 | Nicolas Cage als Sergeant Joe Enders |
 | Adam Beach als Private Ben Yahzee |
 | Peter Stormare als Sergeant Eric Hjelmstad |
 | Noah Emmerich als Corporal Charles Rogers |
 | Mark Ruffalo als Pappas |
 | Brian Van Holt als Harrigan |
 | Martin Henderson als Private Nellie |
 | Roger Willie als Charlie Whitehorse |
 | Frances O'Connor als Rita Swelton |
 | Christian Slater als Sergeant Peter Henderson |
 | Jason Isaacs als Major Mellitz |
 | William Morts als Fortino |
 | Cameron Thor als Mertens |
 | Kevin Cooney als Ear Doctor |
 | Holmes Osborne als Colonel Hollings |
 | Keith Campbell als Kittring |
 | Clayton J. Barber als Hasby |
 | Scott Atkinson als Camp Tarawa Staff Sergeant |
 | Jeremy Davidson als Marine |
| Brian Maynard als Corpsman |
| Albert Smith als Navajo Man |
| James D. Dever als Field Hospital Colonel |
| Vincent Whipple als Navajo Instructor |
| Jim Morse als Marine Recruit |
 | Chris Devlin als Code Instructor Sergeant |
 | JF Davis als Technical Sergeant |
| Glen Begay als Radio Codetalker |
| Ross Lasi Tanoai als Eddie the Bartender |
| Brian Kasai als Japanese Intelligence Officer |
 | Hiroshi Mori als Japanese Radio Operator |
| John Takeshi Ichikawa als Japanese Bunker Commander |
| Christopher T. Yamamoto als Japanese Bunker Gunner |
| Marc McClellan als Marine Artillery Commander |
| Steve Tanizaki als Japanese Artillery Officer |
| Malcolm Dohi als Battleship Codetalker |
 | Darrel Guilbeau als Battleship Petty Officer |
| Aaron Yamagata als Tanapag Boy |
| Victoria Chen als Tanapag Mother |
| Jon Michael Souza als NCO |
| Carissa Jung als Tanapag Girl |
| Wataru Yoshida als Japanese Artillery Man |
| Junya Oishi als Japanese Artillery Sighter |
| Jiro Koga als Japanese Artillery Gunner |
| Lynn Kawailele Allen als Hula Dancer |
| Tina Leialoha Gube als Hula Dancer |
| Alewa T. Olotoa als Hula Dancer |
| Ilima Pumphrey als Hula Dancer |
| Lena Savaiinaea als Hula Dancer |
| Kaliko Scott als Hula Dancer |
 | John Steven Rocha als Marine |
| Robert Aguilar Jr. als Private Povovich (uncredited) |
| Job Alonso als U.S. Marine (uncredited) |
| Louis Per Bruno als Private Corelli (uncredited) |
| Jim Carretta als Platoon Sergeant (uncredited) |
| Matty Castano als Japanese Soldier (uncredited) |
| Toshiro Cinemasen als Japanese Soldier (uncredited) |
| Paul Cowboy Jr. als Navajo Code Talker / Marine (uncredited) |
| Jerry DeCapua als Camp announcer (voice) (uncredited) |
 | Timothy Di Pri als Politician (uncredited) |
| Christopher Gilbertson als Marine (uncredited) |
| David L. Hall als Soldier in Convoy (uncredited) |
| Matt Hall als Corps Marine (uncredited) |
| Shannon Holzer als Marine (uncredited) |
| Yoshio Iizuka als Japanese Officer (uncredited) |
| Aaron Ikeda als Japanese Soldier (uncredited) |
 | Christopher Illing als Marine (uncredited) |
 | Keii Johnston als Marine (uncredited) |
| John Kirsch als Marine (uncredited) |
| Ender Lee als Dying Japanese Soldier (uncredited) |
| Steve Lindsay als Discharged Platoon Sergeant (uncredited) |
 | Cazimir Milostan als Marine Machine Gunner (uncredited) |
 | Michael Ng als Japanese Soldier (uncredited) |
 | Nils Oliveto als U.S. Marine (uncredited) |
| Paul Parker als Injured soldier (uncredited) |
 | Denney Pierce als Marine (uncredited) |
 | Simon Rhee als Japanese Soldier (uncredited) |
| Charles Sans als Private Jennings (uncredited) |
| Chadwick Shimomura als Imperial Japanese Soldier (uncredited) |
| Bobby Silva als Private Ricks (uncredited) |
| Douglas Dean Taylor als Marine Beau (uncredited) |
| John Thomas als Core Group Marine (uncredited) |
 | Ren Urano als Japanese Radioman (uncredited) |
| Dixon White als Hospital Room Patient (uncredited) |
| Reese Williams als Platoon Sergeant (uncredited) |
| Jimmy Zerda als Camp Tarawa Marine (uncredited) |
| John Woo | Director |
| John Rice | Screenplay |
| Joe Batteer | Screenplay |
| Terence Chang | Producer |
| C.O. Erickson | Executive Producer |
| Tracie Graham-Rice | Producer |
| Alison R. Rosenzweig | Producer |
| John Woo | Producer |
| Jeffrey L. Kimball | Director of Photography |
| Jeff Gullo | Editor |
| Steven Kemper | Editor |
