| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 Aggie Guerard Rodgers | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design |
 Alice Walker | Crew | Writing | Novel |
 Allen Daviau | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography |
 Andraé Crouch | Crew | Sound | Music, Music Arranger |
 Bo Welch | Crew | Art | Art Direction |
Carole Isenberg | Crew | Production | Producer |
 Frank Marshall | Crew | Production | Producer |
 Fred Steiner | Crew | Sound | Music, Orchestrator |
 J. Michael Riva | Crew | Art | Production Design |
Jack Hayes | Crew | Sound | Music, Orchestrator |
Jerry Hey | Crew | Sound | Music, Orchestrator |
Joel Rosenbaum | Crew | Sound | Music, Orchestrator |
 Jon Peters | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
 Kathleen Kennedy | Crew | Production | Producer |
Linda DeScenna | Crew | Art | Set Decoration |
 Lionel Richie | Crew | Sound | Songs |
 Menno Meyjes | Crew | Writing | Screenplay |
 Michael Kahn | Crew | Editing | Editor |
 Peter Guber | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
 Quincy Jones | Crew | Production | Producer, Original Music Composer |
Randy Kerber | Crew | Sound | Music, Orchestrator |
Richard Alonzo | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Makeup Artist |
 Steven Spielberg | Crew | Directing | Director, Producer |
 Tony Brubaker | Crew | Crew | Stunts |
 Dana Dru Evenson | Crew | Crew | Stunt Double |
Alan L. Nineberg | Crew | Sound | ADR Editor |
Jorge Calandrelli | Crew | Sound | Music, Orchestrator |
Robert Samuels | Crew | Camera | Second Assistant Camera |
 Adolph Caesar | Cast | Actor | Old Mister |
 Akosua Busia | Cast | Actress | Nettie Harris |
 Arnold F. Turner | Cast | Actor | Jook Joint Patron |
 Bennet Guillory | Cast | Actor | Grady |
 Carl Anderson | Cast | Actor | Reverend Samuel |
 Clarence Avant | Cast | Actor | African Musician |
 Dana Ivey | Cast | Actress | Miss Millie |
 Danny Glover | Cast | Actor | Albert Johnson (Mister) |
 Desreta Jackson | Cast | Actress | Young Celie Harris |
 Drew Bundini Brown | Cast | Actor | Jook Joint Patron |
 Gayle King | Cast | Actress | Church-goer (uncredited) |
 Hawthorne James | Cast | Actor | Jook Joint Patron |
Jadili Johnson | Cast | Young Adam | |
James Tillis | Cast | Henry "Buster" Broadnax | |
 Jeris Poindexter | Cast | Actor | Jook Joint Patron |
John Patton Jr. | Cast | Actor | Preacher |
 Laurence Fishburne | Cast | Actor | Swain |
Lelo Masamba | Cast | Olivia | |
 Leon Rippy | Cast | Actor | Store Clerk |
 Leonard Jackson | Cast | Actor | Alphonso "Pa" Harris |
 Margaret Avery | Cast | Actress | Shug Avery |
 Maria Howell | Cast | Actress | Church Choir Soloist (uncredited) |
 Oprah Winfrey | Cast | Actress | Sofia Johnson |
Peto Kinsaka | Cast | Adam | |
Phillip Strong | Cast | Mayor | |
 Rae Dawn Chong | Cast | Actress | Squeak (Mary Agnes) |
 Sonny Terry | Cast | Actor | Jook Joint Musician |
 Susan Beaubian | Cast | Actress | Corrine |
 Whoopi Goldberg | Cast | Actress | Celie Harris Johnson |
 Willard E. Pugh | Cast | Actor | Harpo Johnson |
 Greg Phillinganes | Cast | Actor | Jook Joint Musician |
John R. Hart | Cast | Mailman | |
Maurice Moore | Cast | Child #1 | |
Aniijia Rae Schockley | Cast | African Musician | |
Pete Munzhi | Cast | African Musician | |
Ndugu Chandler | Cast | African Musician | |
Bayo Martin | Cast | African Musician | |
Nana Yaw Asiedu | Cast | African Musician | |
Roy Gaines | Cast | Jook Joint Musician | |
Lechanda Latharp | Cast | Child #2 | |
April Myers | Cast | Emma | |
Marcus Liles | Cast | Boy | |
Marcus Covington | Cast | Boy | |
Ethel Taylor | Cast | Church Sister | |
Katie Simon | Cast | Church Sister | |
Juliet Poe | Cast | Church Sister | |
Carrie Murphy | Cast | Loretta | |
David Thomas | Cast | Road Gang Leader | |
Lillian Njoki Distefano | Cast | Young Tashi | |
Daphaine Oliver | Cast | Young Olivia | |
Howard Starr | Cast | Young Harpo | |
Margaret Freeman | Cast | Odessa | |
Jeffrey Kwashi | Cast | African Musician | |
Donna Buie | Cast | Daisy | |
 Paulinho da Costa | Cast | Actor | African Musician |
| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
