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