 | Sean Connery als Captain Marko Ramius |
 | Alec Baldwin als Jack Ryan |
 | Scott Glenn als Bart Mancuso |
 | Sam Neill als Captain Vasily Borodin |
 | James Earl Jones als Admiral James Greer |
 | Joss Ackland als Andrei Lysenko |
 | Richard Jordan als Jeffrey Pelt |
 | Peter Firth als Ivan Putin |
 | Tim Curry als Dr. Yevgeniy Petrov |
 | Courtney B. Vance als Ronald Jones |
 | Stellan Skarsgård als Captain Viktor Tupolev |
 | Jeffrey Jones als Skip Tyler |
 | Timothy Carhart als Bill Steiner |
 | Larry Ferguson als Chief of the Boat |
 | Fred Thompson als Admiral Painter |
 | Daniel Davis als Captain Davenport |
 | Ned Vaughn als Seaman Beaumont |
 | Anthony Peck als Thompson |
 | Mark Draxton als Seaman - USS Dallas |
 | Tom Fisher als Seaman - USS Dallas |
 | Pete Antico als Seaman - USS Dallas |
 | Ronald Guttman als Lieutenant Melekhin |
 | Tomas Arana als Loginov |
 | Michael George Benko als Ivan - Red October |
 | Anatoli Davydov als Officer #1 - Red October |
 | Ivan G'Vera als Officer #2 - Red October |
| Artur Cybulski als Diving Officer - Red October |
 | Sven-Ole Thorsen als Russian COB - Red October |
| Michael Welden als Kamarov - Red October |
 | Boris Lee Krutonog als Slavin - Red October |
 | Kenton Kovell als Seaman - Red October |
| Radu Gavor als Seaman - Red October |
 | Ivan Ivanov als Seaman - Red October |
 | Ping Wu als Seaman - Red October |
 | Herman Sinitzyn als Seaman - Red October |
 | Krzysztof Janczar als Andrei Bonovia - Konovalov |
| Vlado Benden als Seaman - Konovalov |
 | George Saunders als Seaman - Konovalov |
 | Don Oscar Smith als Helicopter Pilot |
 | Rick Ducommun als Navigator C-2A |
| George H. Billy als DSRV Officer |
| Reed Popovich als Lt. Jim Curry |
 | Andrew Divoff als Andrei Amalric |
| Peter Zinner als Admiral Padorin |
| Tony Veneto als Padorin's Orderly |
| Ben Hartigan als Admiral (Briefing) |
 | Ray Reinhardt als Judge Moore (Briefing) |
 | F.J. O'Neil als General (Briefing) |
| Robert Buckingham als Admiral #2 (Briefing) |
 | A.C. Lyles als Advisor #1 |
 | John McTiernan Sr. als Advisor #2 |
 | David Sederholm als Sunglasses |
 | John Shepherd als Foxtrot Pilot |
| William Bell Sullivan als Lt. Cmd. Mike Hewitt |
 | Gates McFadden als Caroline Ryan |
 | Louise Borras als Sally Ryan |
| Denise E. James als Stewardess |
 | Shane Black als USS Reuben James Crewman |
 | Peter Jason als USS Reuben James Commander |
| John McTiernan | Director |
| Jan de Bont | Director of Photography |
| Basil Poledouris | Original Music Composer |
| Mace Neufeld | Producer |
| Larry DeWaay | Executive Producer |
| Jerry Sherlock | Executive Producer |
| Dennis Virkler | Editor |
| John Wright | Editor |
| Amanda Mackey | Casting |
| William Cruse | Art Direction |
| Tom Clancy | Novel |
| Larry Ferguson | Screenplay |
| Donald Stewart | Screenplay |
| Donald B. Woodruff | Art Direction |
| Dianne Wager | Art Direction |
| Terence Marsh | Production Design |
| Scott Squires | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| George Watters II | Supervising Sound Editor |
| John Knoll | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Mickey S. Michaels | Set Decoration |
| Wes Dawn | Makeup Artist |
| Dino Ganziano | Hairstylist |
| Jim Kail | Makeup Artist |
| Beau Marks | Unit Production Manager |
| Joel Marx | Production Supervisor |
| Jerry Ballew | First Assistant Director |
| J. Tom Archuleta | Second Unit First Assistant Director |
| Steve Danton | Second Assistant Director |
| Beau Marks | Second Unit Director |
| Todd Turner | Second Unit Director |
| Dennis DeWaay | Construction Coordinator |
| Steve Fegley | Construction Foreman |
| Joe A. Hawthorne | Graphic Designer |
| William F. Reinert | Leadman |
| Willard Livingston | Property Master |
| Isidoro Raponi | Property Master |
| Mike Sasgen | Carpenter |
| Tommy Tomlinson | Property Master |
| Bob Baron | ADR Mixer |
| John Benson | Sound Editor |
| Pamela Bentkowski | Foley Supervisor |
| Kevin F. Cleary | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Anne Couk | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Greg Curda | Foley Mixer |
| Ken Dufva | Foley Artist |
| Juno J. Ellis | Supervising ADR Editor |
| John P. Fasal | Sound Effects |
| David Lee Fein | Foley Artist |
| Bruce Fortune | Sound Editor |
| Richard Bryce Goodman | Production Sound Mixer |
| Douglas Greenfield | Dolby Consultant |
| Debbie Jo Grillo | Cableman |
| Cecelia Hall | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Shelley Rae Hinton | ADR Editor |
| Frank Howard | Sound Editor |
| Jay Kamen | ADR Editor |
| Victoria Martin | Foley Editor |
| F. Hudson Miller | Sound Editor |
| Donald Ortiz | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Richard Overton | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Al Di Sarro | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Jimmy Jue | Extras Casting |
| James W. Tyson | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Darryl M. Athons | Costumer |
| Gary Sampson | Costumer |
| Jan Aaris | Special Effects Assistant |
| William Aldridge | Special Effects Assistant |
| James Camomile | Special Effects Assistant |
| Manuel S. Epstein | Special Effects Assistant |
| Scott E. Anderson | CG Artist |
| David Bartholomew | Visual Effects Editor |
| Michael Backauskas | Visual Effects Lineup |
| Steve Beck | Visual Effects Art Director |
| Tom Bertino | Rotoscoping Artist |
| Ron Gress | Painter |
| Tim August | Visual Effects Production Assistant |
| Mark Yuricich | Modeling |
| Steve 'Spaz' Williams | CG Artist |
| Robert L. Clark | CG Painter |
| Carl Ciarfalio | Stunts |
| Monty Cox | Stunts |
| Shane Dixon | Stunts |
| Steve Hulin | Stunts |
| Gary Epper | Stunts |
| Larry J. Aube | First Company Grip |
| Ed Ayer | Lighting Technician |
| David Canestro | Second Company Grip |
| Michael J. Coo | Dolly Grip |
| Roger Gebhard | Camera Operator |
| Bruce McBroom | Still Photographer |
| Alexander Witt | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| John Haggar | Assistant Editor |
| Tom Shaffer | Color Timer |
| Michael Ruscio | Assistant Editor |
| Marcelo Sansevieri | Assistant Editor |
| Joel Marx | Location Manager |
| Stuart Neumann | Location Manager |
| Greig McRitchie | Orchestrator |
| Tom Villano | Music Editor |
| Luca Kouimelis | Script Supervisor |
| Mike Fenster | Transportation Captain |
| Michael Forte | Driver |
| Myra Hill | Transportation Coordinator |
| Kathleen Beeler | Rotoscoping Artist |
| Ronnie Rondell Jr. | Stunts |
| Chuck Picerni Jr. | Stunt Coordinator |
