Tom Hanks

Captain Miller

Tom Sizemore

Sergeant Horvath

Edward Burns

Private Reiben

Barry Pepper

Private Jackson

Adam Goldberg

Private Mellish

Vin Diesel

Private Caparzo

Giovanni Ribisi

T/4 Medic Wade

Jeremy Davies

Corporal Upham

Matt Damon

Private Ryan

Ted Danson

Captain Hamill

Paul Giamatti

Sergeant Hill

Dennis Farina

Lieutenant Colonel Anderson

Joerg Stadler

Steamboat Willie

Max Martini

Corporal Henderson

Dylan Bruno

Toynbe

Daniel Cerqueira

Weller

Demetri Goritsas

Parker

Ian Porter

Trask

Gary Sefton

Rice

Steve Griffin

Wilson

Marc Cass

Fallon

Markus Napier

Major Hoess

Neil Finnighan

Ramelle Paratrooper

Peter Miles

Ramelle Paratrooper

Adam Shaw

Delancey

Rolf Saxon

Lieutenant Briggs

Corey Johnson

Radioman

Maclean Burke

Soldier on the Beach

Aiden Condron

Soldier on the Beach

Shashi Rami

Soldier on the Beach

Paul Hickey

Soldier on the Beach

Shane Johnson

Soldier on the Beach

Laird Macintosh

Soldier on the Beach

Martin McDougall

Soldier on the Beach

Lee Aaron Rosen

Soldier on the Beach

Andrew Scott

Soldier on the Beach

Matthew Sharp

Soldier on the Beach

Vincent Walsh

Soldier on the Beach

Grahame Wood

Soldier on the Beach

John Sharian

Corporal

Glenn Wrage

Doyle

Crofton Hardester

Senior Medical Officer

Martin Hub

Czech Wehrmacht Soldier

Raffaello Degruttola

Goldman

Nigel Whitmey

Private Boyd

Erich Redman

German #1

Stéphane Cornicard

Jean

Anna Maguire

Jean's Daughter

Nathan Fillion

Minnesota Ryan

Leland Orser

Lieutenant DeWindt

David Vegh

Paratrooper Oliver

Ryan Hurst

Paratrooper Michaelson

Nick Brooks

Paratrooper Joe

Harve Presnell

General Marshall

Dale Dye

War Department Colonel

Bryan Cranston

War Department Colonel

David Wohl

War Department Captain

Eric Loren

War Department Lieutenant

Valerie Colgan

War Department Clerk

Amanda Boxer

Mrs. Margaret Ryan

Harrison Young

Ryan as Old Man

Kathleen Byron

Old Mrs. Ryan

Rob Freeman

Ryan's Son

Nina Muschallik

Ryan's Granddaughter (uncredited)

Mac Steinmeier

Waffen SS Soldier (uncredited)

Derek Lea

Bangalore Assistant (uncredited)

Leo Stransky

German Sniper (uncredited)

Vincent Ventresca

Soldier on Beach (uncredited)

John de Lancie

Letter-reader (voice) (uncredited)