Roberto Benigni

Character: Gendarme Jacques Gambrelli

Herbert Lom

Character: Police Commisioner Charles Dreyfus

Claudia Cardinale

Character: Maria Gambrelli

Shabana Azmi

Character: Queen

Debrah Farentino

Character: Princess Yasmin

Jennifer Edwards

Character: Yussa

Robert Davi

Character: Hans Zarba

Mark Schneider

Character: Arnon

Mike Starr

Character: Hanif

Kenny Spalding

Character: Garth

Anton Rodgers

Character: Police Chief Charles Lazar

Burt Kwouk

Character: Cato Fong

Graham Stark

Character: Professor Auguste Balls

Oliver Cotton

Character: King Haroak

Aharon Ipalé

Character: Gen. Jaffar

Natasha Pavlovich

Character: Rima

Henry Goodman

Character: Andre (anchorman)

Dermot Crowley

Character: Sergeant Francois Duval

Herb Tanney

Character: Jean Claude (as Sputare Tanney)

Liz Smith

Character: Marta Balls

Joe James

Character: Doctor

Selva Rasalingam

Character: Customs official (as Sylvestre Tobias)

Nadim Sawalha

Character: Lugash agent

Jon Paul Morgan

Character: Col. Al-Durai

Andrew Hawkins

Character: French agent

Badi Uzzaman

Character: Wasim

Mozaffar Shafeie

Character: Omar

Arnold Yarrow

Character: Uncle Idris

Harry Audley

Character: Pilot

Jacinta Mulcahy

Character: Louise Chauvin

Steven Crossley

Character: Reporter

Babette Barat

Character: Female reporter (as Elisabeth Barat)

Bill Wallis

Character: President

John H. Francis

Character: Yacht captain (as John Francis)

Simon De Selva

Character: Co-pilot

Ahmed Khalil

Character: Otter pilot

Sheila Hyde

Character: Wafiyyah

Tony Kirwood

Character: Marcel Langois (scenes deleted)

Elizabeth Banks

Character: Nurse

Nicoletta Braschi

Character: Jacqueline Gambrelli

Tony Adams

Character: Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Henry Mancini

Character: Self (uncredited)

Bobby McFerrin

Character: Self (uncredited)