 | Kevin Costner als Frank Farmer |
 | Whitney Houston als Rachel Marron |
 | Gary Kemp als Sy Spector |
 | Bill Cobbs als Bill Devaney |
 | Ralph Waite als Herb Farmer |
 | Tomas Arana als Greg Portman |
 | Michele Lamar Richards als Nicki Marron |
 | Mike Starr als Tony Scipelli |
 | Christopher Birt als Henry |
 | DeVaughn Nixon als Fletcher Marron |
 | Gerry Bamman als Ray Court |
 | Joe Urla als Minella |
 | Tony Pierce als Dan |
 | Charles Keating als Klingman |
 | Robert Wuhl als Oscar Host |
 | Debbie Reynolds als Debbie Reynolds |
 | Danny Kamin als Thuringer |
 | Ethel Ayler als Emma |
 | Sean Cheesman als Rory |
 | Richard Schiff als Skip Thomas |
 | Chris Connelly als Oscar Arrivals M.C. |
 | Nathaniel Parker als Clive Healy |
 | Bert Remsen als Rotary Club President |
 | Donald Hotton als Reverend Hardy |
| Nita Whitaker als Oscar Singer |
 | Patricia Healy als Sound Winner #1 |
 | Blumen Young als Sound Winner #2 |
| Rob Sullivan als Best Sound Presenter |
| Jennifer Lyon-Buchanan als Best Song Winner |
 | Stephen Shellen als Tom Winston |
 | Victoria Bass als Woman in Green |
| Abbey Vine als Ben Shiller |
| Phil Redrow als Video Director |
| Joe Hess als Cuban Husband |
| Marta Velasco als Cleaning Woman |
 | Joe Unger als Journalist |
| Gwen Seliger als Rachel's Valet |
 | Susan Traylor als Dress Designer |
| Pat Poole als Woman in Restaurant |
| Shelley A. Hill als Mother at Restaurant |
| Amy Lou Dempsey als Little Girl at Restaurant |
| Rosie Lee Hooks als Thrift Shop Owner |
| Ken Myles als Sound Technician #1 |
| Robert L. Feist als Sound Technician #2 |
| Charles Bazaldua als TV Director |
| Tracye Logan als Girl On Stairway |
| Art Spaan als Billy Thomas |
| Douglas Price als Pantages Assistant |
| Ellin La Var als Rachel's Hairstylist |
| Joseph Zabrosky als Skip's Assistant |
| Rollin Jarrett als Miami Reporter |
| David M. Morano als Fontainebleau Barkeeper |
| Carla Lizzette Mejia als Fontainebleau Maid |
 | Linda Thompson als Female Academy Member |
 | David Foster als Oscar Conductor |
 | Towanna King als Rachel's Assistant |
 | David Joseph Martinez als Janitor (uncredited) |
| Michael George als Musician (uncredited) |
| Tony Burrer als Dancer (uncredited) |
| Jorga Caye als Dancer (uncredited) |
| Shaun Earl als Dancer (uncredited) |
 | Bruce Holman als Rotory Club VIP on Dais (uncredited) |
| Dan Koko als Cameraman in Helicopter (uncredited) |
| Damon Stout als Award Show Recipient (uncredited) |
 | John Tesh als Entertainment Tonight Host (voice) (uncredited) |
| Mark Thomason als Killer with Mask (uncredited) |
| Kevin Costner | Producer |
| Jim Wilson | Producer |
| Lawrence Kasdan | Producer |
| Alan Silvestri | Original Music Composer |
| Donn Cambern | Editor |
| William Ladd Skinner | Art Direction |
| Lisa Dean | Set Decoration |
| Mick Jackson | Director |
| Elisabeth Leustig | Casting |
| Jeffrey Beecroft | Production Design |
| Richard A. Harris | Editor |
| Susan Nininger | Costume Design |
| Helen Pollak | Production Manager |
| Allan Dennis Rich | Original Music Composer |
| Lawrence Kasdan | Screenplay |
| Andrew Dunn | Director of Photography |
| Kimberly Guenther Durkin | Costume Supervisor |
| Elliot Tyson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Steph Benseman | Location Manager |
| George Simpson | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Julia Evershade | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Burt Dalton | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Kelly Muldoon | Hairstylist |
| Rodolfo Arriaga | Greensman |
| Thomas R. Burman | Makeup Effects |
| Norman Howell | Stunt Coordinator |
| Karen Golden | Script Supervisor |
| Chris Snyder | Construction Coordinator |
| Robert J. Litt | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Stephen St. John | Steadicam Operator |
