- Tom Hanks
- Captain John H. Miller
- Edward Burns
- Private Richard Reiben
- Tom Sizemore
- Sergeant Michael Horvath
- Jeremy Davies
- Corporal Timothy E. Upham
- Vin Diesel
- Private Adrian Caparzo
- Adam Goldberg
- Private Mellish
- Barry Pepper
- Private Jackson
- Giovanni Ribisi
- T/4 Medic Irwin Wade
- Matt Damon
- Private James Francis Ryan
- Dennis Farina
- Lieutenant Colonel Anderson
- Ted Danson
- Captain Fred Hamill
- Harve Presnell
- General Marshall
- Dale Dye
- War Department Colonel
- Bryan Cranston
- War Department Colonel
- David Wohl
- War Department Captain
- Paul Giamatti
- Sergeant Hill
- Ryan Hurst
- Paratrooper Mandelsohn
- Harrison Young
- Ryan (as Old Man)
- Steven Spielberg
- Director, Producer
- Robert Rodat
- Writer
- Ian Bryce
- Producer
- Mark Gordon
- Producer
- Gary Levinsohn
- Producer
- Bonnie Curtis
- Co-Producer
- Kevin De La Noy
- Associate Producer
- Mark Huffam
- Associate Producer
- Allison Lyon Segan
- Co-Producer
- Janusz Kaminski
- Cinematographer
- Michael Kahn
- Film Editing
- John Williams
- Original Music
- Thomas E. Sanders
- Production Design
- Tom Brown
- Art Director
- Ricky Eyres
- Art Director
- Chris Seagers
- Art Director
- Alan Tomkins
- Art Director
- Lisa Dean Kavanaugh
- Set Decoration
- Joanna Johnston
- Costume Design
- Denise Chamian
- Casting
