cast
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Tom Hanks
Captain Miller
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Tom Sizemore
Sergeant Horvath
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Edward Burns
Private Reiben
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Barry Pepper
Private Jackson
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Adam Goldberg
Private Mellish
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Vin Diesel
Private Caparzo
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Giovanni Ribisi
T/4 Medic Wade
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Jeremy Davies
Corporal Upham
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Matt Damon
Private Ryan
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Ted Danson
Captain Hamill
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Paul Giamatti
Sergeant Hill
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Dennis Farina
Lieutenant Colonel Anderson
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Joerg Stadler
Steamboat Willie
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Max Martini
Corporal Henderson
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Dylan Bruno
Toynbe
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Daniel Cerqueira
Weller
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Demetri Goritsas
Parker
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Ian Porter
Trask
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Gary Sefton
Rice
- Julian Spencer Garrity
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Steve Griffin
Wilson
- William Marsh Lyle
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Marc Cass
Fallon
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Markus Napier
Major Hoess
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Neil Finnighan
Ramelle Paratrooper
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Peter Miles
Ramelle Paratrooper
- Paul Garcia Field HQ Major
- Seamus McQuade Field HQ Aide
- Ronald Longridge Coxswain
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Adam Shaw
Delancey
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Rolf Saxon
Lieutenant Briggs
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Corey Johnson
Radioman
- Loclann Aiken Soldier on the Beach
- John Barnett Soldier on the Beach
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Maclean Burke
Soldier on the Beach
- Victor Burke Soldier on the Beach
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Aiden Condron
Soldier on the Beach
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Shashi Rami
Soldier on the Beach
- Shane Hagan Soldier on the Beach
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Paul Hickey
Soldier on the Beach
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Shane Johnson
Soldier on the Beach
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Laird Macintosh
Soldier on the Beach
- Brian Maynard Soldier on the Beach
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Martin McDougall
Soldier on the Beach
- Mark Phillips Soldier on the Beach
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Lee Aaron Rosen
Soldier on the Beach
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Andrew Scott
Soldier on the Beach
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Matthew Sharp
Soldier on the Beach
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Vincent Walsh
Soldier on the Beach
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Grahame Wood
Soldier on the Beach
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John Sharian
Corporal
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Glenn Wrage
Doyle
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Crofton Hardester
Senior Medical Officer
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Martin Hub
Czech Wehrmacht Soldier
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Raffaello Degruttola
Goldman
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Nigel Whitmey
Private Boyd
- Sam Ellis Private Hastings
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Erich Redman
German #1
- Tilo Keiner German #2
- Stephan Grothgar German #3 / Voice on Bullhorn
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Stéphane Cornicard
Jean
- Michelle Evans Jean's Wife
- Martin Beaton Jean's Son
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Anna Maguire
Jean's Daughter
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Nathan Fillion
Minnesota Ryan
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Leland Orser
Lieutenant DeWindt
- Michael Mantas Paratrooper Lieutenant
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David Vegh
Paratrooper Oliver
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Ryan Hurst
Paratrooper Michaelson
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Nick Brooks
Paratrooper Joe
- Sam Scudder Paratrooper #1
- John Walters Old French Man
- Dorothy Grumbar Old French Woman
- James Innes-Smith MP Lieutenant
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Harve Presnell
General Marshall
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Dale Dye
War Department Colonel
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Bryan Cranston
War Department Colonel
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David Wohl
War Department Captain
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Eric Loren
War Department Lieutenant
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Valerie Colgan
War Department Clerk
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Amanda Boxer
Mrs. Margaret Ryan
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Harrison Young
Ryan as Old Man
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Kathleen Byron
Old Mrs. Ryan
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Rob Freeman
Ryan's Son
- Thomas Gizbert Ryan's Grandson
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Nina Muschallik
Ryan's Granddaughter (uncredited)
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Mac Steinmeier
Waffen SS Soldier (uncredited)
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Derek Lea
Bangalore Assistant (uncredited)
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Leo Stransky
German Sniper (uncredited)
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Vincent Ventresca
Soldier on Beach (uncredited)
- Conor Power D-Day Soldier (uncredited)
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John de Lancie
Letter-reader (voice) (uncredited)