Nicolas Cage
as H.I.

Holly Hunter
as Ed

Trey Wilson
as Nathan Arizona, Sr.

John Goodman
as Gale

William Forsythe
as Evelle

Sam McMurray
as Glen

Frances McDormand
as Dot

Randall "Tex" Cobb
as Leonard Smalls

T.J. Kuhn
as Nathan Junior

Lynne Kitei
as Florence Arizona

Peter Benedek
as Prison Counselor

Charles 'Lew' Smith
as Nice Old Grocery Man

Warren Keith
as Younger FBI Agent

Henry Kendrick
as Older FBI Agent

Sidney Dawson
as Ear-Bending Cellmate

Richard Blake
as Parole Board Chairman

Troy Nabors
as Parole Board Member

Mary Seibel
as Parole Board Member

John O'Donnal
as Hayseed in the Pickup

Keith Jandacek
as Whitey

Warren Forsythe
as Minister

Ruben Young
as 'Trapped' Convict

Dennis Sullivan
as Policeman in Arizona House

Richard Alexander
as Policeman in Arizona House

Rusty Lee
as Feisty Hayseed

James Yeater
as Fingerprint Technician

Bill Andres
as Reporter

Carver Barns
as Reporter

Margaret H. McCormack
as Unpainted Secretary

Bill Rocz
as Newscaster

Mary F. Glenn
as Payroll Cashier

Jeremy Babendure
as Scamp with Squirt Gun

Bill Dobbins
as Adoption Agent

Ralph Norton
as Gynecologist

Henry Tank
as Mopping Convict

Frank Outlaw
as Supermarket Manager

Todd Michael Bodgers
as Varsity Nathan, Jr.

M. Emmet Walsh
as Machine Shop Ear-Bender

Robert Gray
as Glen and Dot's Kid

Katie Thrasher
as Glen and Dot's Kid

Derek Russell
as Glen and Dot's Kid

Nicole Russell
as Glen and Dot's Kid

Zachary Sanders
as Glen and Dot's Kid

Noell Sanders
as Glen and Dot's Kid

Cody Ranger
as Arizona Quint

Jeremy Arendt
as Arizona Quint

Ashley Hammon
as Arizona Quint

Crystal Hiller
as Arizona Quint

Olivia Hughes
as Arizona Quint

Emily Malin
as Arizona Quint

Melanie Malin
as Arizona Quint

Craig McLaughlin
as Arizona Quint

Adam Savageau
as Arizona Quint

Benjamin Savageau
as Arizona Quint

David Schneider
as Arizona Quint

Michael Stewart
as Arizona Quint

William Preston Robertson
as Amazing Voice (voice)

Ron Cobert
as Reporter #1 (uncredited)