Albert Finney as Jason Cromwell

John Mahoney as Irv Mickelson

Kathy Baker as Marcie Guilford

Swoosie Kurtz as Joanne Winstow-Darvish

Marsha Mason as Jean Cromwell

Spalding Gray as Frank Goodrich

Wendie Jo Sperber as Anita Cox

David Clennon as Dr. Sigmond Grampton

Brett Cullen as Malcolm Dundee

Jim Haynie as David Hartzfield

Robert Schenkkan as Wilton Hale

Nicholas Cascone as Sid Stillwell

Beth Grant as Martha Packard

Banks Harper as Jean Hartzfield

Brad Pitt as Steve Black

Robert Aaron as Tom Packard

Adilah Barnes as Nedra Scroggins

Lillian Byrd as Stewardess

Al Cerullo as Pilot

Earnestine Dean as Esther

Dennis Haskins as Steven Fish

Peter Linari as Rollo

Anthony Lucero as Ken, Skinhead Nazi

Roger Scott as Staffer

Dagmar Stansova as Foreign Reporter (as Dagmar Stanec)

Ken Taylor as Reporter

Frank Vlastnik as Production Assistant

Robert Blue as The Doorman (uncredited)