 | Wesley Snipes als Nino Brown |
 | Ice-T als Scotty Appleton |
 | Allen Payne als Garald "Gee Money" Welles |
 | Chris Rock als Pookie |
 | Mario Van Peebles als Stone |
 | Michael Michele als Selina |
 | Bill Nunn als Duh Duh Duh Man |
 | Russell Wong als Park |
 | Bill Cobbs als Old Man |
 | Christopher Williams als Kareem Akbar |
 | Judd Nelson als Nick Peretti |
 | Vanessa Williams als Keisha |
 | Tracy Camilla Johns als Uniqua |
 | Anthony DeSando als Frankie Needles |
 | Nick Ashford als Reverend Oates |
 | Phyllis Yvonne Stickney als Prosecuting Attorney Hawkins |
 | Thalmus Rasulala als Police Commissioner |
 | John Aprea als Don Armeteo |
 | Fab 5 Freddy als Master of Ceremonies |
 | Flavor Flav als D.J. |
 | Clebert Ford als Frazier |
| Laverne Hart als Prom Queen |
 | Eek-A-Mouse als Fat Smitty |
 | Gregg Smrz als Biff |
 | Erica McFarquhar als Teacher |
 | Keith Sweat als Singer at Wedding |
| Max Rabinowitz als Gigantor |
 | Marcella Lowery als Woman in Hallway |
| Manuel E. Santiago als Judge |
| Ben Gotlieb als Prosecuting Attorney |
| Thelma Louise Carter als Reporter |
 | Linda Froehlich als Reporter |
 | Christopher Michael als Bailiff |
 | Kelly Jo Minter als Recovering Addict |
 | Tina Lifford als Recovering Addict |
 | Erik Kilpatrick als Recovering Addict |
 | Ron Millkie als Assistant DA |
| Harold Baines als Kid on Stoop |
| Sekou Campbell als Kid on Stoop |
| Garvin Holder als Kid on Stoop |
 | Teddy Riley als New Year's Eve Band - (Guy) |
| Aaron Hall als New Year's Eve Band - (Guy) |
| Damion Hall als New Year's Eve Band - (Guy) |
| Rodney Benford als Singers - Spring - (Troop) |
| John Harrell als Singers - Spring - (Troop) |
 | Gerald Levert als Singers - Winter - (Levert) |
| Sean Levert als Singers - Winter - (Levert) |
 | Jimmy Cummings als Butchie The Doorman |
 | Akosua Busia als Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) |
| Lia Chang als Prostitute in The Pool (uncredited) |
 | Jake LaMotta als Gangster Standing at Bar (uncredited) |
| Larry M. Cherry als Barber (uncredited) |
| Cynthia Elane als Brides Maid (uncredited) |
| Toni Ann Johnson als Girl in the Window (uncredited) |
| Candece Tarpley als Connie The Waitress (uncredited) |
| Chris Thornton als C.M.B. Member (uncredited) |
| Doug McHenry | Producer |
| Thomas Lee Wright | Screenplay |
| Mario Van Peebles | Director |
| Pat Golden | Casting |
| Barry Michael Cooper | Screenplay |
| Charles C. Bennett | Production Design |
| Francis Kenny | Director of Photography |
| John McCabe | Casting |
| Steven Kemper | Editor |
| Preston L. Holmes | Co-Producer |
| Thomas Lee Wright | Story |
| Bernard Johnson | Costume Design |
| Michel Colombier | Original Music Composer |
| George Jackson | Producer |
| Fab 5 Freddy | Associate Producer |
| Suzanne Broderick | Associate Producer |
| James Bigwood | Associate Producer |
| Dwight Williams | Associate Producer |
| Jery Hewitt | Stunt Coordinator |
| Danny Aiello III | Stunts |
| G. A. Aguilar | Stunts |
| Preston L. Holmes | Unit Production Manager |
| Dwight Williams | First Assistant Director |
| Joseph Ray | Second Assistant Director |
| George Jackson | Music Supervisor |
| Doug McHenry | Music Supervisor |
| Brent Owens | Production Supervisor |
| Kevin Stitt | Additional Editing |
| John Newby | Camera Operator |
| Gregory Irwin | First Assistant Camera |
| Myra-Lee Cohen | Second Assistant Camera |
| Ed Hershberger | Additional Camera |
| Ted Churchill | Steadicam Operator |
| Frank Stettner | Production Sound Mixer |
| Keith Gardner | Boom Operator |
| Rosa Howell-Thornhill | Cableman |
| Barbra Matis | Art Direction |
| Laura Brock | Art Direction |
| Roberta J. Holinko | Art Department Coordinator |
| Elaine O'Donnell | Set Decoration |
| Cornelia 'Nini' Rogan | Script Supervisor |
| Diane Hammond | Makeup Artist |
| Ellie Winslow | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Larry M. Cherry | Hairstylist |
| Aaron F. Quarles | Hairstylist |
| Barbara Hause | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Jane E. Myers | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Jill E. Anderson | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Charles Houston | Gaffer |
| Martin Andrews | Rigging Gaffer |
| Val DeSalvo | Best Boy Electric |
| Robert M. Andres | Key Grip |
| Paul Wachter | Best Boy Grip |
| Tom Kudlek | Dolly Grip |
| Octavio Molina | Property Master |
| Laura Jean West | Assistant Property Master |
| Kevin Ladson | Assistant Property Master |
| Jeffrey L. Glave | Charge Scenic Artist |
| Raymond M. Samitz | Construction Coordinator |
| Steven Kirshoff | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Wilfred Caban | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Jeff Lengyel | Second Unit Director |
| Jacek Laskus | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Ed Dessisso | Second Unit First Assistant Director |
| Kevin Stitt | First Assistant Editor |
| Jeff Gullo | Assistant Editor |
| Wade Bartlett | Assistant Editor |
| Mike Le Mare | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Robert G. Henderson | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Alan Robert Murray | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Karola Storr | Sound Editor |
| Robert Fitzgerald | Sound Editor |
| Robert L. Sephton | Sound Editor |
| Bub Asman | Sound Editor |
| Jayme S. Parker | Sound Editor |
| Terry Burke | Foley |
| Darrin Martin | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Rachel Shaw | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Janelle Showalter | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Brooke Henderson Ward | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Carl Zittrer | Supervising Music Editor |
| Lise Richardson | Music Editor |
| Patrick Cyccone Jr. | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Dan Wallin | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Robert Thirlwell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Robert Deschaine | ADR Mixer |
| Joel David Warren | Still Photographer |
| Lillian Pyles | Production Office Coordinator |
| Parnes Cartwright | Location Manager |
| Marlene Arvan | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Max Van Peebles | Casting Assistant |
| Douy Swofford | Title Designer |
| Bill Anagnos | Stunts |
| David S. Lomax | Stunts |
| Lance Guecia | Stunts |
| Don Hewitt Sr. | Stunts |
| Jalil Jay Lynch | Stunts |
| Paul Bucossi | Stunts |
| Harry Madsen | Stunts |
| Darrell Carey | Stunts |
| Don Picard | Stunts |
| Daniel Dod | Stunts |
| Elliot Santiago | Stunts |
| Norman Douglass | Stunts |
| Bruce Smolanoff | Stunts |
| Andy Duppin | Stunts |
| Roy Farfel | Stunts |
| Jeff Ward | Stunts |
