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)

Bruno Kirby

(Swifty)

Lorraine Bracco

(Jim's Mother)

Ernie Hudson

(Reggie)

Patrick McGaw

(Neutron)

James Madio

(Pedro)

Mark Wahlberg

(Mickey)

Barton Heyman

(Confessional Priest)

Roy Cooper

(Father McNulty)

Michael Imperioli

(Bobby)

Juliette Lewis

(Diane Moody)

Manny Alfaro

(Manny)

Toby Huss

(Kenny)

Cynthia Daniel

(Winkie)

Brittany Daniel

(Blinkie)

Michael Rapaport

(Skinhead)

Josh Mostel

(Counterman)

Marilyn Sokol

(Chanting Woman)

Alexander Chaplin

(Bobo)

Ben Jorgensen

(Tommy)

Jimmy Papiris

(Iggy)

Nick Gaetani

(Referee #1)

Lawrence Barth

(Referee #2)

Vincent Pastore

(Construction Worker)

Akiko Ashley

(Stripper)

Eric Betts

(Drug Dealer #1)

Joyce R. Korbin

(Mugging Victim)

Gary Iorio

(Policeman)

Jim Carroll

(Frankie Pinewater)

William Webb

(JuJu Johnson)

John C. Vennema

(Mr. Rubin)

Doc Dougherty

(Policeman)

John Glenn Hoyt

(Billy)

Manny Siverio

(Pino)

Alex Ballar

(Basketball Player (uncredited))

Anthony DiMaria

(Pool Hall Shark (uncredited))

Patrick Coleman Duncan

(Student (uncredited))

Tom Fitzpatrick

(The 'John' in the Subway (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))