Ryan Gosling as Noah Calhoun

Rachel McAdams as Allie Hamilton

Gena Rowlands as Older Allie

James Garner as Duke

Joan Allen as Anne Hamilton

David Thornton as John Hamilton

James Marsden as Lon Hammond

Kevin Connolly as Fin

Sam Shepard as Frank Calhoun

Starletta DuPois as Nurse Esther

Ed Grady as Harry

Jennifer Echols as Nurse Selma

Heather Wahlquist as Sara Tuffington

Cullen Moss as Bodee

Thunderbird Dinwiddie as Veronica

James Middleton as Aaron

Peter Rosenfeld as Professor

Obba Babatundé as Band Leader

Chuck Pacheco as Bus Driver

Todd Lewis as Reporter

Mark Johnson as Photographer

Robert Fraisse as Buyer #1

Barbara Weetman as Buyer #2

Daniel Chamblin as Buyer #3

Sasha Azevedo as Wife of Buyer #3

Jamie Anne Allman as Martha Shaw

Rebecca Koon as Aunt Georgia

Sandra Elise Williams as Aunt Jeanette

Deborah Hobart as Aunt Kitty

Sylvia Jefferies as Rosemary

Mark Garner as Lon's Employee

Scott Ritenour as Lon's Employee

Milton Buras as Lon's Employee

Elizabeth Bond as Lon's Secretary

Matthew Barry as Dr. Barnwell

Nancy De Mayo as Mary Allen

Renée Amber as Nurse at Counter

Tim O'Brien as Mr. Tuffington

Meredith O'Brien as Mrs. Tuffington

Geoffrey Knight as Barker

Andrew Schaff as Matthew Jamison III

Tim Ivey as Rower

Anthony-Michael Q. Thomas as Nurse Keith

Matt Shelly as Seabrook Boy

Michael D. Fuller as Seabrook Boy

Jonathan Parks Jordan as Seabrook Boy

Leslea Fisher as Seabrook Girl

Jude Kitchens as Tommy the Ferris Wheel Operator

Pat Leonard as Lieutenant Davis

Kweli Leapart as Willa

Frederick Bingham as Postman

Daniel Czekalski as Recruitment Officer

Bradley D. Capshaw as Injured Soldier

James Scott Deaton as Injured Soldier

Eve Kagan as Sarah Lawrence Girl

Stephanie Wheeler as Sarah Lawrence Girl

Erin Guzowski as Sarah Lawrence Girl

John Cundari as Maitre D'

Hugh Robertson as Pastor

Robert Washington as Elgin

Robert Ivey as Dressmaker

Sherril M. Turner as Linda Jean

Meredith Zealy as Maggie

Julianne Keller Lewis as Davanee

Madison Wayne Ellis as Noah, Jr.

Riley Novak as Edmond

Ronald Betts as Male Nurse

Paul Johansson as Allie's Mom's Ex Boyfriend (uncredited)

David Abrams as Recruit (uncredited)

Bruce Williamson as Carnival Patron (uncredited)

Bob Forrest as Man Having Dinner in Retirement Home (uncredited)

Taylor Engel as Guy in Movie Theatre (uncredited)