as 1945 Diner Patron / Church Goer (uncredited)

Myles Phillips as Church Goer (uncredited)

Rebecca Douglas as Necking Girl (uncredited)

Leslie Sides as Church Goer (uncredited)

Katie Flaherty as 1965 Cheerleader (uncredited)

Matt Powell as 1965 Vietnam Soldier (uncredited)

Morgan Monroe as Diner Patron / Church Goer (uncredited)

Jeff McKinney as Bull Pen Patron (uncredited)

Jason Charles Hill as Local Pool Player (uncredited)

Andrew Young as Cody Hamilton