Dennis Quaid as Sam Houston

Billy Bob Thornton as Davy Crockett

Jason Patric as James Bowie

Patrick Wilson as William Travis

Emilio Echevarría as Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana

Edwin Hodge as Joe

Emily Deschanel as Rosanna Travis

Jordi Mollà as Juan Seguin

Leon Rippy as Sgt. William Ward

Marc Blucas as James Bonham

Robert Prentiss as Albert Grimes

Kevin Page as Micajah Autry

Joe Stevens as Mial Scurlock

Stephen Bruton as Captain Almeron Dickinson

Laura Clifton as Susanna Dickinson

Ricardo Chavira as Private Gregorio Esparza

Steven Chester Prince as Lieutenant John Forsythe

Estephania LeBaron as Juana

Brandon Smith as Lieutenant Colonel J.C. Neill

Elena Hurst as Stunning Tejana

W. Earl Brown as David Burnet

Rance Howard as Governor Smith

Nathan Price as Charlie Travis

Tom Davidson as Colonel Green Jameson

Afemo Omilami as Sam