Duncan Regehr as Don Diego de la Vega, a Spanish nobleman recalled from Spain to battle the injustice imposed on the citizens of the pueblo of Los Angeles in the early 1800s.

Living a double life as a foppish dandy to fool the locals, Diego dons a black caped costume and mask to become El Zorro ("the Fox"), a vigilante whose calling card is the letter "Z" which he leaves at the site of each encounter, sometimes carved into the clothes or skin of his enemies.

Don Diego's friends and associates included:

• Juan Diego Botto as Felipe, Don Diego's faithful orphaned mute servant.
• Patrice Camni Martinez as Victoria Escalante, the cantina owner and Don Diego's love interest.
• Efrem Zimbalist Jr./Henry Darrow as Don Alejandro Sebastian de la Vega, Don Diego's father who is an enemy of the Alcalde. He recalled his son from Spain to stop the tyranny of local administrator and his men.
• Michael Tylo as Alcalde Luis Ramone, the greedy Spanish administrator that Zorro eventually defeated at Devil's Fortress.
• J.G. Hertzler as Alcalde Ignacio de Soto, the Spanish administrator who replaced Luis Ramone. Ignacio was politically obsessed and a former student with Don Diego in Spain.
• Timothy Bateson as Padre Benites.
• James Horan as Don Gilberto Risendo.
• Dennis Vaughan as Dr. Hernandez.
• Cesar Peralta as Citizen Friez.
• Maurice O'Connell as Don Emilio.

The officers and soldiers that Zorro battled included:

• Jim Carter as Colonel Mefisto Palomarez,
• Daniel Craig as Lieutenant Hidalgo.
• James Victor as Sergeant Jaime Mendoza .
• Tabare Carballo as Corporal Sepulveda .
• Luis Lorenzo as Corporal Gomez .
• Paco Catalá as Corporal Perez.

Theme Song Lyrics

When daggers are pointed at innocent hearts
And muskets are ready to fire
When tyrants ride high and govern with fear
And the forces of evil conspire
Then from out of the night, a hero must ride
With courage than even a mask won't disguise
They turn to the man called Zorro

One whose larger than life and defender of all
It's this man who the people acclaim
He's the one who strikes back
For the poor and oppressed
A hero whose name is Zorro
His name is Zorro!