Daniel Day-Lewis as Hawkeye

Madeleine Stowe as Cora

Jodhi May as Alice

Russell Means as Chingachgook

Wes Studi as Magua

Eric Schweig as Uncas

Steven Waddington as Heyward

Maurice Roëves as Colonel Munro

Patrice Chéreau as General Montcalm

Edward Blatchford as Jack Winthrop

Terry Kinney as John Cameron

Tracey Ellis as Alexandra Cameron

Justin M. Rice as James Cameron

Dennis Banks as Ongewasgone

Pete Postlethwaite as Captain Beams

Colm Meaney as Major Ambrose

Mac Andrews as General Webb

Malcolm Storry as Phelps

David Schofield as Sergeant Major

Eric D. Sandgren as Coureur De Bois

Mike Phillips as Sachem

Mark A. Baker as Colonial Man

Dylan Baker as Bougainville

Tim Hopper as Ian

Gregory Zaragoza as Abenaki Chief

Scott Means as Abenaki Warrior

William J. Bozic Jr. as French Artillery Officer

Patrick Fitzgerald as Webb's Adjutant

Mark Joy as Henri

Steve Keator as Colonial Representative

Don Tilley as Colonial #1

Thomas E. Cummings as Colonial #2

David Farrow as Guard

Ethan James Fugate as French Sappeur

F. Curtis Gaston as Soldier #1

Eric A. Hurley as Soldier #2

Jared Harris as British Lieutenant

Michael Flannery as Sentry

Tom McGowan as Rich Merchant

Alice Papineau as Huron Woman

Mark J. Maracle as Sharitarish

Clark Heathcliffe as Regimental Sergeant Major

Sebastian Roché as Martin

Joe Finnegan as Redcoat #2

Sheila Adams Barnhill as Humming Woman

John Harrington Bland as British Soldier (uncredited)

Bill Chemerka as Royal Artillerist (uncredited)

Payton Dunham as Abenaki Warrior (uncredited)

Benton Jennings as Scottish Officer (uncredited)

Trenton McDevitt as British Soldier (uncredited)

Brent Ponder as French Soldier (uncredited)