Sam Deeds
Chris Cooper
Buddy Deeds
Matthew McConaughey
Molly
Eleese Lester
Enrique
Richard Coca
Mercedes Cruz
Miriam Colon
Young Hollis
Jeff Monahan
Chet
Eddie Robinson
Otis
Ron Canada
Athena
Chandra Wilson
Anglo Father
Marco Perella
Wesley Birdsong
Gordon Tootoosis
Young Pilar
Vanessa Martinez
Pilar
Elizabeth Peña
Hollis
Clifton James
Cliff
Stephen Mendillo
Deputy Travis
Joe Stevens
Amado
Gonzalo Castillo
Fenton
Tony Frank
Shadow
Damon Guy
Anglo Mother
Dee Macaluso
Mexican-American Father
Luis Cobo
Principal
Don Phillips, Jr.
Mexican-American Mother
Mary Jane R. Hernandez
Charlie Wade
Kris Kristofferson
Danny
Jesse Borrego
Paloma
Carina Martinez
Deputy Sheriff Ray Hernandez
Tony Plana
Ben Wetzel
Richard Andrew Jones
Minnie Bledsoe
Beatrice Winde
Young Otis
Gabriel Casseus
Roderick
Randy Stripling
Jorge
Richard Reyes
Waitress
Olga Luna
Cook
Juan Vega III
Del
Joe Morton
Girl
Lizzie Curry Martinez
Carolyn
Carmen De Lavallade
Young Sam
Tay Strathairn
Pete
Sam Vlahos
Anselma
Maricela Gonzalez
Chucho Montoya
Tony Amendola
Eladio Cruz
Gilbert R. Cuellar Jr.
Young Chucho Montoya
James Borrego
Marisol
Lisa Suarez
Driver
Jesus Ramirez
Bunny
Frances McDormand
Football Announcer (voice)
John Griesemer
Jaime
Eduardo Martínez
Young Mercedes
Azalea Mendez
Mikey
Stephen J. Lang
Celie
Oni Faida Lampley
Priscilla Worth
LaTanya Richardson Jackson
Cody
Leo Burmester
Producer
Maggie Renzi
Steadicam Operator
Ralph Watson
Original Music Composer
Mason Daring
Editor
John Sayles
Director
Writer
Executive Producer
John Sloss
Director of Photography
Stuart Dryburgh
R. Paul Miller
Production Design
Dan Bishop
Casting
Avy Kaufman
Costume Design
Shay Cunliffe
Set Decoration
Dianna Freas
Script Supervisor
Mary Cybulski
Art Direction
J. Kyler Black
Unit Publicist
Rob Harris
Supervising Sound Editor
Philip Stockton
Music Editor
Nic Ratner
Hairstylist
Caroline Rempher
Still Photographer
Alan Pappe
David McGill
Key Hair Stylist
Roy Bryson
Susan Todd
ADR Editor
Gail Showalter
Sound Mixer
Clive Winter
Dialogue Editor
Sylvia Menno
Foley Editor
Steven Visscher
Kam Chan
Foley Recordist
Bruce Pross
Frank Kern
Foley Artist
Marko Costanzo
Property Master
Philip Schneider
Sound Effects Editor
Eugene Gearty
Lewis Goldstein
Stuart Stanley
First Assistant Director
John Powditch