Tom Hanks - Captain John Miller
Edward Burns - Private Richard Raiben
Tom Sizzymor - Erstklassiger Sergeant Michael Kroatisch
Win Diesel - Privater Adrian Kaparzio
Matt Damon - Private James Ryan
Adam Goldberg - Private Stanley Mellish
Barry Pepper - Privat Daniel Jackson
Giovanni Ribizi - Medic Irwin Wade
Ted Denson - Kapitän Hamill
Paul Jamatti - Sergeant William Hill Hauptquartier
Brian Cranston - Colonel Hauptquartier
Max Martini - Capral Henderson
Nathane Phillion - "Falsch" (Minnesota) Ryan