The Basketball Diaries
April 21, 1995
102 minutes
7.4
DramaCrime

The Basketball Diaries

A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.

Trailer
Cast
Leonardo DiCaprio
(Jim Carroll)
Mark Wahlberg
(Mickey)
James Madio
(Pedro)
Lorraine Bracco
(Mrs. Carroll)
Patrick McGaw
(Neutron)
Ernie Hudson
(Reggie)
Bruno Kirby
(Swifty)
Michael Imperioli
(Bobby)
Juliette Lewis
(Diane Moody)
Manny Alfaro
(Manny)
Toby Huss
(Kenny)
Cynthia Daniel
(Winkie)
Brittany Daniel
(Blinkie)
Michael Rapaport
(Skinhead)
Roy Cooper
(Father McNulty)
Josh Mostel
(Counterman)
Marilyn Sokol
(Chanting Woman)
Alexander Chaplin
(Bobo)
Ben Jorgensen
(Tommy)
Jimmy Papiris
(Iggy)
Nick Gaetani
(Referee #1)
Lawrence Barth
(Referee #2)
Vincent Pastore
(Construction Worker)
Barton Heyman
(Confessional Priest)
Akiko Ashley
(Stripper)
Eric Betts
(Drug Dealer #1)
Joyce R. Korbin
(Mugging Victim)
Gary Iorio
(Policeman)
Jim Carroll
(Frankie Pinewater)
William Webb
(JuJu Johnson)
John C. Vennema
(Mr. Rubin)
Doc Dougherty
(Policeman)
John Glenn Hoyt
(Billy the Bartender)
Manny Siverio
(Pino)
Alex Ballar
(Basketball Player (uncredited))
Anthony DiMaria
(Pool Hall Shark (uncredited))
Patrick Coleman Duncan
(Student (uncredited))
Tom Fitzpatrick
(The 'John' in the Subway (uncredited))
Marshall Dancing Elk Lucas
(Patron (uncredited))
Kate Miller
(Girl at Bar (uncredited))
Rohan Quine
(Drug User in Subway Bathroom (uncredited))
Gus Scharr
(Priest (uncredited))
Brian Shakti
(Catholic School Boy (uncredited))