Javier Bardem as Reinaldo Arenas

Olivier Martinez as Lazaro Gomez Carilles

Johnny Depp as Bon Bon / Lieutenant Victor

Andrea Di Stefano as Pepe Malas

Santiago Magill as Tomas Diego

John Ortiz as Juan Abreu

Héctor Babenco as Virgilio Pinera

Francisco Gattorno as Jorge Camacho

Marisol Padilla Sánchez as Margarita Camacho

Michael Wincott as Herberto Zorilla Ochoa

Sean Penn as Cuco Sanchez

Najwa Nimri as Fina Zorilla Ochoa

Diego Luna as Carlos

Diahnne Abbott as Blanca Romero

Jerzy Skolimowski as Professor

Alfredo Villa as Armando García

Rene Rivera as Recruit Driver

Maurice Compte as Nicolas Abreu

Vincent Laresca as Jose Abreu

Olatz López Garmendia as Reinaldo's Mother

Nemo Librizzi as Pedro the Bus Driver

Giovani Florido as Young Reinaldo

Loló Navarro as Reinaldo's Grandmother

Batan Silva as Reinaldo's Father

Carmen Beato as Teacher

Cy Schnabel as Smallest School Child

Olmo Schnabel as Smallest School Child

Vito Schnabel as Teenage Reinaldo

Pedro Armendáriz Jr. as Reinaldo's Grandfather

Lia Chapman as Lolin

Aquiles Benites as Translator

Ewa Piaskowska as Pretty Blonde Student

Patricia Reyes Spíndola as María Teresa Freye de Andrade

Marlene Díaz as Woman in Car #1

Olga Borayo as Woman in Car #2

Manolo García as Faustino

Lola Schnabel as Girl With Keys

Ofelia Medina as Landlady

Lois Barragán as Woman - UNEAC

Eduardo Antonio as Nightclub Singer

Stella Schnabel as Valeria

Manuel González as Jose Lezama Lima

Claudette Maillé as Maria Luisa Lima

Chanel Puertas as Blonde on the Beach

Manolo Rivero as Royal Gay

Andrea Fassler as French Tourist

Magda as Santería Dancer

Julian Bucio as Violent Soldier

Jorge Zárate as Prosecutor

Jorge Zamora as Kid with Kite

Noel Medina as Policeman on Beach

Jorge Zepeda as State Security on Beach

Yulian Díaz as Teenager #1

Eduardo Arroyuelo as Teenager #2

Antonio Zavala Kugler as Stranger in Lenin Park

Eloy Ganuza as State Security in Lenin Park

Khotan Fernández as Young Man with Bird

René Pereyra as Antonio

Abel Woolrich as Hungry Inmate

Mario Oliver as Gay Inmate

Robertico Valdez as Singing Prisoner

Claudio Osoria as Guard at El Morro

Caridad Martinez as Dancer in the Convent

Zulema Cruz as Zulema

Annie Gil as Blanca's Teenage Daughter

Filiberto Estrella as Dwarf

Juan Cristóbal Murillo as Immigration Officer

Melanio Filiberto Hebra as Man at Mariel Harbor

Matthias Ehrenberg as Officer at Mariel Harbor

Jack Schnabel as Mr. Greenberg

Esther G. Schnabel as Mrs. Greenberg

Xavier Domingo as Death

Eric Springer as Orderly

Jimmy Nugent as Taxi Driver