Susan Sarandon

Sister Helen Prejean

Sean Penn

Matthew Poncelet

Robert Prosky

Hilton Barber

Raymond J. Barry

Earl Delacroix

R. Lee Ermey

Clyde Percy

Celia Weston

Mary Beth Percy

Lois Smith

Helen's Mother

Scott Wilson

Chaplain Farley

Roberta Maxwell

Lucille Poncelet

Margo Martindale

Sister Colleen

Barton Heyman

Captain Beliveau

Steve Boles

Sgt. Neal Trapp

Nesbitt Blaisdell

Warden Hartman

Ray Aranha

Luis Montoya

Larry Pine

Guy Gilardi

Gil Robbins

Bishop Norwich

Kevin Cooney

Governor Benedict

Clancy Brown

State Trooper