 | Frances McDormand als Marge Gunderson |
 | William H. Macy als Jerry Lundegaard |
 | Steve Buscemi als Carl Showalter |
 | Peter Stormare als Gaear Grimsrud |
 | Harve Presnell als Wade Gustafson |
 | John Carroll Lynch als Norm Gunderson |
 | Kristin Rudrüd als Jean Lundegaard |
 | Bruce Bohne als Lou |
 | Steve Reevis als Shep Proudfoot |
 | Steve Park als Mike Yanagita |
 | Gary Houston als Irate Customer |
 | Sally Wingert als Irate Customer's Wife |
 | Larissa Kokernot als Hooker #1 |
 | Melissa Peterman als Hooker #2 |
 | Tony Denman als Scotty Lundegaard |
 | Larry Brandenburg als Stan Grossman |
 | Michelle Hutchison als Escort |
 | Bain Boehlke als Mr. Mohra |
| Warren Keith als Reilly Diefenbach (voice) |
| Michelle LeDoux als Victim In Car |
| Steve Edelman als Morning Show Host |
| Sharon Anderson als Morning Show Hostess |
| Kurt Schweickhardt als Car Salesman |
 | James Gaulke als State Trooper |
| J. Todd Anderson als Victim in the Field |
| Michelle Suzanne LeDoux als Victim in Car |
| Petra Boden als Cashier |
| Wayne A. Evenson als Customer |
| Cliff Rakerd als Officer Olson |
 | Jessica Shepherd als Hotel Clerk |
| Peter Schmitz als Airport Lot Attendant |
| Steven I. Schafer als Mechanic |
 | David S. Lomax als Man in Hallway |
 | José Feliciano als José Feliciano |
| Bix Skahill als Night Parking Attendant |
| Rose Stockton als Valerie (voice) |
| Robert Ozasky als Bismarck Cop #1 |
| John Bandemer als Bismarck Cop #2 |
| Don Wescott als Bark Beetle Narrator (voice) |
 | Bruce Campbell als Soap Opera Actor on TV (uncredited) |
| Joel Coen | Director |
| Ethan Coen | Producer |
| Carter Burwell | Original Music Composer |
| Roger Deakins | Director of Photography |
| John S. Lyons | Casting |
| Joel Coen | Screenplay |
| Ethan Coen | Screenplay |
| Rick Heinrichs | Production Design |
| Lauri Gaffin | Set Decoration |
| Joel Coen | Editor |
| Mary Zophres | Costume Design |
| Thomas P. Wilkins | Art Direction |
| Ethan Coen | Editor |
| Skip Lievsay | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Skip Lievsay | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Eric Fellner | Executive Producer |
| Tim Bevan | Executive Producer |
| John Cameron | Line Producer |
| Michelangelo Csaba Bolla | First Assistant Director |
| James Alan Hensz | Second Assistant Director |
| Donald Murphy | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Brian O'Kelley | Second Assistant Director |
| Jim Bridges | Still Photographer |
| Robin Brown | Camera Operator |
| Peter Clemence | Best Boy Grip |
| Milo Durben | Dolly Grip |
| Adam Gilmore | Second Assistant Camera |
| Andy Harris | First Assistant Camera |
| Mitchell Andrew Lillian | Key Grip |
| Bill O'Leary | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Michael Tackett | Still Photographer |
| T. Kukovinski | Script Supervisor |
| Tricia Cooke | Associate Editor |
| Gilly Ruben | Unit Production Manager |
| Robert Graf | Location Manager |
| Karen Ruth Getchell | Production Coordinator |
| John David Paul | Assistant Art Director |
| J. Todd Anderson | Storyboard Artist |
| Ed Dally | Camera Loader |
| Allan Byer | Sound Mixer |
| Peter F. Kurland | Boom Operator |
| Keenan Wyatt | Boom Operator |
| John Blake | Key Makeup Artist |
| Daniel Curet | Key Hair Stylist |
| Michael Barry | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Steve Speers | Set Dresser |
| Marko Costanzo | Foley Artist |
| Ezra Dweck | Foley Mixer |
| Eugene Gearty | Sound Effects Editor |
| Lewis Goldstein | Sound Effects Editor |
| Frank Kern | Foley Editor |
| Glenfield Payne | Sound Effects Editor |
| Bruce Pross | Foley Editor |
| Steven Visscher | Foley Editor |
| Jery Hewitt | Stunt Coordinator |
| Christine Sheaks | Casting Associate |
| Sandra Dawes | Extras Casting |
| Ethan Coen | Director |
