The Basketball Diaries
Drama
Crime
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.
1995-04-21
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Cast
Director
Scott Kalvert
Leonardo DiCaprio as Jim Carroll
Bruno Kirby as Swifty
Lorraine Bracco as Jim's Mother
Ernie Hudson as Reggie
Patrick McGaw as Neutron
James Madio as Pedro
Mark Wahlberg as Mickey
Barton Heyman as Confessional Priest
Roy Cooper as Father McNulty
Michael Imperioli as Bobby
Juliette Lewis as Diane Moody
Manny Alfaro as Manny
Toby Huss as Kenny
Cynthia Daniel as Winkie
Brittany Daniel as Blinkie
Michael Rapaport as Skinhead
Josh Mostel as Counterman
Marilyn Sokol as Chanting Woman
Alexander Chaplin as Bobo
Ben Jorgensen as Tommy
Vincent Pastore as Construction Worker
Akiko Ashley as Stripper
Jim Carroll as Frankie Pinewater
John C. Vennema as Mr. Rubin
Doc Dougherty as Policeman
Anthony DiMaria as Pool Hall Shark (uncredited)
Patrick Coleman Duncan as Student (uncredited)
Tom Fitzpatrick as The 'John' in the Subway (uncredited)
Marshall Dancing Elk Lucas as Patron (uncredited)
Kate Miller as Girl at Bar (uncredited)
Rohan Quine as Drug User in Subway Bathroom (uncredited)