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)