Jeff Bridges (Jeffrey Lebowski, der Dude), John Goodman (Walter Sobchak), Julianne Moore (Maude Lebowski), Steve Buscemi (Theodore Donald 'Donny' Kerabatsos), David Huddleston (Jeffrey Lebowski, The Big Lebowski), Philip Seymour Hoffman (Brandt), Tara Reid (Bunny Lebowski), Ben Gazzara (Jackie Treehorn), John Turturro (Jesus Quintana), Leon Russom (Polizeichef von Malibu), Jon Polito (Da Fino, Privatdetektiv), Mark Pellegrino (Treehorns Schläger), Philip Moon (Treehorns Schläger), Marshall Manesh (Arzt), Jack Kehler (Vermieter Marty), Sam Elliott (der Unbekannte), Christian Clemenson (junger Polizist), Peter Stormare (Nihilist #1, Uli Kunkel / 'Karl Hungus'), Flea (Nihilist #2, Kieffer), Torsten Voges (Nihilist #3, Franz), David Thewlis (Knox Harrington), Jimmie Dale Gilmore (Smokey)