Joaquin Phoenix as Ray Elwood

Ed Harris as Colonel Berman

Scott Glenn as Sergeant Lee

Anna Paquin as Robyn Lee

Elizabeth McGovern as Mrs. Berman

Michael Peña as Garcia

Leon as Stoney

Gabriel Mann as Pfc. Brian Knoll

Dean Stockwell as General Lancaster

Brian Delate as Colonel Marshall

Shiek Mahmud-Bey as Sergeant Saad

Amani Gethers as Kirschfield

Noah Lee Margetts as Rothfuss

Tom Ellis as Squash

Kick Gurry as Video

Haluk Bilginer as The Turk

Idris Elba as Kimborough

Glenn Fitzgerald as Hicks

James 'Kimo' Wills as Walters

Ene Frost as Johnnie

Jimmie Ray Weeks as Colonel Armstrong

Roger Griffiths as Simmons

Alexis Rodney as Parsons McCovey

Josef Ostendorf as Herman

Tom George as Nerdy Young Soldier

Lars Rudolph as Courier

Paul Conway as Frank

Martin Cole as MP

Ilhani Terzi as Davood

Alexander Theodossiadis as Bouncer

Derek Lea as Truck Driver 1

Mark Anthony Newman as Truck Driver 2

David Crow as Private

Jason Rayford as Young Soldier

Gary Washington as Sergeant Saad's Man

James Battles as Sergeant Saad's Man

Leon Deavers as Sergeant Saad's Man

Gerald Jacy as Sergeant Saad's Man

Michael Johnson as Sergeant Saad's Man

John Lovett as Sergeant Saad's Man

Antonio Ruffin as Sergeant Saad's Man

Glenn Stephens as Sergeant Saad's Man

Terrence Packer as Sergeant Saad's Man