 | Danny Aiello als Salvatore 'Sal' Fragione |
 | Spike Lee als Mookie |
 | Ossie Davis als Da Mayor |
 | Richard Edson als Vito Fragione |
 | John Turturro als Pino Fragione |
 | Ruby Dee als Mother Sister |
 | Bill Nunn als Radio Raheem |
 | Giancarlo Esposito als Buggin Out |
 | Rosie Perez als Tina |
 | Roger Guenveur Smith als Smiley |
 | Samuel L. Jackson als Mister Señor Love Daddy |
 | Paul Benjamin als ML |
 | Frankie Faison als Coconut Sid |
 | Robin Harris als Sweet Dick Willie |
 | Joie Lee als Jade |
 | Miguel Sandoval als Officer Mark Ponte |
 | Rick Aiello als Officer Gary Long |
 | Steve Park als Sonny |
 | Ginny Yang als Kim |
 | John Savage als Clifton |
 | Steve White als Ahmad |
 | Martin Lawrence als Cee |
 | Leonard L. Thomas als Punchy |
| Christa Rivers als Ella |
 | Frank Vincent als Charlie |
 | Luis Antonio Ramos als Stevie |
| Richard Habersham als Eddie |
 | Gwen McGee als Louise |
| Sherwin Park als Korean Child |
 | Shawn Elliott als Puerto Rican Icee Man |
| Diva Osorio als Carmen |
| Chris Delaney als Stevie's Friend |
| Angel Ramirez Jr. als Stevie's Friend |
 | Sixto Ramos als Stevie's Friend |
 | Nelson Vasquez als Stevie's Friend |
| Travell Lee Toulson als Hector |
 | Joel Nagle als Sergeant |
| David E. Weinberg als Plainclothes Detective |
| Yatte Brown als Double Dutch Girl |
| Mecca Brunson als Double Dutch Girl |
| Shawn Stainback als Double Dutch Girl |
| Soquana Wallace als Double Dutch Girl |
| Erik Dellums als Customer in Pizzeria (uncredited) |
 | Nicholas Turturro als Policeman (uncredited) |
| Spike Lee | Screenplay |
| Spike Lee | Producer |
| Bill Lee | Original Music Composer |
| Ernest R. Dickerson | Director of Photography |
| Barry Alexander Brown | Editor |
| Robi Reed | Casting |
| Wynn Thomas | Production Design |
| Steve Rosse | Set Decoration |
| Ruth E. Carter | Costume Design |
| Matiki Anoff | Makeup Artist |
| Larry M. Cherry | Hairstylist |
| Skip Lievsay | Sound Designer |
| Tony Martinez | Sound Editor |
| Steven Kirshoff | Special Effects |
| Eddie Smith | Stunt Coordinator |
| Andy Duppin | Stunts |
| Tom Fleischman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Spike Lee | Director |
| Danny Aiello III | Stunt Double |
| Jon Kilik | Line Producer |
| Monty Ross | Co-Producer |
| Randy Fletcher | First Assistant Director |
| Nandi Bowe | Second Assistant Director |
| Mharaka Washington | Stunt Driver |
| Gary Frith | Stunts |
| Rashon Khan | Stunts |
| Erik Koniger | Stunts |
| Malcolm Livingston | Stunts |
| David S. Lomax | Stunts |
| Dominic Marcus | Stunts |
| Eric Payne | Stunts |
| Roy Thomas | Stunts |
| Preston L. Holmes | Production Supervisor |
| Christopher Lopez | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Brent Owens | Location Manager |
| R.W. Dixon | Unit Manager |
| Lillian Pyles | Production Office Coordinator |
| Robin Downes | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| Susan D. Fowler | Production Coordinator |
| Robert F. Nickson | Production Controller |
| Joe Gonzalez | Script Supervisor |
| John Newby | Camera Operator |
| Jonathan Burkhart | First Assistant Camera |
| Darnell Martin | Second Assistant Camera |
| Frank Prinzi | Camera Operator |
| George Pattison | Camera Operator |
| Bob Gorelick | Assistant Camera |
| Paul Reuter | Assistant Camera |
| Frank Stettner | Sound Recordist |
| Andrew Schmetterling | Boom Operator |
| David Lee | Still Photographer |
| Dennis Bradford | Assistant Art Director |
| Pam Stephens | Art Department Coordinator |
| Jeff Balsmeyer | Storyboard Artist |
| Octavio Molina | Property Master |
| Mark Paul Selemon | Props |
| Kevin Ladson | Props |
| Andrew Lassman | Props |
| Scott Rosenstock | Leadman |
| Keith Wall | Lead Set Dresser |
| Jon Rudo | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Anthony Baldasare | Set Dresser |
| Michael L. Benson | Set Dresser |
| James R. Bilz | Set Dresser |
| Thomas Hudson Reeve | Set Dresser |
| Martin Bernstein | Construction Coordinator |
| Robert Ippolito | Key Grip |
| Paul Wachter | Best Boy Grip |
| Rex North | Dolly Grip |
| Rodney Bauer | Grip |
| John Archibald | Grip |
| Erich Augenstein | Grip |
| Donald Bialer | Grip |
| Roger Kimpton | Grip |
| Charles Houston | Gaffer |
| Val DeSalvo | Best Boy Electric |
| Serge Mihajlov | Electrician |
| John O'Malley | Electrician |
| Derrick Still | Generator Operator |
| James Boorman | Electrician |
| Christopher Vanzant | Electrician |
| Tula Goenka | Assistant Editor |
| Philip Stockton | Supervising Dialogue Editor |
| Jeffrey Stern | Dialogue Editor |
| Brunilda Torres | ADR Editor |
| Gail Showalter | Foley Editor |
| Alex Steyermark | Music Editor |
| Rudy Gaskins | Sound Editor |
| Eugene Gearty | Sound Editor |
| Bruce Pross | Sound Editor |
| Stuart Stanley | Sound Editor |
| James Flatto | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Marissa Littlefield | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Nic Ratner | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Marko Costanzo | Foley Artist |
| Karen Perry | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Jennifer Ruscoe | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Valerie Gladstone-Appel | Seamstress |
| Millicent Shelton | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Marianna Najjar | Makeup Artist |
| Andrea Reed | Casting Assistant |
| Sarah Hyde Hamlet | Extras Casting |
| Sam Mattingly | Unit Publicist |
| Cheryl Ann Scott | Craft Service |
| Bob Hagans | Color Timer |
| John Nicolard | Color Timer |
