Tom Hanks 
 as Captain Miller

Tom Sizemore 
 as Sergeant Horvath

Edward Burns 
 as Private Reiben

Barry Pepper 
 as Private Jackson

Adam Goldberg 
 as Private Mellish

Vin Diesel 
 as Private Caparzo

Giovanni Ribisi 
 as T/4 Medic Wade

Jeremy Davies 
 as Corporal Upham

Matt Damon 
 as Private Ryan

Ted Danson 
 as Captain Hamill

Paul Giamatti 
 as Sergeant Hill

Dennis Farina 
 as Lieutenant Colonel Anderson

Joerg Stadler 
 as Steamboat Willie

Max Martini 
 as Corporal Henderson

Dylan Bruno 
 as Toynbe

Daniel Cerqueira 
 as Weller

Demetri Goritsas 
 as Parker

Ian Porter 
 as Trask

Gary Sefton 
 as Rice

Julian Spencer 
 as Garrity

Steve Griffin 
 as Wilson

William Marsh 
 as Lyle

Marc Cass 
 as Fallon

Markus Napier 
 as Major Hoess

Neil Finnighan 
 as Ramelle Paratrooper

Peter Miles 
 as Ramelle Paratrooper

Paul Garcia 
 as Field HQ Major

Seamus McQuade 
 as Field HQ Aide

Ronald Longridge 
 as Coxswain

Adam Shaw 
 as Delancey

Rolf Saxon 
 as Lieutenant Briggs

Corey Johnson 
 as Radioman

Loclann Aiken 
 as Soldier on the Beach

John Barnett 
 as Soldier on the Beach

Maclean Burke 
 as Soldier on the Beach

Victor Burke 
 as Soldier on the Beach

Aiden Condron 
 as Soldier on the Beach

Shashi Rami 
 as Soldier on the Beach

Shane Hagan 
 as Soldier on the Beach

Paul Hickey 
 as Soldier on the Beach

Shane Johnson 
 as Soldier on the Beach

Laird Macintosh 
 as Soldier on the Beach

Brian Maynard 
 as Soldier on the Beach

Martin McDougall 
 as Soldier on the Beach

Mark Phillips 
 as Soldier on the Beach

Lee Aaron Rosen 
 as Soldier on the Beach

Andrew Scott 
 as Soldier on the Beach

Matthew Sharp 
 as Soldier on the Beach

Vincent Walsh 
 as Soldier on the Beach

Grahame Wood 
 as Soldier on the Beach

John Sharian 
 as Corporal

Glenn Wrage 
 as Doyle

Crofton Hardester 
 as Senior Medical Officer

Martin Hub 
 as Czech Wehrmacht Soldier

Raffaello Degruttola 
 as Goldman

Nigel Whitmey 
 as Private Boyd

Sam Ellis 
 as Private Hastings

Erich Redman 
 as German #1

Tilo Keiner 
 as German #2

Stephan Grothgar 
 as German #3 / Voice on Bullhorn

Stéphane Cornicard 
 as Jean

Michelle Evans 
 as Jean's Wife

Martin Beaton 
 as Jean's Son

Anna Maguire 
 as Jean's Daughter

Nathan Fillion 
 as Minnesota Ryan

Leland Orser 
 as Lieutenant DeWindt

Michael Mantas 
 as Paratrooper Lieutenant

David Vegh 
 as Paratrooper Oliver

Ryan Hurst 
 as Paratrooper Michaelson

Nick Brooks 
 as Paratrooper Joe

Sam Scudder 
 as Paratrooper #1

John Walters 
 as Old French Man

Dorothy Grumbar 
 as Old French Woman

James Innes-Smith 
 as MP Lieutenant

Harve Presnell 
 as General Marshall

Dale Dye 
 as War Department Colonel

Bryan Cranston 
 as War Department Colonel

David Wohl 
 as War Department Captain

Eric Loren 
 as War Department Lieutenant

Valerie Colgan 
 as War Department Clerk

Amanda Boxer 
 as Mrs. Margaret Ryan

Harrison Young 
 as Ryan as Old Man

Kathleen Byron 
 as Old Mrs. Ryan

Rob Freeman 
 as Ryan's Son

Thomas Gizbert 
 as Ryan's Grandson

Nina Muschallik 
 as Ryan's Granddaughter (uncredited)

Mac Steinmeier 
 as Waffen SS Soldier (uncredited)

Derek Lea 
 as Bangalore Assistant (uncredited)

Leo Stransky 
 as German Sniper (uncredited)

Vincent Ventresca 
 as Soldier on Beach (uncredited)

Conor Power 
 as D-Day Soldier (uncredited)

John de Lancie 
 as Letter-reader (voice) (uncredited)

Sebastian J. Brook 
 as French Villager (uncredited)

James Embree 
 as German Paratrooper (uncredited)

Declan Geraghty 
 as Soldier (uncredited)

Chris Hastings 
 as Waffen SS Soldier (uncredited)

Frank Huseyin 
 as German SS Soldier (uncredited)

Alan Joyce 
 as A23 Platoon (uncredited)

Martin Maloney 
 as USA Ranger - French Village (uncredited)

João Costa Menezes 
 as Soldier on the Beach (uncredited)

Abbe Muschallik 
 as Ryan's Granddaughter (uncredited)

Paul Sacks 
 as Soldier Signalling to Relief Column (uncredited)

Conor Waldron 
 as D-Day Soldier (uncredited)

Paul Woodadge 
 as Paratrooper (uncredited)