A museum worker pretends to be an artist in order to impress women. When an attractive assistant director of a SoHo art gallery overhears him, she offers to exhibit his work. He plays along, which leads to a series of complications following his newfound double life. He starts falling in love with the assistant director, but her art critic fiancé grows suspicious.
Julie Warner
Mimi Furst
Lawrence Gilliard Jr.
Leon Turner / Leon Chame
Terry Kinney
Richard Marx
Rosanna Arquette
Junkie Artist
Harvey Fierstein
Art Hoarder
Daryl Mitchell
Mark
Lisa Nicole Carson
Glinda
Caroline Aaron
Virginia Past
Novella Nelson
Leon's Mother
Angela Hall
Clooey
Jared Harris
Jacob Reese
Emanuel Cohn
Painter at Museum
Madison Arnold
Ernie
Zach Grenier
Terry Seabrooks
Gil Bellows
Punk Guy
Kim Staunton
Cynthia Smith
Tom McBride
Dan Belden
Anthony Fusco
Basquiat Man
Hazelle Goodman
Coffee Shop Waitress
Kim Yancey
Chicken & Waffle Waitress
George T. Odom
Cop at Party
Nan-Lyn Nelson
Buppie Wife
Ira Hawkins
Buppie Husband
Bernie McInerney
Uptown Man
Kevin Davis
Younger Man at Mimi's Opening
Mark Kenneth Smaltz
Art Collector at Mimi's Opening
Herb Lovelle
Fred the Bum
Arthur French
Bum #1
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Bum #2
Shiek Mahmud-Bey
Bum #3
Timothy Stickney
Bartender at Hoarder's Party
Verna O. Hobson
Hoarder's Housekeeper
Cleo King
Woman #1 with Cow
Olga Merediz
Woman #1 in Window
Leila Danette
Woman #2 in Window
Susan Grace
Neighbor (uncredited)