Piñero

Benjamin Bratt

Miguel Piñero

Giancarlo Esposito

Miguel Algarin

Talisa Soto

Sugar

Nelson Vasquez

Tito Goya

Panchito Gómez

Acting Inmate

Michael Wright

Edgar Bowser

Michael Irby

Reinaldo Povod

Rita Moreno

Miguel's Mother

Jaime Sánchez

Miguel's Father

Rome Neal

Jake

Mandy Patinkin

Joseph Papp

Oscar A. Colon

Bodega Man

Miriam Cruz

Bodega Woman

Luis Caballero

Shooting Gallery Man

Sophia Domoulin

Shooting Gallery Woman

Robert Klein

Doctor

Gilbert Callazo

Miguel, as teen

Samuel Bruce Campbell

Short Eyes Cop

Lorraine Velez

Tutu

Michael Philip Del Rio

Angry Father (scenes deleted)