Editing Rocky V (section)

==Cast==
{{see also|List of Rocky characters{{!}}List of ''Rocky'' characters}}
* [[Sylvester Stallone]] as [[Rocky Balboa|Robert "Rocky" Balboa]], "The Italian Stallion": Heavyweight Champion of the World, who suffers from brain damage caused by the head-trauma he received at the hands of [[Ivan Drago]] in the previous film. Because of his injuries, Rocky is forced to officially retire from boxing. After moving back to Philadelphia, Rocky trains and manages underdog boxer Tommy Gunn and helps him to rise to fame. 
* [[Talia Shire]] as Adrianna Pennino: Rocky's wife and support throughout his life and his boxing career.
* [[Burt Young]] as Paulie Pennino: Rocky's friend, and brother-in-law.
* [[Sage Stallone]] as [[Rocky Balboa Jr.|Robert "Rocky" Balboa Jr.]]: Rocky and Adrian's only son, who gets involved with the wrong crowds during his father's absence, throughout the training and mentoring of Tommy Gunn.
* [[Tommy Morrison]] as [[Tommy Gunn (character)|Tommy "The Machine" Gunn]]: Underdog boxer, who rises to fame under Rocky's training. Throughout his career he is called Rocky's "shadow", and angrily seeks out another manager. After his achievements as Heavyweight Champion, and the public's continued dis-appreciation for him, he fights Rocky in an unofficial street fight.
* [[Burgess Meredith]] as [[Mickey Goldmill]]: Rocky's deceased friend, manager and trainer, a former bantamweight fighter from the 1920s and the owner of the local boxing gym. Burgess appears in new footage, filmed as a flashback to before Rocky's second fight with [[Apollo Creed|Apollo]].
* [[Richard Gant]] as [[George Washington Duke (fictional character)|George Washington Duke]]: Loud and obnoxious boxing promoter, who repeatedly tries to convince Rocky to re-enter the ring. He becomes Tommy Gunn's manager during his shot at the Heavyweight Champion title.
* [[Tony Burton]] as [[Tony "Duke" Evers]]: Rocky's friend, and former trainer and manager of Apollo Creed.
* [[Michael Williams (boxer)|Michael Williams]] as [[Union Cane]]: Reigning Heavyweight Champion of the World who wants to fight legendary Rocky, and eventually fights Tommy Gunn. Williams was also a real-life boxer. He and Morrison were to have an actual match about a month after ''Rocky V'' was released, but it was canceled when Williams was hurt. The match was being hyped as "The Real Cane vs. Gunn Match."
* Delia Sheppard as Karen

The film has cameos by sportswriters and boxing analysts, including [[Al Bernstein]], Stan Hochman and Al Meltzer, and sportscaster [[Stu Nahan]], who was the ringside announcer in every ''Rocky'' movie except the sixth. [[Dolph Lundgren]] and [[Carl Weathers]] appear as [[Ivan Drago]] and [[Apollo Creed]] in archival footage, uncredited. [[Mr. T]] appears as his ''[[Rocky III]]'' character [[Clubber Lang]] in archival footage, uncredited. [[Hulk Hogan]], from his ''Rocky III'' role as [[Thunderlips]], appears in a still shot during the film's end credits sequence taken from the staredown the two engaged in during said film, also uncredited.

Jodi Letizia, who played street kid Marie in the original ''Rocky'' (1976), was supposed to reprise her role. Her character was shown to have ended up as Rocky predicted she would: a prostitute, but the scene ended up on the cutting room floor. She can briefly be seen during the street fight at the end.{{citation needed|reason=[[WP:V]]|date=December 2024}}

[[Kevin Connolly (actor)|Kevin Connolly]], who gained success as [[Eric Murphy]] on [[HBO]]'s ''[[Entourage (U.S. TV series)|Entourage]]'', was in his first acting role as neighborhood bully Chickie.<ref>{{cite web |date=23 November 2021 |last1=Papadatos |first1=Markos |title=Chatting with Kevin Connolly of 'Entourage': Actor, director, and content creator |url=https://www.digitaljournal.com/entertainment/chatting-with-kevin-connolly-of-entourage-actor-director-and-content-creator/article |website=Digital Journal |quote=Strangely, when I got the role in ‘Rocky V,’ it was a big deal for me for a 14-year-old kid from Long Island }}</ref>