Tom Cruise character Mitch McDeere
Jeanne Tripplehorn character Abby McDeere
Gene Hackman character Avery Tolar
Hal Holbrook character Oliver Lambert
Terry Kinney character Lamar Quinn
Wilford Brimley character William Devasher
Ed Harris character Wayne Tarrance
Holly Hunter character Tammy Hemphill
David Strathairn character Ray McDeere
Gary Busey character Eddie Lomax
Steven Hill character F. Denton Voyles
Tobin Bell character The Nordic Man
Barbara Garrick character Kay Quinn
Jerry Hardin character Royce McKnight
Paul Calderon character Thomas Richie
Jerry Weintraub character Sonny Capps
Sullivan Walker character Thomas Abanks
Karina Lombard character Young Woman on the Beach
Margo Martindale character Nina Huff
John Beal character Nathan Locke
Dean Norris character The Squat Man
Lou Walker character Frank Mulholland
Tommy Cresswell character Wally Hudson
David A. Kimball character Randall Dunbar
David Dwyer character Prison Guard
Afemo Omilami character Cotton Truck Driver
Clint Smith character Cotton Truck Driver
Jonathan Kaplan character Lawyer Recruiter
Paul Sorvino character Tommy Morolto (uncredited)
Joe Viterelli character Joey Morolto (uncredited)
