 | Sylvester Stallone als Robert "Rocky" Balboa |
 | Talia Shire als Adrianna "Adrian" Balboa |
 | Burt Young als Paulie Pennino |
 | Carl Weathers als Apollo Creed |
 | Brigitte Nielsen als Ludmilla Vobet Drago |
 | Tony Burton als Tony "Duke" Evers |
 | Michael Pataki als Nicoli Koloff |
 | Dolph Lundgren als Ivan Drago |
 | Stu Nahan als Commentator #1 |
 | R.J. Adams als Sports Announcer |
 | Al Bandiero als American Commentator #2 |
 | Dominic Barto als Russian Government Official |
| Danial Brown als Rocky Jr.'s Friend |
 | James Brown als The Godfather of Soul |
| Rose Mary Campos als Maid |
| Jack Carpenter als KGB Driver |
 | Mark De Alessandro als Russian Cornerman |
| Marty Denkin als Russian Referee |
 | Lou Fillipo als Las Vegas Referee |
| James 'Cannonball' Green als Manuel Vega |
| Dean Hammond als Interviewer |
| Rocky Krakoff als Robert "Rocky" Balboa Jr. |
| Sergei Levin als Russian Ring Announcer |
| Tony Maffatone als KGB Agent |
 | Sylvia Meals als Mrs. Creed |
| Dwayne McGee als Limo Driver |
 | LeRoy Neiman als Ring Announcer |
| George Pipasik als Caretaker |
| George Rogan als Igor Rimsky |
| Barry Tompkins als American Commentator #1 |
 | Warner Wolf als Commentator #2 in Las Vegas |
| Robert Doornick als Sico the Robot (voice) |
| Richard Blum als Reporter |
 | Gerald Berns als Reporter |
| Ray Glanzmann als Reporter |
 | Julie Inouye als Reporter |
 | Patrick Pankhurst als Reporter |
| Jean Thoreau als Reporter |
| Jim Bullock als Reporter |
| Frank D'Annibale als Reporter |
| Rose Dursey als Reporter |
 | Richard A. Kelley als Reporter |
| Craig Schaefer als Reporter |
 | Jeff Austin als Reporter |
| Leslie Morris als Reporter |
| Bob Giovane als Reporter |
| Julio Herzer als Reporter |
| George Spaventa als Reporter |
| Rolf Williams als Reporter |
| Jim Hodges als Reporter |
| Gene LeBell | Stunts |
| John W. Wheeler | Editor |
| Robert Chartoff | Producer |
| Vince DiCola | Original Music Composer |
| Bill Butler | Director of Photography |
| Don Zimmerman | Editor |
| Tom Bronson | Costume Design |
| Sylvester Stallone | Director |
| Bill Kenney | Production Design |
| Stephen Abrums | Makeup Artist |
| JoAnn May-Pavey | Unit Production Manager |
| Howard Jensen | Special Effects |
| Irwin Winkler | Producer |
| Leonard Engelman | Makeup Artist |
| James D. Brubaker | Executive Producer |
| Amanda Mackey | Casting |
| Janet G. Knutsen | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Christopher Ryan | Second Assistant Director |
| Arthur Chobanian | Executive Producer |
| Duncan Henderson | First Assistant Director |
| Rick Gentz | Set Decoration |
| Mary Eilts | Production Manager |
| Julie Pitkanen | Script Supervisor |
| Mark De Alessandro | Stunt Double |
| Sylvester Stallone | Writer |
| Robin Garb | Music Supervisor |
| William Ladd Skinner | Assistant Art Director |
| James R. Connell | Camera Operator |
| John J. Connor | Camera Operator |
| Michael Genne | Camera Operator |
| Johnny Walker | First Assistant Camera |
| Kenneth Zunder | First Assistant Camera |
| Walt Fraser | Second Assistant Camera |
| Paul Mindrup | Second Assistant Camera |
| Dave Friedman | Still Photographer |
| Charles M. Wilborn | Sound Mixer |
| William Gocke | Boom Operator |
| Colin J. Campbell | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Robert Jason | Assistant Chief Lighting Technician |
| Jim Sheppherd | Key Grip |
| Tom D. May | Best Boy Grip |
| Barbara Lorenz | Hairstylist |
| Robert H. Lemer | Location Manager |
| William Chartoff | Assistant Location Manager |
| Chriss Strauss | Production Coordinator |
| Louis S. Fleming | Property Master |
| Bill Wells | Production Consultant |
| Roger Irvin | Construction Coordinator |
| Michael J. Long | Costumer |
| Linda Henrikson | Costumer |
| Murray Lantz | Costumer |
| James R. Symons | Editorial Staff |
| Tim Board | Additional Editing |
| James D. Young | Music Editor |
| Frank E. Warner | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Bill Wylie | Sound Effects Editor |
| Gary S. Gerlich | Sound Effects Editor |
| Victoria Martin | Sound Effects Editor |
| Andy Patterson | ADR Editor |
| Mary Andrews | ADR Editor |
| Gregory M. Gerlich | Assistant Editor |
| Barbara Gandolfo-Frady | Assistant Editor |
| Patrick Magee | Assistant Editor |
| Martin November | Assistant Editor |
| Leslie Gaulin | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Paul Cichocki | Editorial Staff |
| Rosemarie Urioste | Editorial Staff |
| Markus Schaub | Editorial Staff |
| Barbara Harris | ADR Voice Casting |
| Wayne Fitzgerald | Title Designer |
| Michael J. Kohut | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Aaron Rochin | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Jay M. Harding | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Ray O'Reilly | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Michael McKensie Pratt | Choreographer |
| Eric D. Andersen | Camera Operator |
| Jack N. Green | Camera Operator |
| Robert Ennis | Camera Operator |
| Philip Linzey | Camera Operator |
| Rod Parkhurst | Camera Operator |
| Brenton Spencer | Camera Operator |
| Tony Westman | Camera Operator |
| Marti Wright | Set Decoration |
| Wayne McLaughlin | Property Master |
| Thom Wells | Construction Coordinator |
| George Erschbamer | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Ben Rusi | Key Grip |
| Susan Malloy | Wardrobe Master |
| Jayne Dancose | Makeup Artist |
| Donna Bis | Hairstylist |
| Candice Field | Script Supervisor |
| Karen Stewart | Production Coordinator |
| Ron Lambert | Color Timer |
