 | Sylvester Stallone als John Rambo |
 | Richard Crenna als Trautman |
 | Marc de Jonge als Coronel Zaysen |
 | Kurtwood Smith als Griggs |
 | Spiros Focás als Masoud |
 | Sasson Gabai als Mousa |
 | Doudi Shoua als Hamid |
| Randy Raney als Kourov |
 | Marcus Gilbert als Tomask |
 | Alon Abutbul als Nissem |
| Mahmoud Assadollahi als Rahim |
 | Yosef Shiloach als Khalid |
| Harold Diamond als Stick Fighter |
| Mati Seri als Gun Dealer |
| Hany Said El Deen als Gun Dealer |
| Shaby Ben-Aroya als Uri |
| Marciano Shoshi als Afghan Girl |
| Sadiq Tawfik als Helicopter Person |
| Julian Patrice als Helicopter Person |
| Tal Kastoriano als Helicopter Person |
| Benny Bruchim als Helicopter Person |
 | Tikva Aziz als Helicopter Person |
| Milo Rafi als Helicopter Person |
| Clark Acton als Afghani Freedom Fighter (uncredited) |
| R.T. Freeman als Afghan Warrior (uncredited) |
 | Iyad Hajjaj als Arabic Shop Assistant (uncredited) |
 | Paul Dion Monte als Russian Gunner (uncredited) |
| Peter MacDonald | Director |
| Sylvester Stallone | Screenplay |
| Sheldon Lettich | Screenplay |
| Buzz Feitshans | Producer |
| John Stanier | Director of Photography |
| O. Nicholas Brown | Editor |
| Andrew London | Editor |
| James R. Symons | Editor |
| Edward Warschilka | Editor |
| Joy Todd | Casting |
| Bill Kenney | Production Design |
| Pier Luigi Basile | Art Direction |
| Alan Cassie | Art Direction |
| Benjamín Fernández | Art Direction |
| Adrian Gorton | Art Direction |
| Richard La Motte | Costume Design |
| Giannetto De Rossi | Makeup Artist |
| Donna Barrett Gilbert | Hairstylist |
| Michael Dittrick | Music Editor |
| Rodger Pardee | Sound Editor |
| Thomas L. Fisher | Special Effects |
| William Mesa | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Vic Armstrong | Stunt Coordinator |
| Jerry Goldsmith | Original Music Composer |
| Kenny Bates | Stunts |
| Mario Kassar | Executive Producer |
| David Morrell | Characters |
| Tony Munafo | Associate Producer |
| Andrew G. Vajna | Executive Producer |
| Giorgio Postiglione | Set Decoration |
| Terry Collis | Production Manager |
| Michael Fuller | Unit Production Manager |
| Charles Murray | Unit Production Manager |
| Greg Papalia | Set Designer |
| Kenneth Hall | Music Editor |
| Charles Bella | Pilot |
| Delia Circelli | Production Coordinator |
| Wayne Fitzgerald | Title Designer |
| Harry Hauss | Pilot |
| Ronit Ravich-Boss | Script Supervisor |
| John Sweeney | Assistant Property Master |
| Larry Verne | Construction Coordinator |
| Sam Moore | Property Master |
| Mark Rich | Property Master |
| Frank Leasure | Propmaker |
| Carlo Postiglione | Props |
| Ron Reedy | Props |
| Panyawadee Sangchai | Props |
| Howard Fannon | Props |
| David J. Negrón Jr. | Storyboard Artist |
| Sidney Sidell | Assistant Camera |
| Yuda Tatarko | Best Boy Electric |
| Moshe Levin | Camera Operator |
| Timothy E. Wade | Camera Operator |
| Louis H. Lavelly | Camera Operator |
| John Campbell | Camera Operator |
| Bob Bridges | Clapper Loader |
| Rami Siman-Tov | Focus Puller |
| Danny ben Menahem | Gaffer |
| Moshe Bukman | Grip |
| Michael T. Travers | Grip |
| Jacob Bukman | Key Grip |
| Bob Rose | Key Grip |
| Itzik Ben-Aroya | Key Grip |
| Tony Rowland | Key Grip |
| Gerard Jakubowicz | Second Assistant Camera |
| Dave Friedman | Still Photographer |
| Yoni Hamenachem | Still Photographer |
| Carol Fisher-Mann | Seamstress |
| Lucy Coldsnow-Smith | ADR Editor |
| Constance A. Kazmer | ADR Editor |
| Lauren Palmer | ADR Editor |
| Shelley Brown | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Michelle Pleis | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Christy Richmond | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Earl Sampson | Boom Operator |
| Yossi Yarkoni | Boom Operator |
| Evelyn Dutton | Foley Artist |
| Ross Taylor | Foley Artist |
| Margie O'Malley | Foley Artist |
| Steve Bartlett | Sound |
| Linda Folk | Sound Editor |
| Lorane Mitchell | Sound Editor |
| Victoria Rose Sampson | Sound Editor |
| Solange S. Schwalbe | Sound Editor |
| Michele Sharp | Sound Editor |
| William B. Kaplan | Sound Mixer |
| Eli Yarkoni | