Joe Mantegna (Fred Waitzkin)
Max Pomeranc (Josh Waitzkin)
Joan Allen (Bonnie Waitzkin)
Ben Kingsley (Bruce Pandolfini)
Laurence Fishburne (Vinnie)
Caroline Yeager (Screaming Mom)
Tom McGowan (Reporter)
Josh Mostel (Chess Club Regular)
Jerry Rakow (Washington Square Patzer)
Vincent Smith (Washington Square Patzer)
Avy Kaufman
Hal Scardino (Morgan)
R.D. Reid (Final Tournament Director)
Shelley Winters
William Colgate (Statistician)
Tony de Santis (Journalist)
Jared Harris
Anthony Heald (Fighting Patient)
Dan Hedaya (Tournament Director)
Laura Linney (School Teacher)
William H. Macy (Tunafish Father)
Anthony McGowen (Park Dealer)
Austin Pendleton (Asa Hoffman)
Steve Randazzo (Man of Many Signals)
Maria Ricossa (Gym Parent)
Tony Shalhoub (Chess Club Member)
Vasek Simek (Russian Park Player)
Michael Nirenberg (Jonathan Poe)
Robert Stephens (Poe's Teacher)
David Paymer (Kalev)