 | Tom Hanks als Paul Edgecomb |
 | Michael Clarke Duncan als John Coffey |
 | David Morse als Brutus "Brutal" Howell |
 | Bonnie Hunt als Jan Edgecomb |
 | Michael Jeter als Eduard Delacroix |
 | Doug Hutchison als Percy Wetmore |
 | Sam Rockwell als 'Wild Bill' Wharton |
 | James Cromwell als Warden Hal Moores |
 | Barry Pepper als Dean Stanton |
 | Graham Greene als Arlen Bitterbuck |
 | Jeffrey DeMunn als Harry Terwilliger |
 | Patricia Clarkson als Melinda Moores |
 | Harry Dean Stanton als Toot-Toot |
 | Dabbs Greer als Old Paul Edgecomb |
 | Eve Brent als Elaine Connelly |
 | William Sadler als Klaus Detterick |
 | Mack Miles als Orderly Hector |
 | Rai Tasco als Man in Nursing Home |
 | Paula Malcomson als Marjorie Detterick |
| Christopher Joel Ives als Howie Detterick |
| Evanne Drucker als Kathe Detterick |
| Bailey Drucker als Cora Detterick |
 | Brian Libby als Sheriff McGee |
 | Brent Briscoe als Bill Dodge |
 | Bill McKinney als Jack Van Hay |
 | Gary Sinise als Lawyer Burt Hammersmith |
 | Rachel Singer als Cynthia Hammersmith |
 | Scotty Leavenworth als Hammersmith's Son |
| Bill Gratton als Earl the Plumber |
 | Dee Croxton als Woman at Del's Execution |
 | Rebecca Klingler als Wife at Del's Execution |
 | Gary Imhoff als Husband at Del's Execution |
 | Van Epperson als Police Officer |
| David E. Browning als Reverend at Funeral |
 | Tommy Barnes als Tower Guard (uncredited) |
| Wes Hall als Prisoner (uncredited) |
 | Phil Hawn als Police Photographer (uncredited) |
 | Judy Herrera als Bitterbuck's Daughter (uncredited) |
| Gower Mills als Inmate (uncredited) |
| Garth Shaw als Inmate (uncredited) |
 | Jared Stovall als Inmate (uncredited) |
 | Todd Thompson als Prison Guard (uncredited) |
| Frank Darabont | Director |
| 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 |
| Terence Marsh | Production Design |
| Michael Seirton | Set Decoration |
| Karyn Wagner | Costume Design |
| Stephen King | Novel |
| Ralph Nelson Jr. | 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 |
| David Latour | Animation |
| Rick O'Connor | Animation |
| Stephen King | Thanks |
| Emily Schweber | Casting Associate |
| Maureen Whalen | Casting Associate |
| Willie Mann | Grip |
| Sebastian Milito | Construction Coordinator |
| David Orr | Color Timer |
| Heather Pain | Key Costumer |
| Danielle Burgio | Stunts |
| Jeff Imada | Stunt Coordinator |
| Gary Archer | Prosthetics |
| Basti Van Der Woude | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Tim A. Davison | Stunts |
| Tommy J. Huff | Stunts |
