Matthew Broderick as Col. Robert Gould Shaw

Denzel Washington as Pvt. Trip

Cary Elwes as Maj. Cabot Forbes

Morgan Freeman as Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins

Jihmi Kennedy as Pvt. Jupiter Sharts

Andre Braugher as Cpl. Thomas Searles

John Finn as Sgt. Maj. Mulcahy

Donovan Leitch as Capt. Charles Fessenden Morse

JD Cullum as Henry Sturgis Russell

Bob Gunton as Gen. Charles Garrison Harker

Cliff DeYoung as Col. James M. Montgomery

Christian Baskous as Edward L. Pierce

RonReaco Lee as Mute Drummer Boy

Jay O. Sanders as Gen. George Crockett Strong

Alan North as Gov. John Albion Andrew

Richard Riehle as Quartermaster

Peter Michael Goetz as Francis George Shaw

Mark Margolis as 10th Connecticut Soldier

Jane Alexander as Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw

Paul Desmond as 10th Connecticut Soldier

Rodger Williamson as Union Cavalryman

Michael Wayne Thomas as Soldier

Raymond St. Jacques as Frederick Douglass

Ted Rupel as Soldier

Roger Ragland as Cavalry Officer

Alejandro de Quesada as Confederate / Union Soldier

Shane Pinson as Confederate Soldier

Larry Peterson as Union Officer

Bill Nunn as

Matthew Murdzak as Captain

Barry J. Miller as Union / Confederate Soldier

William Mathis as Union Soldier

Rick Leisenring as Union Officer

Jay Lance as Union Soldier

Kevin Jarre as 10th Connecticut Soldier

Kevin R. Hershberger as Confederate Soldier

Rachel Lea Grundfast as Ellen Shaw

Gary O. Crane as Union Cavalry

Sheila Cochran as Home dweller

Bill Chemerka as Confederate Officer

Carla Brothers as Charlotte Forten

Frank Blair as Darian Farmer

Joseph Alex as Re-Enactor Core Group and Company A

Richard Wright as 10th Connecticut Soldier

Michael Fowler as 10th Connecticut Soldier

Tom Barrington as 10th Connecticut Soldier

Peter Grandfield as 10th Connecticut Soldier

Mark A. Jones as 54th Soldier

Saundra Dunson-Franks as Black Woman

Joan Riordan as White Woman

Bob Minor as Contraband Soldier

Raymond Godshall Jr. as Dr. Charles G. Thorpe

Marc Gowan as Dr. William B. Rogers

Dan Biggers as Minister

Keith Noble as Short Contraband

Afemo Omilami as Tall Contraband

Randell Haynes as Paymaster

Mark A. Levy as Bigoted Soldier

Ethan Phillips as Hospital Steward

Benji Wilhoite as Young Soldier

Pete Munro as Surgeon

Abdul Salaam El Razzac as 'A' Company Soldier

Michael Guess as 'A' Company Soldier

Daniel H. Jenkins as 'A' Company Officer