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title: "Lone Star: cast and crew"
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cast: 53
crew: 37
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# Lone Star (1996): cast and crew

53 cast and 37 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Chris Cooper](https://film.one/person/chris-cooper.md) as Sam Deeds
- [Elizabeth Peña](https://film.one/person/elizabeth-pena.md) as Pilar Cruz
- [Kris Kristofferson](https://film.one/person/kris-kristofferson.md) as Charlie Wade
- [Clifton James](https://film.one/person/clifton-james.md) as Hollis Pogue
- [Miriam Colon](https://film.one/person/miriam-colon.md) as Mercedes Cruz
- [Ron Canada](https://film.one/person/ron-canada.md) as Otis Payne
- [Joe Morton](https://film.one/person/joe-morton.md) as Delmore "Del" Payne
- [Matthew McConaughey](https://film.one/person/matthew-mcconaughey.md) as Buddy Deeds
- [Jeff Monahan](https://film.one/person/jeff-monahan.md) as Young Hollis
- [Gabriel Casseus](https://film.one/person/gabriel-casseus.md) as Young Otis
- [Frances McDormand](https://film.one/person/frances-mcdormand.md) as Bunny
- [LaTanya Richardson Jackson](https://film.one/person/latanya-richardson-jackson.md) as Priscilla Worth
- Tony Plana as Ray
- Stephen J. Lang as Mikey
- Jesse Borrego as Danny
- [Richard Coca](https://film.one/person/richard-coca.md) as Enrique
- Carmen De Lavallade as Carolyn
- [Stephen Mendillo](https://film.one/person/stephen-mendillo.md) as Cliff
- Gordon Tootoosis as Wesley Birdsong
- Beatrice Winde as Minnie Bledsoe
- Oni Faida Lampley as Celie
- Eleese Lester as Molly
- Joe Stevens as Deputy Travis
- Gonzalo Castillo as Amado
- Tony Frank as Fenton
- Eddie Robinson as Chet
- [Chandra Wilson](https://film.one/person/chandra-wilson.md) as Athena
- Damon Guy as Shadow
- Dee Macaluso as Anglo Mother
- Luis Cobo as Mexican-American Father
- [Marco Perella](https://film.one/person/marco-perella.md) as Anglo Father
- Don Phillips, Jr. as Principal
- Mary Jane R. Hernandez as Mexican-American Mother
- Carina Martinez as Paloma
- Richard Andrew Jones as Ben Wetzel
- Randy Stripling as Roderick
- Richard Reyes as Jorge
- Olga Luna as Waitress
- Juan Vega III as Cook
- Lizzie Curry Martinez as Girl
- Leo Burmester as Cody
- [Vanessa Martinez](https://film.one/person/vanessa-martinez.md) as Young Pilar
- Tay Strathairn as Young Sam
- Sam Vlahos as Pete
- Maricela Gonzalez as Anselma
- Tony Amendola as Chucho Montoya
- Gilbert R. Cuellar Jr. as Eladio
- James Borrego as Young Chucho
- Lisa Suarez as Marisol
- Jesús Ramirez as Driver
- John Griesemer as Football Announcer (voice)
- Eduardo Martínez as Jaime
- Azalea Mendez as Young Mercedes

## Directing

- [John Sayles](https://film.one/person/john-sayles.md): Director
- Mary Cybulski: Script Supervisor
- John Powditch: First Assistant Director

## Writing

- [John Sayles](https://film.one/person/john-sayles.md): Writer

## Production

- [Maggie Renzi](https://film.one/person/maggie-renzi.md): Producer
- [R. Paul Miller](https://film.one/person/r-paul-miller.md): Producer
- Avy Kaufman: Casting
- John Sloss: Executive Producer

## Camera

- [Stuart Dryburgh](https://film.one/person/stuart-dryburgh.md): Director of Photography
- Ralph Watson: Steadicam Operator
- Alan Pappe: Still Photographer
- David McGill: Steadicam Operator

## Editing

- [John Sayles](https://film.one/person/john-sayles.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [Mason Daring](https://film.one/person/mason-daring.md): Original Music Composer
- Philip Stockton: Supervising Sound Editor
- Nic Ratner: Music Editor
- Gail Showalter: ADR Editor
- Clive Winter: Sound Mixer
- Sylvia Menno: Dialogue Editor
- Steven Visscher: Foley Editor
- Kam Chan: Foley Editor
- Bruce Pross: Foley Recordist
- Frank Kern: Foley Editor
- Marko Costanzo: Foley Artist
- Eugene Gearty: Sound Effects Editor
- Lewis Goldstein: Sound Effects Editor
- Stuart Stanley: Foley Editor

## Art

- [Dan Bishop](https://film.one/person/dan-bishop.md): Production Design
- Dianna Freas: Set Decoration
- J. Kyler Black: Art Direction
- Philip Schneider: Property Master
- Randall Balsmeyer: Title Designer

## Costume and make-up

- [Shay Cunliffe](https://film.one/person/shay-cunliffe.md): Costume Design
- Caroline Rempher: Hairstylist
- Roy Bryson: Key Hair Stylist
- Susan Todd: Hairstylist

## Crew

- Rob Harris: Unit Publicist

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