Tom Hanks 
 as Forrest Gump

Robin Wright 
 as Jenny Curran

Gary Sinise 
 as Lieutenant Dan Taylor

Sally Field 
 as Mrs. Gump

Mykelti Williamson 
 as Bubba Blue

Michael Conner Humphreys 
 as Young Forrest Gump

Hanna Hall 
 as Young Jenny Curran

Haley Joel Osment 
 as Forrest Junior

Siobhan Fallon Hogan 
 as School Bus Driver

Rebecca Williams 
 as Nurse at Park Bench

Bob Penny 
 as Crony

Harold G. Herthum 
 as Doctor

George Kelly 
 as Barber

John Randall 
 as Crony

Sam Anderson 
 as Principal Hancock

Margo Moorer 
 as Louise

Ione M. Telech 
 as Elderly Woman

Christine Seabrook 
 as Elderly Woman's Daughter

John Worsham 
 as Southern Gentleman / Landowner

Peter Dobson 
 as Young Elvis Presley

Alexander Zemeckis 
 as School Bus Boy

Logan Livingston Gomez 
 as School Bus Boy

Ben Waddel 
 as School Bus Boy

Elizabeth Hanks 
 as School Bus Girl

Tyler Long 
 as Red Headed Boy

Christopher Jones 
 as Boy with Cross

Grady Bowman 
 as Fat Boy

Kevin Mangan 
 as Jenny's Father

Fay Genens 
 as Jenny's Grandmother

Frank Geyer 
 as Police Chief

Rob Landry 
 as Red Headed Teen

Jason McGuire 
 as Fat Teen

Pete Auster 
 as Teen with Cross

Sonny Shroyer 
 as College Football Coach

Brett Rice 
 as High School Football Coach

Ed Davis 
 as High School Football Coach

Daniel C. Striepeke 
 as Recruiter

Bruce Lucvia 
 as Kick Off Return Player

David Brisbin 
 as Newscaster

Kirk Ward 
 as Earl

Angela Lomas 
 as Black Student

Timothy Record 
 as Black Student

Deborah McTeer 
 as Woman with Child on Park Bench

Mark Matheisen 
 as Jenny's Date

Al Harrington 
 as Local Anchor #1

Jed Gillin 
 as President John F. Kennedy (voice)

Bob Harks 
 as University Dean

Don Fischer 
 as Army Recruiter

Kenneth Bevington 
 as Army Bus Driver

Michael Flannery 
 as Bus Recruit

Gary Robinson 
 as Bus Recruit

Marlena Smalls 
 as Bubba's Mother

Kitty K. Green 
 as Bubba's Great Grandmother

Afemo Omilami 
 as Drill Sergeant

Matt Wallace 
 as Barracks Recruit

Danté McCarthy 
 as Topless Girl

Paulie DiCocco 
 as Emcee

Mike Jolly 
 as Club Patron

Michael Kemmerling 
 as Club Patron

John Voldstad 
 as Club Patron

Jeffrey Winner 
 as Club Patron

Russ Wilson 
 as Pick-up Truck Driver

Daniel J. Gillooly 
 as Helicopter Gunman

Calvin Gadsden 
 as Sargeant Sims

Aaron Izbicki 
 as Dallas

Michael Burgess 
 as Cleveland

Steven Griffith 
 as Tex

Bill Roberson 
 as Fat Man at Bench

Michael McFall 
 as Army Hospital Male Nurse

Eric Underwood 
 as Mail Call Soldier

Steve DeRelian 
 as Wounded Soldier

Byron Minns 
 as Wounded Soldier

Stephen Bridgewater 
 as Hospital Officer

Bonnie Ann Burgess 
 as Army Nurse

Scott Oliver 
 as National Correspondent #1

John William Galt 
 as President Johnson (voice)

Hilary Chaplain 
 as Hilary

Isabel Rose 
 as Isabel

Jay Ross 
 as Veteran at War Rally

Richard D'Alessandro 
 as Abbie Hoffman

Dick Stilwell 
 as Policeman at War Rally

Kevin Davis 
 as Black Panther

Michael Jace 
 as Black Panther

Geoffrey Blake 
 as Wesley

Tim Perry 
 as Hippie at Commune

Vanessa Roth 
 as Hollywood Boulevard Girlfriend

Emily Carey 
 as Hollywood Boulevard Girlfriend

Paul Raczkowski 
 as Man in VW Bug

Valentine 
 as Chinese Ping Pong Player

Dick Cavett 
 as Dick Cavett

Joe Stefanelli 
 as John Lennon (voice)

Tiffany Salerno 
 as Carla

Marla Sucharetza 
 as Lenore

Aloysius Gigl 
 as Musician Boyfriend

Jack Bowden 
 as National Correspondent #4

Joe Alaskey 
 as President Nixon (voice)

