Vo filme Vykúpenie z väznice Shawshank hrajú Tim Robbins (Andy Dufresne), Morgan Freeman (Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding), Bob Gunton (Warden Norton), William Sadler (Heywood), Clancy Brown (Captain Byron T. Hadley), Gil Bellows (Tommy), James Whitmore (Brooks Hatlen), Mark Rolston (Bogs Diamond), Jeffrey DeMunn (1946 D.A.), Larry Brandenburg (Skeet), Neil Giuntoli (Jigger), Brian Libby (Floyd), David Proval (Snooze), Joseph Ragno (Ernie), Jude Ciccolella (Guard Mert), Paul McCrane (Guard Trout), Renee Blaine (Andy Dufresne's Wife), Scott Mann (Glenn Quentin), John Horton (1946 Judge), Gordon Greene (1947 Parole Hearings Man), Alfonso Freeman (Fresh Fish Con), Vincent Foster (Hungry Fish Con), John E. Summers (New Fish Guard), Frank Medrano (Fat Ass), Mack Miles (Tyrell), Alan R. Kessler (Laundry Bob), Morgan Lund (Laundry Truck Driver), Cornell Wallace (Laundry Leonard), Gary Lee Davis (Rooster), Neil Summers (Pete), Ned Bellamy (Guard Youngblood), Joe Pecoraro (Projectionist), Harold E. Cope Jr. (Hole Guard), Brian Delate (Guard Dekins), Don McManus (Guard Wiley), Donald Zinn (Moresby Batter), Dorothy Silver (1954 Landlady), Robert Haley (1954 Food-Way Manager), Dana Snyder (1954 Food-Way Woman), John D. Craig (1957 Parole Hearings Man), Ken Magee (Ned Grimes), Eugene C. DePasquale (Mail Caller), Bill Bolender (Elmo Blatch), Ron Newell (Elderly Hole Guard), John R. Woodward (Bullhorn Tower Guard), Chuck Brauchler (Man Missing Guard), Dion Anderson (Head Bull Haig), Claire Slemmer (Bank Teller), James Kisicki (Bank Manager), Rohn Thomas (Bugle Editor), Charlie Kearns (1966 D.A.), Rob Reider (Duty Guard), Brian Brophy (1967 Parole Hearings Man), Paul Kennedy (1967 Food-Way Manager), James Babson (Con (uncredited)), Dennis Baker (Old Man on Bus (uncredited)), Fred Culbertson (Police Officer (uncredited)), Alonzo F. Jones (Inmate (uncredited)), Sergio Kato (Inmate II (uncredited)), Gary A. Jones (Convict (uncredited)).