Kevin Spacey
Jack Vincennes

Russell Crowe
Wendell 'Bud' White

Guy Pearce
Edmund 'Ed' Exley

James Cromwell
Dudley Smith

Kim Basinger
Lynn Bracken

Danny DeVito
Sid Hudgens

David Strathairn
Pierce Patchett

Ron Rifkin
D.A. Ellis Loew

Graham Beckel
Dick Stensland

Amber Smith
Susan Lefferts

John Mahon
Police Chief

Paul Guilfoyle
Mickey Cohen

Matt McCoy
'Badge of Honor' Star Brett Chase

Paolo Seganti
Johnny Stompanato

Simon Baker
Matt Reynolds

Sandra Taylor
Mickey Cohen's Mambo Partner

Steve Rankin
Officer Arresting Mickey Cohen

Allan Graf
Wife Beater

Precious Chong
Wife

Symba
Jack's Dancing Partner

Bob Clendenin
Reporter at Hollywood Station

Lennie Loftin
Photographer at Hollywood Station

Will Zahrn
Liquor Store Owner

Darrell Sandeen
Buzz Meeks

Michael Warwick
Sid's Assistant

Shawnee Free Jones
Tammy Jordan

Thomas Rosales Jr.
First Mexican

Shane Dixon
Officer / Detective at Hollywood Station

Norman Howell
Officer / Detective at Hollywood Station

Brian Lally
Officer / Detective at Hollywood Station

Tomas Arana
Breuning - Dudley's Guy

Michael McCleery
Carlisle - Dudley's Guy

Jack Conley
Vice Captain

Jack Knight
Detective at Detective Bureau

Gene Wolande
Forensic Chief

Michael Chieffo
Coroner

Gwenda Deacon
Mrs. Lefferts

T.J. Kennedy
Bud's Rejected Partner

Ingo Neuhaus
Jack's Rejected Partner

Jim Metzler
City Councilman

Robert Barry Fleming
Boxer

Jeremiah Birkett
Ray Collins - Nite Owl Suspect

Salim Grant
Louis Fontaine - Nite Owl Suspect

Noel Evangelisti
Stenographer

Marisol Padilla Sánchez
Inez Soto - Rape Victim

Steven Lambert
Roland Navarette

Jordan Marder
Officer at Detective Bureau

Gregory White
Mayor

Brenda Bakke
Lana Turner

Patrice Walters
Police File Clerk

Rebecca Klingler
Police File Clerk

Irene Roseen
D.A. Ellis Loew's Secretary

David St. James
Detective at Hush-Hush Office

Bodie Newcomb
Officer at Hush-Hush Office

Jeff Austin
Detective

Jody Wood
Detective

Jimmy Ortega
Second Mexican (uncredited)

Nectar Rose
Marilyn Monroe (uncredited)

Rocco Salata
Uniformed Patrol Officer (uncredited)

Dell Yount
Court Bailiff (uncredited)

Gilbert Rosales
Third Mexican (uncredited)

J.P. Romano
Deuce Perkins (uncredited)

Chris Palermo
Anthony Trombino (uncredited)

April Audia
Mayor's Wife (uncredited)

Fred Lerner
Dudley's Guy with Shotgun (uncredited)