| Tom Rolf | Editor |
| Philip Tallman | Music Editor |
| Al Goto | Stunt Coordinator |
| Gregg Smrz | Stunt Coordinator |
| Mindy Marin | Casting |
| Holger Gross | Production Design |
| Kevin Ishioka | Art Direction |
| Richard C. Goddard | Set Decoration |
| Steve LaPorte | Makeup Department Head |
| Nick Scarano | Costume Supervisor |
| Brian Smrz | Stunt Coordinator |
| James Horner | Original Music Composer |
| Dick Bernstein | Music Editor |
| Joe E. Rand | Music Editor |
| David E. Fluhr | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Randy Thom | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Cate Hardman | Script Supervisor |
| Stephen Vaughan | Still Photographer |
| Gregory Lundsgaard | Steadicam Operator |
| Gregory Lundsgaard | Camera Operator |
| Mark Van Loon | Steadicam Operator |
| Lynette Wich | Art Department Coordinator |
| Ray Boniker | First Assistant Editor |
| Linda Rizzuto | Hairstylist |
| Linda Leiter Sharp | Hairstylist |
| Joseph Coscia | Hairstylist |
| William A. Farley | Hairstylist |
| Janis Clark | Key Hair Stylist |
| Rick Stratton | Key Makeup Artist |
| Bill Myer | Makeup Artist |
| Allen Weisinger | Makeup Artist |
| Carol F. Doran | Wigmaker |
| Gary Deaton | Construction Coordinator |
| Don Miloyevich | Property Master |
| Abigail Sheiner | Art Department Coordinator |
| A. Todd Holland | Set Designer |
| Luis G. Hoyos | Set Designer |
| David Altenau | CG Supervisor |
| Bridgitte Krupke | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Clark Campbell | Visual Effects Editor |
| Kevin Clark | Visual Effects Editor |
| Kevin Elam | Visual Effects Producer |
| Kevin Lingenfelser | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Eddie Yansick | Stunt Coordinator |
| Cliff Fleming | Pilot |
| John J. Smith | Production Manager |
| Arthur Anderson | First Assistant Director |
| Joan Cunningham | Second Assistant Director |
| Kevin Yagher | Makeup Effects Designer |
| Steve Traxler | Associate Producer |
| Mark P. Stoeckinger | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Ken Nishino | First Assistant Camera |
| Dale White | Second Assistant Camera |
| Lynda Wu | Camera Loader |
| Michael St. Hilaire | "B" Camera Operator |
| Dennis Seawright | First Assistant "B" Camera |
| Vincent Mata | Second Assistant "B" Camera |
| Jeff Mart | "C" Camera Operator |
| Zoran Veselic | First Assistant "C" Camera |
| Don Steinberg | Second Assistant "C" Camera |
| Leo J. Napolitano | "D" Camera Operator |
| Gregory Irwin | First Assistant "D" Camera |
| Shawn Landis | Second Assistant "D" Camera |
| Gary MacPherson | Production Coordinator |
| Dan Delgado | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Frank Mathews | Assistant Chief Lighting Technician |
| J. Michael Popovich | Key Grip |
| Thomas J. Ruffner | Dolly Grip |
| Mark Meyers | Dolly Grip |
| Randol Perelman-Taylor | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Zack Davis | ADR Supervisor |
| Alan Rankin | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Victor Ray Ennis | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Bryan Bowen | Sound Designer |
| Bruce Tanis | Sound Designer |
| Eliza Pollack Zebert | ADR Editor |
| Laura Graham | ADR Editor |
| Michael Hertlein | Dialogue Editor |
| David A. Cohen | Dialogue Editor |
| Willard Overstreet | Foley Editor |
| Paul Jyrälä | Sound Editor |
| Perry Robertson | Sound Editor |
| Nerses Gezalyan | Foley Mixer |
| Greg Zimmerman | Foley Recordist |
| James Moriana | Foley Artist |
| Jeffrey Wilhoit | Foley Artist |
| Richard Bryce Goodman | Production Sound Mixer |
| Joel Shryack | Boom Operator |
| Tommy Giordano | Cableman |
| Jim Henrikson | Supervising Music Editor |
| Michael Hansen | Assistant Property Master |
| John Schacht | Leadman |
| Gary Burritt | Negative Cutter |
| Dennis McNeill | Color Timer |
| Daniel Sperry | Dolby Consultant |
| Tim Gilbert | Stunts |
| Troy Brown | Stunts |
| Bob Brown | Stunts |
| Gregory J. Barnett | Stunts |
| Denney Pierce | Stunts |
| Brian Smrz | Second Unit Director |
| Dane Farwell | Stunts |
| Paul E. Short | Stunts |
| Bobby Burns | Stunts |