| Blair Forward | Video Assist Operator |
| Darrell Hall | Music Editor |
| Greg P. Russell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sean Cheesman | Choreographer |
| Steven H. Smith | Camera Operator |
| Steve Ellsworth | Set Costumer |
| Jann K. Engel | Set Designer |
| Richard Bryce Goodman | Sound Designer |
| P. Scott Sakamoto | Steadicam Operator |
| Ben Glass | Still Photographer |
| Valli O'Reilly | Makeup Artist |
| Francisco X. Pérez | Makeup Artist |
| Roy Barnes | Set Designer |
| Antoinette J. Gordon | Set Designer |
| Janet Sobel | Set Costumer |
| Michael Genne | Camera Operator |
| Bari Dreiband-Burman | Makeup Effects |
| David Linck | Unit Publicist |
| Cliff Kohlweck | Music Editor |
| David Siegel | Transportation Coordinator |
| Howell Gibbens | Dialogue Editor |
| Hugo Weng | Dialogue Editor |
| Albert M. Shapiro | First Assistant Director |
| Albert Cho | Second Assistant Director |
| Rotimi Rainwater | Art Department Production Assistant |
| Michael Gastaldo | Assistant Property Master |
| Jim Stubblefield | Assistant Property Master |
| Wayne Lindholm | Carpenter |
| Francis J. Roix | Carpenter |
| Lyndell Wolff | Carpenter |
| Kunal Sable | Construction Coordinator |
| Steven Lane Ewing | Construction Foreman |
| John M. Holliday | Construction Foreman |
| Joseph Torres | Construction Foreman |
| Hugo Herrera | Greensman |
| Frank McEldowney | Greensman |
| Patrick Cassidy | Leadman |
| John Marshall | Property Master |
| Robin L. Miller | Property Master |
| John Bullard | Prop Maker |
| Michael J. Flynn | Set Dresser |
| Glenn H. Roberts | Set Dresser |
| Penelope Rene Stames | Set Dresser |
| Amanda J. Flick | Set Painter |
| Kelly Hudson | Standby Painter |
| Dick Montagne | Additional First Assistant Camera |
| Marc Margulies | Additional First Assistant Camera |
| Baird Steptoe | Additional First Assistant Camera |
| Rick Davis | Additional Key Grip |
| J. Steven Latham | Additional Second Assistant Camera |
| Lane Russell | Additional Second Assistant Camera |
| Jim Marquette | Assistant Camera |
| R. Michael De Chellis | Assistant Chief Lighting Technician |
| Gerald A. King | Best Boy Grip |
| Mike Schwake | Dolly Grip |
| Michael D. Weldon | First Assistant Camera |
| Joe L. Wright | Grip |
| Bill Young | Key Grip |
| Johnny Gutierrez | Rigging Gaffer |
| Tim Dunford | Second Assistant Camera |
| Elle Elliott | Hairstylist |
| Medusah | Hairstylist |
| Carrie Angland | Makeup Artist |
| Paul Ary | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Barbara Gordon | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Brenda Maben | Costumer |
| Mitch Harris | Assistant Editor |
| Leslie Jones | Assistant Editor |
| Debra Kahn Tolchinsky | Assistant Editor |
| Michael Rafferty | Assistant Editor |
| Bob Putynkowski | Color Timer |
| Jane Kass | First Assistant Editor |
| Art Ford | Music Consultant |
| Maureen Crowe | Music Supervisor |
| Debra Hubbard | Acting Double |
| Al Guthery | Pilot |
| Bill Warren | Pilot |
| Tom Stramat | Pilot |
| Julie Jones | Production Accountant |
| Joe Dorn | ADR Editor |
| Jesse Dodd | ADR Recordist |
| Mychal D. Smith | Boom Operator |
| Kay Colvin | Cableman |
| Joan Rowe | Foley Artist |
| Katie Rowe | Foley Artist |
| Mark Pappas | Foley Editor |
| Steve Richardson | Foley Editor |
| Linda Corbin | Foley Mixer |
| Richard Bryce Goodman | Production Sound Mixer |
| Denise Cochran | Sound Assistant |
| Damon Cohoon | Sound Assistant |
| Donald Ortiz | Sound Assistant |
| Michael J. Benavente | Sound Editor |
| Warren Hamilton Jr. | Sound Editor |
| David A. Whittaker | Sound Editor |
| Whitney Houston | Theme Song Performance |
| Henry Kingi | Stunts |
| Walter Scott | Stunts |
| Jeffrey J. Dashnaw | Stunts |
| Mickey Giacomazzi | Stunts |
| Henry Kingi Jr. | Stunts |
