The Basketball Diaries
The true story of the death of innocence and the birth of an artist.
7.4(2,247) 1995-04-21 102 minDramaCrime
A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
ProducerLiz Heller
ScreenplayBryan Goluboff
ProducerJohn Bard Manulis
DirectorScott Kalvert
Original Music ComposerGraeme Revell
Cast & characters
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
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Jimmy Papiris
as Iggy
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Nick Gaetani
as Referee #1
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Lawrence Barth
as Referee #2
Vincent Pastore
as Construction Worker
