Tim Robbins
as Andy Dufresne

Morgan Freeman
as Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding

Bob Gunton
as Warden Norton

William Sadler
as Heywood

Clancy Brown
as Captain Byron T. Hadley

Gil Bellows
as Tommy

James Whitmore
as Brooks Hatlen

Mark Rolston
as Bogs Diamond

Jeffrey DeMunn
as 1946 D.A.

Larry Brandenburg
as Skeet

Neil Giuntoli
as Jigger

Brian Libby
as Floyd

David Proval
as Snooze

Joseph Ragno
as Ernie

Jude Ciccolella
as Guard Mert

Paul McCrane
as Guard Trout

Renee Blaine
as Andy Dufresne's Wife

Scott Mann
as Glenn Quentin

John Horton
as 1946 Judge

Gordon Greene
as 1947 Parole Hearings Man

Alfonso Freeman
as Fresh Fish Con

Vincent Foster
as Hungry Fish Con

John E. Summers
as New Fish Guard

Frank Medrano
as Fat Ass

Mack Miles
as Tyrell

Alan R. Kessler
as Laundry Bob

Morgan Lund
as Laundry Truck Driver

Cornell Wallace
as Laundry Leonard

Gary Lee Davis
as Rooster

Neil Summers
as Pete

Ned Bellamy
as Guard Youngblood

Joe Pecoraro
as Projectionist

Harold E. Cope Jr.
as Hole Guard

Brian Delate
as Guard Dekins

Don McManus
as Guard Wiley

Donald Zinn
as Moresby Batter

Dorothy Silver
as 1954 Landlady

Robert Haley
as 1954 Food-Way Manager

Dana Snyder
as 1954 Food-Way Woman

John D. Craig
as 1957 Parole Hearings Man

Ken Magee
as Ned Grimes

Eugene C. DePasquale
as Mail Caller

Bill Bolender
as Elmo Blatch

Ron Newell
as Elderly Hole Guard

John R. Woodward
as Bullhorn Tower Guard

Chuck Brauchler
as Man Missing Guard

Dion Anderson
as Head Bull Haig

Claire Slemmer
as Bank Teller

James Kisicki
as Bank Manager

Rohn Thomas
as Bugle Editor

Charlie Kearns
as 1966 D.A.

Rob Reider
as Duty Guard

Brian Brophy
as 1967 Parole Hearings Man

Paul Kennedy
as 1967 Food-Way Manager

James Babson
as Con (uncredited)

Dennis Baker
as Old Man on Bus (uncredited)

Fred Culbertson
as Police Officer (uncredited)

Alonzo F. Jones
as Inmate (uncredited)

Sergio Kato
as Inmate II (uncredited)

Gary A. Jones
as Convict (uncredited)