Tom Hanks

(Captain John H. Miller)

Edward Burns

(Private Richard Reiben)

Tom Sizemore

(Sergeant Michael Horvath)

Jeremy Davies

(Corporal Timothy E. Upham)

Vin Diesel

(Private Adrian Caparzo)

Adam Goldberg

(Private Mellish)

Barry Pepper

(Private Jackson)

Giovanni Ribisi

(T/4 Medic Irwin Wade)

Matt Damon

(Private James Francis Ryan)

Dennis Farina

(Lieutenant Colonel Anderson)

Ted Danson

(Captain Fred Hamill)

Harve Presnell

(General Marshall)

Dale Dye

(War Department Colonel)

Bryan Cranston

(War Department Colonel)

David Wohl

(War Department Captain)

Paul Giamatti

(Sergeant Hill)

Ryan Hurst

(Paratrooper Mandelsohn)

Harrison Young

(Ryan (as Old Man))