James Averill

Kris Kristofferson

Nathan D. Champion

Christopher Walken

Ella Watson

Isabelle Huppert

Billy Irvine

John Hurt

Frank Canton

Sam Waterston

John L. Bridges

Jeff Bridges

Mr. Eggleston

Brad Dourif

`The Reverend Doctor'

Joseph Cotten

Beautiful Girl

Roseanne Vela

Wolcott

Ronnie Hawkins

Trapper

Geoffrey Lewis

Mayor Charlie Lezak

Paul Koslo

Cully

Richard Masur

Nell

Mary C. Wright

Beautiful girl

Rosie Vela

Small Man

Nicholas Woodeson

Willem Dafoe

Large Man

Stefan Scherby

Nell

Mary Catherine Wright

Photographer

Waldemar Kalinowski

Capt. Minardi

Terry O'Quinn

Big man

Stefan Shcherby

Morrison

John Conley

Mrs. Eggleston

Margaret Benczak

Morrison

Jack Conley

Jake

Tom Noonan

Kopestonsky

James Knobeloch

Elizabeth McGovern

Mrs. Eggleston

Margaret Benczk

Mrs. Kopestonsky

Erika Petersen

George Kopestonsky

Jim Knobeloch

Mrs. Lezak

Robin Bartlett

Russian Merchant

Marat Yusim

Mr. Kovach

Aivars Smits

Mrs. Kovach

Gordana Rashovich

Mercenary in New Suit

Jarlath Conroy

Dudley

Allen Keller

Steeka

Caroline Kava

Kathia

Mady Kaplan

Jarleth Conroy

Little Dot

Anna Levine

Jessie

Pat Hodges

Nick Ray

Mickey Rourke

Brown

Kevin McClarnon

Heaven's Gate Band

T Bone Burnett

German Merchant

Kai Wulff

Czech Merchant

Steve Majstorovic

Jessie

Patricia Hodges

Zindel's Clerk

Gabriel Walsh

Irvine's Girlfriend

Judi Trott

Private

Norton Buffalo

Member of the Heaven's Gate Band

Stephen Bruton

Emigrant Boy

Jack Blessing

Czech Merchant

Steven Majstorovic

Governor of Wyoming

Jerry Sullivan

Moustached Mercenary

David Cass

Bearded Mercenary

Paul D'Amato

Peter

Peter Osusky

Ivan

Ivan Kormanik

Heaven's Gate Band

Jerry McGee

Heaven's Gate Band

Cleve Dupin

Juggler

Michael Christensen

Fighting Bulgarian Emigrant

Anatoly Davidov

Bulgarian Emigrant's Wife

Nina Gaidarova

Heaven's Gate Band

Sean Hopper

Chicken Fighter

Wally McCleskey

John DeCory - Skating Violinist

David Mansfield

Moustached Mercenary

David S. Cass Sr.

Canton's Bodyguard

Gary 'Buzz' Vezane

Wolcott's Bodyguard

H.P. Evetts

Miner Mercenary

Bruce Morgan

Harvard Class Marshal

Bobby Faber

Irvine's Girlfriend

Judy Trot

Fighting Bulgarian Emigrant

Anatoli Davydov

Canton's Bodyguard

Gary Vezane