Tom Hanks (Paul Edgecomb), Michael Clarke Duncan (John Coffey), David Morse (Brutus "Brutal" Howell), Bonnie Hunt (Jan Edgecomb), James Cromwell (Warden Hal Moores), Patricia Clarkson (Melinda Moores), Michael Jeter (Eduard Delacroix) more..., Sam Rockwell ('Wild Bill' Wharton), Graham Greene (Arlen Bitterbuck), Doug Hutchison (Percy Wetmore), Barry Pepper (Dean Stanton), Jeffrey DeMunn (Harry Terwilliger), Harry Dean Stanton (Toot-Toot), Gary Sinise (Lawyer Burt Hammersmith), Dabbs Greer (Old Paul Edgecomb), Eve Brent (Elaine Connelly), William Sadler (Klaus Detterick), Mack Miles (Orderly Hector), Rai Tasco (Man in Nursing Home), Paula Malcomson (Marjorie Detterick), Brian Libby (Sheriff McGee), Brent Briscoe (Bill Dodge), Bill McKinney (Jack Van Hay), Rachel Singer (Cynthia Hammersmith), Scotty Leavenworth (Hammersmith's Son), Bill Gratton (Earl the Plumber), Dee Croxton (Woman at Del's Execution), Rebecca Klingler (Wife at Del's Execution), Gary Imhoff (Husband at Del's Execution), Van Epperson (Police Officer), Phil Hawn (Police Photographer (uncredited)), Ted Hollis (Coffee Execution Witness (uncredited)), Robert Malone (Tower Guard (uncredited))

Frank Darabont (Screenplay), David Valdes (Producer), Frank Darabont (Producer), Thomas Newman (Original Music Composer), David Tattersall (Director of Photography), Richard Francis-Bruce (Editor), Mali Finn (Casting) more..., Terence Marsh (Production Design), Michael Seirton (Set Decoration), Karyn Wagner (Costume Design), Stephen King (Novel), Ralph Nelson (Still Photographer), Fred Fein (Stand In), Jessica Drake (Dialect Coach), Craig Barron (Visual Effects Supervisor), Janis Clark (Hairstylist), Marsha Bozeman (Set Costumer), Kerry Rossall (Stunts), Robert C. Lusted (First Assistant Editor), Daniel C. Striepeke (Makeup Artist), Deborah La Mia Denaver (Makeup Artist), Andrew Dickler (Assistant Editor), Susan Malerstein (Script Supervisor), Nina Paskowitz (Key Hair Stylist), William Cruse (Supervising Art Director), David Emmerichs (Steadicam Operator), David Emmerichs (Camera Operator), Bobby Burton (Gaffer), Jimmy Keys (Rigging Gaffer), L. Dean Jones Jr. (Unit Production Manager), Beatriz Kerti (Art Department Coordinator), Willie D. Burton (Sound Mixer), Elliot Tyson (Sound Re-Recording Mixer), Michael Herbick (Sound Re-Recording Mixer), Robert J. Litt (Sound Re-Recording Mixer), Mark A. Mangini (Supervising Sound Editor), Marvin E. Lewis (Boom Operator), Bill Bernstein (Music Editor), Carrie Durose (Production Coordinator), Alan B. Curtiss (Assistant Director) and others.