Nicolas Cage as Sergeant Joe Enders

Adam Beach as Private Ben Yahzee

Peter Stormare as Sergeant Eric Hjelmstad

Noah Emmerich as Corporal Charles Rogers

Mark Ruffalo as Pappas

Brian Van Holt as Harrigan

Martin Henderson as Private Nellie

Roger Willie as Charlie Whitehorse

Frances O'Connor as Rita Swelton

Christian Slater as Sergeant Peter Henderson

Jason Isaacs as Major Mellitz

William Morts as Fortino

Cameron Thor as Mertens

Kevin Cooney as Ear Doctor

Holmes Osborne as Colonel Hollings

Keith Campbell as Kittring

Clayton J. Barber as Hasby

Scott Atkinson as Camp Tarawa Staff Sergeant

Jeremy Davidson as Marine

Brian Maynard as Corpsman

James D. Dever as Field Hospital Colonel

Jim Morse as Marine Recruit

Chris Devlin as Code Instructor Sergeant

JF Davis as Technical Sergeant

Brian Kasai as Japanese Intelligence Officer

Hiroshi Mori as Japanese Radio Operator

Darrel Guilbeau as Battleship Petty Officer

Aaron Yamagata as Tanapag Boy

Victoria Chen as Tanapag Mother

Jon Michael Souza as NCO

Carissa Jung as Tanapag Girl

Wataru Yoshida as Japanese Artillery Man

Junya Oishi as Japanese Artillery Sighter

Jiro Koga as Japanese Artillery Gunner

Lynn Kawailele Allen as Hula Dancer

Tina Leialoha Gube as Hula Dancer

Alewa T. Olotoa as Hula Dancer

Ilima Pumphrey as Hula Dancer

Lena Savaiinaea as Hula Dancer

Kaliko Scott as Hula Dancer

John Steven Rocha as Marine

Robert Aguilar Jr. as Private Povovich (uncredited)

Job Alonso as U.S. Marine (uncredited)

Louis Per Bruno as Private Corelli (uncredited)

Jim Carretta as Platoon Sergeant (uncredited)

Matty Castano as Japanese Soldier (uncredited)

Timothy Di Pri as Politician (uncredited)

Christopher Gilbertson as Marine (uncredited)

Shannon Holzer as Marine (uncredited)

Yoshio Iizuka as Japanese Officer (uncredited)

Aaron Ikeda as Japanese Soldier (uncredited)

Christopher Illing as Marine (uncredited)

Keii Johnston as Marine (uncredited)

Steve Lindsay as Discharged Platoon Sergeant (uncredited)

Cazimir Milostan as Marine Machine Gunner (uncredited)

Michael Ng as Japanese Soldier (uncredited)

Nils Oliveto as U.S. Marine (uncredited)

Paul Parker as Injured soldier (uncredited)

Denney Pierce as Marine (uncredited)

Simon Rhee as Japanese Soldier (uncredited)

Charles Sans as Private Jennings (uncredited)

Bobby Silva as Private Ricks (uncredited)

Douglas Dean Taylor as Marine Beau (uncredited)

John Thomas as Core Group Marine (uncredited)

Ren Urano as Japanese Radioman (uncredited)

Dixon White as Hospital Room Patient (uncredited)

Malcolm Dohi as Battleship Codetalker

Steve Tanizaki as Japanese Artillery Officer

Marc McClellan as Marine Artillery Commander

Christopher T. Yamamoto as Japanese Bunker Gunner

John Takeshi Ichikawa as Japanese Bunker Commander

Ross Lasi Tanoai as Eddie the Bartender

Glen Begay as Radio Codetalker

Vincent Whipple as Navajo Instructor

Albert Smith as Navajo Man