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== Cast ==
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* [[Robert De Niro]] as [[David "Noodles" Aaronson]]
** [[Scott Schutzman|Scott Tiler]] as Young David "Noodles" Aaronson
* [[James Woods]] as Maximilian "Max" Bercovicz
** [[Rusty Jacobs]] as Young Maximillian "Max" Bercovicz and David Bailey
* [[Elizabeth McGovern]] as Deborah Gelly
** [[Jennifer Connelly]] as Young Deborah Gelly
* [[Joe Pesci]] as Frankie Minaldi
* [[Burt Young]] as Joe Minaldi
* [[Tuesday Weld]] as Carol
* [[Treat Williams]] as Jimmy Conway O'Donnell
* [[Danny Aiello]] as Police Chief Vincent Aiello
* [[Richard Bright (actor)|Richard Bright]] as Joe "Chicken Joe"
* [[James Hayden]] as Patrick "Patsy" Goldberg
** [[Brian Bloom]] as Young Patrick "Patsy" Goldberg
* [[William Forsythe (actor)|William Forsythe]] as Philip "Cockeye" Stein
** Adrian Curran as Young Philip "Cockeye" Stein
* [[Darlanne Fluegel]] as Eve
* [[Larry Rapp]] as Morris "Fat Moe" Gelly
** Mike Monetti as Young Morris "Fat Moe" Gelly
* [[Richard Foronjy]] as Officer "Fartface" Whitey
* [[Robert Harper (actor)|Robert Harper]] as Sharkey
* Dutch Miller as Van Linden
* Gerard Murphy<!--- not the Irish-born actor from "Waterworld" ---> as Crowning
* Amy Ryder as Peggy
** Julie Cohen as Young Peggy
* [[Estelle Harris]] as Peggy's Mother
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The cast also includes Noah Moazezi as Dominic, [[James Russo]] as "Bugsy", producer [[Arnon Milchan]] as Noodles's chauffeur, [[Marcia Jean Kurtz]] as Max's Mother, [[Joey Faye]] as an "Adorable Old Man", and [[Olga Karlatos]] as a puppet theatre patron.

Frank Gio, Ray Dittrich and [[Mario Brega]] (a Leone regular who had appeared in the ''[[Dollars Trilogy]]''), respectively, appear as "Beefy", "Trigger" and "Mandy", a trio of gangsters who searches for Noodles. Frequent De Niro collaborator [[Chuck Low]] and Leone's daughter Francesca make uncredited appearances as Fat Moe's and Deborah's father, and as David Bailey's girlfriend, respectively.<ref name="BFI" /> In the 2012 restoration, [[Louise Fletcher]] appears as the Director of Riverdale Cemetery, where Noodles visits his friends' tomb in 1968.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Macnab |first1=Geoffrey |title=Martin Scorsese breathes new life into gangster classic ''Once Upon a Time in America''|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/martin-scorsese-breathes-new-life-into-gangster-classic-once-upon-a-time-in-america-7746578.html |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |access-date=March 26, 2015 |date=May 15, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402151710/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/martin-scorsese-breathes-new-life-into-gangster-classic-once-upon-a-time-in-america-7746578.html|archive-date=April 2, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>