| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 Alan Gibbs | Crew | Crew | Stunts |
 Ben Nye | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Makeup Artist |
 Bill Hart | Crew | Crew | Stunts |
 Buddy Van Horn | Crew | Crew | Stunt Coordinator |
 C. Darin Knight | Crew | Sound | Sound Mixer |
Charles Okun | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
Christine Allsopp | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Makeup Artist |
 Chuck Waters | Crew | Crew | Stunts |
Cis Corman | Crew | Production | Casting Director |
Connie Reeve | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Makeup Artist |
Curt Schulkey | Crew | Sound | Sound Editor |
David Mansfield | Crew | Sound | Original Music Composer |
 David S. Cass Sr. | Crew | Crew | Stunts |
 Debbie Evans | Crew | Crew | Stunts |
Denis O'Dell | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
 Eleanor Fazan | Crew | Crew | Choreographer |
Eric Engler | Crew | Camera | Assistant Camera |
 George Orrison | Crew | Crew | Stunts |
Gerald B. Greenberg | Crew | Editing | Editor |
Hank Calia | Crew | Crew | Stunts |
James J. Klinger | Crew | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor |
James L. Berkey | Crew | Art | Set Decoration |
Jan Kiesser | Crew | Camera | Camera Operator |
Joann Carelli | Crew | Production | Producer, Music Supervisor |
Joe Finnegan | Crew | Crew | Stunts |
Josie MacAvin | Crew | Art | Set Decoration |
Ken Chase | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Makeup Artist |
Ken Nishino | Crew | Camera | Assistant Camera |
Ken Pepiot | Crew | Crew | Special Effects |
Kevin Quibell | Crew | Crew | Special Effects |
 Lisa Fruchtman | Crew | Editing | Editor |
 Loyd Catlett | Crew | Crew | Stunts |
Mary Keats | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Hairstylist |
Maurice Fowler | Crew | Art | Art Direction |
 Michael Cimino | Crew | Writing | Screenplay, Director |
Michael Gershman | Crew | Camera | Assistant Camera |
Michael Grillo | Crew | Directing | Assistant Director |
Stan Parks | Crew | Crew | Special Effects |
Tambi Larsen | Crew | Art | Production Design |
Terry Needham | Crew | Directing | Second Assistant Director |
Thomas R. Burman | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
Tom Elliott | Crew | Crew | Stunts |
Tom Hoerber | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Makeup Artist |
Tom Rolf | Crew | Editing | Editor |
Verne Caruso | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Hairstylist |
 Vilmos Zsigmond | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography |
 Walter Scott | Crew | Crew | Stunts |
William Reynolds | Crew | Editing | Editor, Executive In Charge Of Post Production |
Winston Ryder | Crew | Sound | Sound Editor |
Brian W. Cook | Crew | Directing | Assistant Director |
William H. Burton Sr. | Crew | Crew | Stunts |
 Jane Hallaren | Crew | Production | Casting Director |
J. Allen Highfill | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design |
 Michael Stevenson | Crew | Directing | Second Assistant Director |
James Camomile | Crew | Crew | Special Effects |
H.P. Evetts | Crew | Crew | Stunts |
Richard Graves | Crew | Directing | Second Assistant Director |
Tom C. McCarthy | Crew | Sound | Sound Editor |
Richard Adams | Crew | Sound | Sound Editor |
Samuel E. Price | Crew | Crew | Special Effects |
Billy Hank Hooker | Crew | Crew | Stunts |
