| 角色 | 饰演者 | 角色介绍 |
| Andy Dufresne | 蒂姆·罗宾斯 | |
| Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding | 摩根·弗里曼 | |
| Warden Samuel Norton | 鲍勃·冈顿 | |
| Heywood | 威廉姆·赛德勒 | |
| Captain Byron T. Hadley | 克兰西·布朗 | |
| Guard Mert | 祖德·塞克利拉 | |
| Guard Youngblood | 耐德·巴拉米 | |
| Tommy | 吉尔·贝罗斯 | |
| Bogs Diamond | Mark Rolston | |
| Brooks Hatlen | 詹姆斯·惠特摩 | |
| 1946 D.A. | 杰弗瑞·德穆恩 | |
| Skeet | Larry Brandenburg | |
| Jigger | Neil Giuntoli | |
| Floyd | Brian Libby | |
| Snooze | 大卫·普罗瓦尔 | |
| Ernie | Joseph Ragno | |
| Guard Trout | 保罗·迈克格莱恩 | |
| Andy Dufresne's Wife | Renee Blaine | |
| Glenn Quentin | Scott Mann | |
| 1946 Judge | John Horton | |
| Fresh Fish Con | Alfonso Freeman | |
| Hungry Fish Con | V.J. Foster | |
| New Fish Guard | John E. Summers | |
| Fat Ass | 弗兰克·梅德拉诺 | |
| Tyrell | Mack Miles | |
| Laundry Bob | Alan R. Kessler | |
| Laundry Truck Driver | Morgan Lund | |
| Laundry Leonard | Cornell Wallace | |
| Rooster | Gary Lee Davis | |
| Projectionist (as Joseph Pecoraro) | Joe Pecoraro | |
| Hole Guard | Harold E. Cope Jr. | |
| Guard Dekins | Brian Delate | |
| Guard Wiley (as Don R. McManus) | Don McManus | |
| Moresby Batter (as Donald E. Zinn) | Donald Zinn | |
| 1954 Landlady | Dorothy Silver | |
| 1954 Food-Way Manager | Robert Haley | |
| 1954 Food-Way Woman | Dana Snyder |