Lazarus Jackson 
 as Discharge Officer

W. Benson Terry 
 as Stanley Loomis

Matt Rebenkoff 
 as Drugged Out Boyfriend

Peter Bannon 
 as Local Correspondent #2

Joe Washington 
 as Local Anchor #2

Nora Dunfee 
 as Elderly Southern Woman

Natalie Hendrix Tate 
 as Local Anchor #3

Hallie D'Amore 
 as Waitress in Cafe

Jim Hanks 
 as Forrest Gump Running Double

Chiffonye Cobb 
 as Hannibal Reporter

Juan Singleton 
 as Hannibal Reporter

Bobby Richardson 
 as Hannibal Reporter

Michael Mattison 
 as Taxi Driver

Lenny Herb 
 as Young Man Running

Charles Boswell 
 as Aging Hippie

Timothy McNeil 
 as Wild Eyed Man

Lonnie Hamilton 
 as The Minister

Teresa Denton 
 as Lieutenant Dan's Fiancée, Susan

Kurt Russell 
 as Elvis Presley (voice) (uncredited)

Mary Ellen Trainor 
 as Jenny's Babysitter (uncredited)

Robb Skyler 
 as Nicholas Katzenbach (uncredited)

Michael J. Oliver 
 as Red Headed Teen (uncredited)

Bryan Hanna 
 as Football Coach (uncredited)

Greg Brown 
 as Football Player (uncredited)

Brendan Shanahan 
 as Football Player (uncredited)

Troy Christian 
 as Cheerleader (uncredited)

Jacqueline Lovell 
 as Football Fan (uncredited)

Zach Hanner 
 as Barracks Recruit (uncredited)

Aaron Michael Lacey 
 as National Guardsman (uncredited)

William Shipman 
 as Black Panther (uncredited)

Zhuang Zedong 
 as Self - Chinese Ping Pong Player (archive footage) (uncredited)

Eric Alan Wendell 
 as Student Protester (uncredited)

George Wallace 
 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

John-Michael Steele 
 as Chancellor AL University (uncredited)

John Simmit 
 as Higgins - Protestor on Stage (uncredited)

Michael Satterfield 
 as Alabama U Student (uncredited)

Mark A. Rich 
 as VA in Hospital (uncredited)

Ronald Reagan 
 as Self - Assassination Attempt (archive footage) (uncredited)

Elvis Presley 
 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Darrell O'Cook 
 as Chorister (uncredited)

Richard Nixon 
 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Neal MacMillan 
 as Student Protester (uncredited)

Beau Lotterman 
 as Thompson (uncredited)

Andrew Lepper 
 as Civil Rights Marcher (uncredited)

John Lennon 
 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Teddy Lane Jr. 
 as Black Panther (uncredited)

Conor Kennelly 
 as Black Panther (uncredited)

Robert F. Kennedy 
 as Self - after 1968 California Primary (archive footage) (uncredited)

John F. Kennedy 
 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jim Keller 
 as Hippie at Commune (uncredited)

Lyndon B. Johnson 
 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Russ Isles 
 as Bus Scene (uncredited)

Jenny Inge Devaney 
 as Hippie (uncredited)

Bob Hope 
 as Self - in Vietnam (archive footage) (uncredited)

John Glenn Harding 
 as Wounded Soldier (uncredited)

Jeanne Hanna 
 as The Honeymooners (uncredited)

Ellsworth Hanna 
 as The Honeymooners (uncredited)

Christopher James Hall 
 as Governor (uncredited)

Leigh Goodoff 
 as Drum Major (uncredited)

Michael Garvey 
 as Reporter (uncredited)

Gerald Ford 
 as Self - Assassination Attempt (archive footage) (uncredited)

James Ent 
 as Alabama College Photographer #1 (uncredited)

Ryan Duncan 
 as Student Protester (uncredited)

Jim Damron 
 as CBS Correspondent Cooper (uncredited)

Darren W. Conrad 
 as Alabama Football Player (uncredited)

John Connally 
 as Self - with JFK in Dallas (archive footage) (uncredited)

Dick Clark 
 as Self - New Year's Eve (archive footage) (uncredited)

Daniel Chamblin 
 as Southern Landowner (uncredited)

Clint Calvert 
 as Football Fan (uncredited)

Grand L. Bush 
 as Black Panther Leader (uncredited)

Arthur Bremer 
 as Self - Shooting George Wallace (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jim Boeke 
 as University of Alabama Assistant Football Coach (uncredited)

Keri-Anne Bilotta 
 as Hippie (uncredited)

Marcus Batton 
 as Get the Bikes Bully (uncredited)

Beth Aylward 
 as Military Officer (uncredited)

Neil Armstrong 
 as Self - Stepping onto the Moon (archive footage) (uncredited)

Markus Alexander 
 as Vietnam Veteran (uncredited)

Todd Adamson 
 as Bully on Bike (uncredited)

Rob Adams 
 as College Quarterback (uncredited)

Joe Abby 
 as Protestor on Stage (uncredited)