Lone Star

Chris Cooper

Sam Deeds

Matthew McConaughey

Buddy Deeds

Elizabeth Peña

Pilar

Kris Kristofferson

Charlie Wade

Joe Morton

Del

Frances McDormand

Bunny

Stephen J. Lang

Mikey

Oni Faida Lampley

Celie

LaTanya Richardson Jackson

Priscilla Worth

Leo Burmester

Cody

Eleese Lester

Molly

Richard Coca

Enrique

Miriam Colon

Mercedes Cruz

Jeff Monahan

Young Hollis

Eddie Robinson

Chet

Ron Canada

Otis

Chandra Wilson

Athena

Marco Perella

Anglo Father

Gordon Tootoosis

Wesley Birdsong

Vanessa Martinez

Young Pilar

Clifton James

Hollis

Stephen Mendillo

Cliff

Joe Stevens

Deputy Travis

Gonzalo Castillo

Amado

Tony Frank

Fenton

Damon Guy

Shadow

Dee Macaluso

Anglo Mother

Luis Cobo

Mexican-American Father

Don Phillips, Jr.

Principal

Mary Jane R. Hernandez

Mexican-American Mother

Jesse Borrego

Danny

Carina Martinez

Paloma

Tony Plana

Ray

Richard Andrew Jones

Ben Wetzel

Beatrice Winde

Minnie Bledsoe

Gabriel Casseus

Young Otis

Randy Stripling

Roderick

Richard Reyes

Jorge

Olga Luna

Waitress

Juan Vega III

Cook

Lizzie Curry Martinez

Girl

Carmen De Lavallade

Carolyn

Tay Strathairn

Young Sam

Sam Vlahos

Pete

Maricela Gonzalez

Anselma

Tony Amendola

Chucho Montoya

Gilbert R. Cuellar Jr.

Eladio

James Borrego

Young Chucho

Lisa Suarez

Marisol

Jesus Ramirez

Driver

John Griesemer

Football Announcer (voice)

Eduardo Martínez

Jaime

Azalea Mendez

Young Mercedes

Stuart Dryburgh

Director of Photography

Maggie Renzi

Producer

John Sayles

Editor

R. Paul Miller

Producer

Mason Daring

Original Music Composer

Dan Bishop

Production Design

John Sayles

Director

Avy Kaufman

Casting

John Sloss

Executive Producer

John Sayles

Writer

Shay Cunliffe

Costume Design

Dianna Freas

Set Decoration

Mary Cybulski

Script Supervisor

J. Kyler Black

Art Direction

Rob Harris

Unit Publicist

Philip Stockton

Supervising Sound Editor

Nic Ratner

Music Editor

Ralph Watson

Steadicam Operator

Caroline Rempher

Hairstylist

Alan Pappe

Still Photographer

David McGill

Steadicam Operator

Roy Bryson

Key Hair Stylist

Susan Todd

Hairstylist

Gail Showalter

ADR Editor

Clive Winter

Sound Mixer

Sylvia Menno

Dialogue Editor

Steven Visscher

Foley Editor

Kam Chan

Foley Editor

Bruce Pross

Foley Recordist

Frank Kern

Foley Editor

Marko Costanzo

Foley Artist

Philip Schneider

Property Master

Eugene Gearty

Sound Effects Editor

Lewis Goldstein

Sound Effects Editor

Stuart Stanley

Foley Editor

John Powditch

First Assistant Director