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The main cast of Predator. Left to right: Blain, Hawkins, Dutch, Mac, Dillon, Billy, Poncho.

* Arnold Schwarzenegger as MAJ Alan "Dutch" Schaefer: Dutch is the leader of the team, and an elite veteran, who served together with Dillion in Vietnam during the Battle of Huế.
* Carl Weathers as George Dillon: Dillon is a former teammate of Dutch and current CIA agent, sent along with Dutch's team for the mission. He is no longer a regular field agent, so he is out of practice.
* Elpidia Carrillo as Anna: Anna is a guerrilla, captured by Dutch's troops following a battle with the rebels. She later tells them of an "old demon" that during hot summers attacks people from violent areas who are later found skinned and hollowed.
* Bill Duke as Mac Eliot: Mac is a close friend of Blain's; they served in Vietnam together and were the only two members of their platoon to make it out alive after a night-long battle. He is hostile towards Dillon, stating that he'll kill him if he hinders the group.
* Jesse Ventura as Blain Cooper: Blain fought alongside Mac in the Vietnam War and were the only members of their platoon to survive a night-long battle. He often chews tobacco, and wears a battered old cowboy hat. His weapon of choice is a modified minigun he calls "Ol' Painless," but he also carries a submachine gun when he needs to be stealthy. A
* Sonny Landham as Billy Sole: Billy is a Native American with a strong jungle sense. He is generally very quiet, and Hawkins constantly attempts to make him laugh.
* Richard Chaves as Jorge "Poncho" Ramirez: Poncho is a Chicano, who speaks fluent Spanish, and shows a sarcastic wit.
* Shane Black as Rick Hawkins: Hawkins is the team's radio operator and technical expert. He tells sexual jokes, though he usually has to explain them, and reads comic books.
* R. G. Armstrong as Major General Homer Phillips: Phillips is the coordinator of the mission, who forms the team based upon their reputation.
* Kevin Peter Hall as The Predator: The Predator is member of a warrior race which hunts aggressive members of other species for sport, uses active camouflage, a plasma weapon and can see the infrared spectrum. Hall also plays the end scene helicopter pilot
* Sven-Ole Thorsen as Russian military adviser