

The Basketball Diaries
"The true story of the death of innocence and the birth of an artist."
A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
Cast (43)

Leonardo DiCaprio
Jim Carroll

Mark Wahlberg
Mickey

James Madio
Pedro

Lorraine Bracco
Mrs. Carroll

Patrick McGaw
Neutron

Ernie Hudson
Reggie

Bruno Kirby
Swifty

Michael Imperioli
Bobby

Juliette Lewis
Diane Moody

Manny Alfaro
Manny

Toby Huss
Kenny

Cynthia Daniel
Winkie

Brittany Daniel
Blinkie

Michael Rapaport
Skinhead

Roy Cooper
Father McNulty

Josh Mostel
Counterman

Marilyn Sokol
Chanting Woman

Alexander Chaplin
Bobo

Ben Jorgensen
Tommy

Jimmy Papiris
Iggy

Nick Gaetani
Referee #1

Lawrence Barth
Referee #2

Vincent Pastore
Construction Worker

Barton Heyman
Confessional Priest

Akiko Ashley
Stripper

Eric Betts
Drug Dealer #1

Joyce R. Korbin
Mugging Victim

Gary Iorio
Policeman

Jim Carroll
Frankie Pinewater

William Webb
JuJu Johnson

John C. Vennema
Mr. Rubin

Doc Dougherty
Policeman

John Glenn Hoyt
Billy the Bartender

Manny Siverio
Pino

Alex Ballar
Basketball Player (uncredited)

Anthony DiMaria
Pool Hall Shark (uncredited)

Patrick Coleman Duncan
Student (uncredited)

Tom Fitzpatrick
The 'John' in the Subway (uncredited)

Marshall Dancing Elk Lucas
Patron (uncredited)

Kate Miller
Girl at Bar (uncredited)

Rohan Quine
Drug User in Subway Bathroom (uncredited)

Gus Scharr
Priest (uncredited)

Brian Shakti
Catholic School Boy (uncredited)
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