| Jerry Orbach | Detective Lennie Briscoe |
| Jesse L. Martin | Detective Ed Green |
| S. Epatha Merkerson | Lieutenant Anita Van Buren |
| Sam Waterston | E.A.D.A. Jack McCoy |
| Elisabeth Röhm | A.D.A. Serena Southerlyn |
| Dianne Wiest | Interim D.A. Nora Lewin |
| John Cullum | Bernard Powell, Sr. |
| Lance Reddick | Cpt. Maru Gasana |
| Michael Hayden | Henri Girard |
| Tom Tammi | FBI Agent Frank Gilliam |
| Ellen Whyte | Mrs. Powell |
| Leslie Hendrix | M.E. Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers |
| Jeffrey DeMunn | Defense Attorney Professor Norman Rothenberg |
| Michael J Rogers | Assistant Counsul |
| Slava Schoot | Janusz Bruk |
| Patricia Mauceri | Female Friend |
| Don Stephenson | Attorney #1 |
| David Drake | Mr. Aldrich |
| Max Vogler | Clark Slater |
| Andrea Navedo | Detective Ana Cordova |
| Joe Bacino | City Marshall |
| Sam DeFazio | Token Booth Clerk |
| Rhonda Ayers | Carol Harris |
| Richard Briglia | Faruhk Hakim |
| Alan Ariano | Bank Manager |
| Al Nazemian | Clerk |
| Toni James | Trial Judge Joan Vesey |
| Christopher Duva | Simon |
| Sarah Louise Lilley | Sara |
| Jeannine Comeau | Paralegal |
| Lee Cobb | Uniform Sergeant |
| Dominic Marcus | Uniform Sergeant #2 |
| Ed Bogdanowicz | ESU Sergeant |
| Michael Arthur | ESU Policeman #1 |
| Bill Walsh | ESU Policeman #2 |
| Kevin Scullin | FBI Wiretap Engineer |
| Derrick Simmons | Wurie |
| Steven Zirnkilton | Narrator |