The true story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams, who in the 1970s found that humor is the best medicine, and was willing to do just anything to make his patients laugh—even if it meant risking his own career.
Robin Williams
as Hunter "Patch" Adams
Monica Potter
as Carin Fisher
Philip Seymour Hoffman
as Mitch Roman
Daniel London
as Truman Schiff
Bob Gunton
as Dean Walcott
Harve Presnell
as Dean Anderson
Peter Coyote
as Bill Davis
Michael Jeter
as Rudy
Josef Sommer
as Dr. Eaton
Irma P. Hall
as Joletta
Barry Shabaka Henley
as Emmet
Frances Lee McCain
as Judy