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.
Director
Scott Kalvert
Writer
Bryan Goluboff, Jim Carroll
Cast
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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)
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