Malcolm Davies | Crew | Sound | Sound |
Jerry O'Dell | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Makeup Artist |
Spencer Deverell | Crew | Art | Art Direction |
Larry Randles | Crew | Crew | Stunts |
Dennis Capps | Crew | Directing | Second Assistant Director |
Tony Gaznick | Crew | Production | Casting Director |
 Anatoli Davydov | Cast | Actor | Fighting Bulgarian Emigrant |
 Anna Thomson | Cast | Actress | Little Dot |
 Brad Dourif | Cast | Actor | Mr. Eggleston |
 Caroline Kava | Cast | Actress | Stefka |
 Christopher Walken | Cast | Actor | Nathan D. Champion |
David Mansfield | Cast | Actor | John DeCory - Skating Violinist |
David S. Cass Sr. | Cast | Actor | Moustached Mercenary |
Gabriel Walsh | Cast | Zindel's Clerk | |
 Geoffrey Lewis | Cast | Actor | Trapper Fred |
 Isabelle Huppert | Cast | Actress | Ella Watson |
 Jack Blessing | Cast | Actor | Emigrant Boy |
 Jack Conley | Cast | Actor | Morrison |
 Jarlath Conroy | Cast | Actor | Mercenary in new suit |
 Jeff Bridges | Cast | Actor | John L. Bridges |
Jerry McGee | Cast | Heaven's Gate Band | |
 Jim Knobeloch | Cast | Actor | George Kopestonsky |
 John Hurt | Cast | Actor | Billy Irvine |
 Joseph Cotten | Cast | Actor | The Reverend Doctor |
 Judi Trott | Cast | Actress | Irvine's Girlfriend |
 Juli Erickson | Cast | Actress | Refugee (uncredited) |
 Kai Wulff | Cast | Actor | German Merchant |
Kevin McClarnon | Cast | Actor | Arapaho Brown |
 Kris Kristofferson | Cast | Actor | James Averill |
Loyd Catlett | Cast | Actor | Morrison's Sentry (uncredited) |
Mady Kaplan | Cast | Actress | Kathia |
Mary Catherine Wright | Cast | Actress | Nell |
 Mickey Rourke | Cast | Actor | Nick Ray |
 Nicholas Woodeson | Cast | Actor | Small man |
Norton Buffalo | Cast | Private | |
 Paul D'Amato | Cast | Actor | Bearded Mercenary |
 Paul Koslo | Cast | Actor | Mayor Charlie Lezak |
 Richard Masur | Cast | Actor | Cully |
 Robin Bartlett | Cast | Actress | Mrs. Lezak |
 Ronnie Hawkins | Cast | Actor | Major Wolcott |
 Rosie Vela | Cast | Beautiful girl | |
 Sam Waterston | Cast | Actor | Frank Canton |
 Stephen Bruton | Cast | Actor | Heaven's Gate Band |
 T Bone Burnett | Cast | Actor | Heaven's Gate Band |
 Terry O'Quinn | Cast | Actor | Captain Minardi |
 Tom Noonan | Cast | Actor | Jake |
 Waldemar Kalinowski | Cast | Actor | Photographer |
 Willem Dafoe | Cast | Actor | Willy (uncredited) |
 Patricia Hodges | Cast | Actress | Jessie |
 Gordana Rashovich | Cast | Actress | Mrs. Kovach |
H.P. Evetts | Cast | Actor | Wolcott's Bodyguard |
Allen Keller | Cast | Actor | Dudley |
Nina Gaidarova | Cast | Bulgarian Emigrant's Wife | |
Sean Hopper | Cast | Heaven's Gate Band | |
Cleve Dupin | Cast | Heaven's Gate Band | |
Stefan Shcherby | Cast | Big man | |
Margaret Benczk | Cast | Mrs. Eggleston | |
Michael Christensen | Cast | Robert Steingart - Juggler | |
Marat Yusim | Cast | Russian Merchant | |
Peter Osusky | Cast | Peter | |
Erika Petersen | Cast | Mrs. Kopestonsky | |
Aivars Smits | Cast | Michael Kovach | |
Bruce Morgan | Cast | Miner - Mercenary | |
Jerry Sullivan | Cast | Governor of Wyoming | |
Wally McCleskey | Cast | Chicken Fighter | |
Ivan Kormanik | Cast | Ivan | |
Steven Majstorovic | Cast | Czech Merchant | |
Gary Vezane | Cast | Canton's Bodyguard | |
Bobby Faber | Cast | Class Marshal - Harvard | |
| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
