| 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 | Colonel Malcolm's Father |
| David Wohl | War Department Captain |
| Paul Giamatti | Sergeant Hill |
| Ryan Hurst | Paratrooper Mandelsohn |
| Harrison Young | Ryan (as Old Man) |
A World War II captain and his squad risk all to locate and send home a soldier whose three brothers died in combat.
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