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*[[Noel Marshall]] as Hank, a wildlife conservationist who lives alongside numerous animals in Africa.<ref name="DHF-20150219"/> Despite his lack of experience with writing and acting,<ref name="flavor"/> Marshall, in addition to producing, directing, and financing the film, had lived with the big cats for years and understood their behavior. In Hedren's opinion, he had developed a relationship with the animals and displayed a much-needed confidence and bravery when handling them.<ref name="ShambalaCats"/>{{rp|123, 156}}

*[[Tippi Hedren]] as Madeleine, Hank's wife. Hedren was a professional actress; she had been the lead character in [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s films ''[[The Birds (film)|The Birds]]'' (1963), and ''[[Marnie (film)|Marnie]]'' (1964). She had also completed a few films in Africa.<ref name="nypost"/><ref name="Mubi"/>

*[[Melanie Griffith]] as Melanie, the daughter of Hank and Madeleine. Griffith had a promising career at the time, appearing in the films ''[[Night Moves (1975 film)|Night Moves]]'', ''[[The Drowning Pool (film)|The Drowning Pool]]'', and ''[[Smile (1975 film)|Smile]]'' (all made in 1975).<ref name="ShambalaCats"/>{{rp|156, 157}} She left the film after a fight between two lions, saying that she did not want to "come out of this with half a face."<ref name="nypost">{{cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2015/04/11/son-of-roar-director-he-was-a-f-ing-a-hole-for-making-us-do-the-movie/|title=Son of 'Roar' director: 'He was a f—ing a–hole' for making us do the movie|last=Lumenick|first=Lou|work=[[New York Post]]|date=April 11, 2015|accessdate=March 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330031202/https://nypost.com/2015/04/11/son-of-roar-director-he-was-a-f-ing-a-hole-for-making-us-do-the-movie/|archive-date=March 30, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Although Griffith was replaced ~~with~~by actress and friend Patsy Nedd, she later expressed interest in the film and ~~redid~~reshot many scenes.<ref name="ShambalaCats"/>{{rp|172, 175}}<ref name="comment">{{cite AV media|title=Feature Audio Commentary with John Marshall and Tim League|work=Olive Films|date=November 3, 2015|}}</ref>

*John Marshall as John, the eldest son of Hank and Madeleine. John Marshall (Noel Marshall's middle son) had ~~previously~~ acted in small television roles from the age of five.<ref name="ShambalaCats"/>{{rp|29}}

*Jerry Marshall as Jerry, the youngest son of Hank and Madeleine. Jerry Marshall had, like his brother, been cast in a small number of commercials but had not acted in film and television as much as his siblings.<ref name="ShambalaCats"/>{{rp|29, 156}}

*Kyalo Mativo as Mativo, Hank's friend and assistant zoologist. Born in Kenya, ~~and~~Mativo was a ~~native of the~~ [[Kamba people|Kamba]], ~~the actor~~and was chosen over other two men; one [[Senegalese]] and one [[Nigerian]]. He was majoring in film at [[UCLA]], wrote and directed for [[Kenya Broadcasting Corporation|Voice of Kenya]], and had previously acted in two German short films before taking the role, under stipulation that he "only be with those animals while [we're] filming".<ref name="ShambalaCats"/>{{rp|155}}<ref name="Memoir"/>{{rp|374}}

Expert and experienced animal trainers such as Frank Tom, Rick Glassey and Steve Miller were given acting parts as committee members attacked by tigers.<ref name="Memoir"/>{{rp|253, 372}} [[Zakes Mokae]] plays a committee member,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hifilmcriticssociety.org/roar|title=Roar|work=Hawaii Film Critics Society|last=Wurst II|first=Barry|date=March 5, 2016|accessdate=18 January 2020}}</ref> and [[Will Hutchins]] portrays a man in a rowboat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://westernclippings.com/hutch/hutch_2016_3.shtml|title=Will Hutchins reminisces about Noel Marshall.|work=Western Clippings|last=Hutchins|first=Will|date=March 2016|accessdate=18 January 2020}}</ref> The untrained lions Robbie, his offspring Gary, and Togar are all credited as actors.<ref name="cinefiles"/>