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.

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Leonardo DiCaprio

(Jim Carroll)

Mark Wahlberg

(Mickey)

Lorraine Bracco

(Jim's Mother)

Michael Imperioli

(Bobby)

Ernie Hudson

(Reggie)

Juliette Lewis

(Diane Moody)

James Madio

(Pedro)

Bruno Kirby

(Swifty)

Patrick McGaw

(Neutron)

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)

Vincent Pastore

(Construction Worker)

Barton Heyman

(Confessional Priest)

Akiko Ashley

(Stripper)

Eric Betts

(Drug Dealer #1)

Joyce R. Korbin

(Mugging Victim)

Lawrence Barth

(Referee #2)

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))

Brian Ferrari

(St. Vitus Student (uncredited))

Tom Fitzpatrick

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

Mary Ann Hannon

(Head Nurse (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))