Tom Cruise

as Frank T.J. Mackey

Philip Baker Hall

as Jimmy Gator

Philip Seymour Hoffman

as Phil Parma

Julianne Moore

as Linda Partridge

William H. Macy

as Quiz Kid Donnie Smith

John C. Reilly

as Officer Jim Kurring

Melora Walters

as Claudia Wilson Gator

Jeremy Blackman

as Stanley Spector