The compassionate lead narrator and Block E supervisor at Cold Mountain Penitentiary who oversees the green death row floor and witnesses John Coffey’s supernatural gifts.

A massive, gentle, and illiterate inmate wrongfully convicted of raping and murdering two young girls, who possesses miraculous healing abilities.

A sadistic, cowardly, and well-connected guard whose ties to the state governor protect him from discipline as he bullies the inmates.

Responsible and steady corrections officers on the block.