Roberto Benigni

Gendarme Jacques Gambrelli

Herbert Lom

Police Commisioner Charles Dreyfus

Claudia Cardinale

Maria Gambrelli

Shabana Azmi

Queen

Debrah Farentino

Princess Yasmin

Jennifer Edwards

Yussa

Robert Davi

Hans Zarba

Mark Schneider

Arnon

Mike Starr

Hanif

Anton Rodgers

Police Chief Charles Lazar

Burt Kwouk

Cato Fong

Graham Stark

Professor Auguste Balls

Oliver Cotton

King Haroak

Aharon Ipalé

Gen. Jaffar

Natasha Pavlovich

Rima

Henry Goodman

Andre (anchorman)

Dermot Crowley

Sergeant Francois Duval

Herb Tanney

Jean Claude (as Sputare Tanney)

Liz Smith

Marta Balls

Selva Rasalingam

Customs official (as Sylvestre Tobias)

Nadim Sawalha

Lugash agent

Badi Uzzaman

Wasim

Jacinta Mulcahy

Louise Chauvin

Bill Wallis

President

John H. Francis

Yacht captain (as John Francis)

Ahmed Khalil

Otter pilot

Sheila Hyde

Wafiyyah

Tony Kirwood

Marcel Langois (scenes deleted)

Nicoletta Braschi

Jacqueline Gambrelli

Henry Mancini

Self (uncredited)

Bobby McFerrin

Self (uncredited)