Cast
| Character | Actor |
|---|---|
| Captain Miller: | Tom Hanks |
| Tom Sizemore | |
| Private First Class Reiben: | Edward Burns |
| Private First Class Jackson: | Barry Pepper |
| Private First Class Mellish: | Adam Goldberg |
| Private First Class Caparzo: | Vin Diesel |
| T/4 Medic Wade: | Giovanni Ribisi |
| Corporal Upham: | Jeremy Davies |
| Private First Class Ryan: | Matt Damon |
| Captain Hamil: | Ted Danson |
| Sergeant Hill: | Paul Giamatti |
| Lt. Colonel Anderson: | Dennis Farina |
| Steamboat Willie: | Joerg Stadler |
| Maximilian Martini | |
| Toynbe: | Dylan Bruno |
| Weller: | Daniel Cerqueira |
| Parker: | Demetri Goritsas |
| Trask: | Ian Porter |
| Rice: | Gary Sefton |
| Garrity: | Julian Spencer |
| Wilson: | Steve Griffin |
| Lyle: | William Marsh |
| Fallon: | Marc Cass |
| Major Hoess: | Markus Napier |
| Neil Finnighan and Peter Miles | |
| Field HQ Major: | Paul Garcia |
| Field HQ Aide: | Seamus McQuade |
| Coxswain: | Ronald Longridge |
| Delancey: | Adam Shaw |
| Lieutenant Briggs: | Rolf Saxon |
| Radioman: | Corey Johnson |
| Beach Battalion Sailor: | Martin McDougall |
| Soldiers on the Beach: | Loclann Aiken, John Barnett, MacLean Burke, Victor Burke, Aiden Condron, Paschal Friel, Shane Hagan, Paul Hickey, Shane Johnson, Laird MacIntosh, Brian Maynard, Mark Phillips, Lee Rosen, Andrew Scott, Matthew Sharp, Vincent Walsh, Grahame Wood |
| Corporal: | John Sharian |
| Boyle: | Glenn Wrage |
| Senior Medical Officer: | Crofton Hardester |
| Czech Wermacht Officer: | Martin Hub |
| Goldman: | Raph Taylor |
| Private Boyd: | Nigel Whitmey |
| Private Hastings: | Sam Ellis |
| German #1: | Erich Redman |
| German #2: | Tilo Keiner |
| German #3 / Voice on Bullhorn: | Stephan Grothgar |
| Waffen SS Soldier | Mac Steinmeier (uncredited) |
| Jean: | Stephan Cornicard |
| Jean's Wife: | Michelle Evans |
| Jean's Son: | Martin Beaton |
| Jean's Daughter: | Anna Maguire |
| Minnesota Ryan: | Nathan Fillion |
| Lieutenant DeWindt: | Leland Orser |
| Paratrooper Lieutenant: | Michael Mantas |
| Paratrooper Oliver: | David Vegh |
| Paratrooper Michaelson (Mandelsohn): | Ryan Hurst |
| Paratrooper Joe: | Nick Brooks |
| Paratrooper #1: | Sam Scudder |
| Old French Man: | John Walters |
| Old French Women: | Dorothy Grumbar |
| MP Lieutenant: | James Innes-Smith |
| General Marshall: | Harve Preswell |
| War Department Colonel: | Dale Dye |
| War Department Colonel (I.W. Bryce): | Bryan Cranston |
| War Department Captain (T.E. Sanders): | David Wohl |
| War Department Lieutenant: | Eric Loren |
| War Department Clerk: | Valerie Colgan |
| Mrs. Margaret Ryan: | Amanda Boxer |
| Ryan as Old Man: | Harrison Young |
| Old Mrs. Ryan: | Kathleen Byron |
| Ryan's Son: | Rob Freeman |
| Ryan's Grandson: | Thomas Gizbert |
