Leonardo DiCaprio
as Teddy Daniels

Mark Ruffalo
as Chuck Aule

Ben Kingsley
as Dr. Cawley

Max von Sydow
as Dr. Naehring

Michelle Williams
as Dolores

Emily Mortimer
as Rachel 1

Patricia Clarkson
as Rachel 2

Jackie Earle Haley
as George Noyce

Ted Levine
as Warden

John Carroll Lynch
as Deputy Warden McPherson

Elias Koteas
as Laeddis

Robin Bartlett
as Bridget Kearns

Christopher Denham
as Peter Breene

Nellie Sciutto
as Nurse Marino

Joseph Sikora
as Glen Miga

Curtiss Cook
as Trey Washington

Raymond Anthony Thomas
as Orderly Ganton

Joseph McKenna
as Inmate Billings

Ruby Jerins
as Little Girl

Tom Kemp
as Ward C Guard

Bates Wilder
as Ward C Guard

Lars Gerhard
as Dying Commandant

Matthew Cowles
as Ferry Captain

Jill Larson
as Manacled Woman

Ziad Akl
as Tattoo'd Man

Dennis Lynch
as Red-Haired Man

John Porell
as Wild-Eyed Man

Aidan Cole Mitchell
as Younger Boy

Drew Beasley
as Younger Boy

Joseph P. Reidy
as Operator

Bree Elrod
as Female Patient

Thomas B. Duffy
as Guard

Ken Cheeseman
as Doctor

Steve Witting
as Doctor

Michael E. Chapman
as Patient

Keith Fluker
as Orderly

Darryl Wooten
as Orderly

Michael Byron
as McPherson's Driver

Gary Galone
as Gate Guard

Gabriel Hansen
as Young Guard

Harrison Young
as Psychiatric Patient (uncredited)

John Franchi
as Criminally Insane Inmate (uncredited)