Ben Affleck as Rafe McCawley

Kate Beckinsale as Evelyn Johnson

Josh Hartnett as Danny Walker

Cuba Gooding Jr. as Doris Miller

Jon Voight as Franklin D. Roosevelt

Tom Sizemore as Earl Sistern

Alec Baldwin as James Doolittle

Ewen Bremner as Red Winkle

William Lee Scott as Billy Thompson

Greg Zola as Anthony Fusco

Jennifer Garner as Sandra

Jaime King as Betty Bayer

Catherine Kellner as Barbara

Sara Rue as Martha

Michael Shannon as Gooz Wood

Dan Aykroyd as Captain Thurman

Colm Feore as Admiral Kimmel

Mako as Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto

John Fujioka as Nishikura

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Cmdr. Minoru Genda

Jesse James as Young Rafe

Reiley McClendon as Young Danny

William Fichtner as Danny's Father

Steve Rankin as Rafe's Father

Brian Haley as Training Captain

Graham Beckel as Adm. Chester W. Nimitz

Will Bowden as British Pilot

Angel Sing as Japanese Aide

Rufus Dorsey as Dorie's Friend

Matthew Davis as Joe

David Hornsby as Flyer with Murmur

Scott Wilson as George Marshall

Howard Mungo as George

Randy Oglesby as Strategic Analyst

Ping Wu as Japanese Officer

Stan Cahill as Pentagon Lieutenant

Tom Everett as Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox

Tomas Arana as Vice Admiral Frank J. Fletcher

Beth Grant as Motherly Secretary

Sung Kang as Listener

Raphael Sbarge as Kimmel's Aide

Marty Belafsky as Louie

Yuji Okumoto as Japanese Shy Bomber

Josh Green as Ellis

Ian Bohen as Radar Operator #2

Michael Milhoan as Army Commander

Peter Firth as Mervyn Bennion

Marco Gould as Pop-Up Sailor

Andrew Bryniarski as Boxer Joe

Nicholas Downs as Terrified Sailor

Tim Choate as Navy Doctor

John Diehl as Senior Doctor

Joseph Patrick Kelly as Medic

Ron Harper as Minister

Ted McGinley as Army Major

Madison Mason as Raymond Spruance

Kim Coates as Jack Richards

Glenn Morshower as William Halsey Jr.

Paul Francis as Doolittle Co-Pilot

Scott Wiper as Ripley

Eric Christian Olsen as Gunner

Rod Biermann as Navigator

Noriaki Kamata as Japanese Soldier

Garret Sato as Japanese Soldier

Eiji Inoue as Japanese Soldier

Precious Chong as Nursing Supervisor

Jeff Wadlow as Next Guy in Line

Will Gill Jr. as Train Conductor

Seth Sakai as Japanese Tourist

Curtis Andersen as Eighteen-Year-Old Typist

Blaine Pate as Orderly in Aftermath

John Pyper-Ferguson as Naval Officer in Hospital

Michael Shamus Wiles as Marc Mitscher

Toru Tanaka Jr. as Samoan Bouncer

Sean Gunn as Traction Sailor

Josh Ackerman as Wounded Sailor #1

Matt Casper as Wounded Sailor

David Kaufman as Young Nervous Doctor

Lindsey Ginter as Captain Low

Guy Torry as Teeny Mayfield

Leland Orser as Major Jackson

Peter James Smith as Mission listener

Pat Healy as Newsreel Guy

Thomas Wilson Brown as Young Flier

Chad Morgan as Nurse

James Saito as Japanese Aide

Tak Kubota as Japanese Aide

Robert Jayne as Sunburnt Sailor

Vic Chao as Japanese Doctor

Frederick Koehler as Wounded Sailor

Ben Easter as Baja Sailor

Cory Tucker as Baja Sailor

Abe Sylvia as Baja Sailor

Jason Liggett as Baja Sailor

Bret Roberts as Baja Sailor

Sean Faris as Danny's Gunner

Nicholas Farrell as RAF Squadron Leader

Tony Curran as Ian

Daniel Mays as Pilot

Toshi Toda as Dentist

Jaymee Ong as Dental Assistant

Lisa Ross as Nurse (uncredited)

Max Thayer as Bit Part (uncredited)

Camille Carida as Nurse (uncredited)

Winston Churchill as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Tanya Dempsey as Nurse (uncredited)

Adolf Hitler as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Frieda Jane as Nurse (uncredited)

Kathleen Mullan as Stearn Nurse (uncredited))

Lin Oeding as Japanese Sailor (uncredited)

Barbara Scolaro as Josephine Doolittle (uncredited)

Melissa Anne Young as Nurse (uncredited)

Sam Arnold as Lieutenant Miller (uncredited)

Scott Levy as Sergeant (uncredited)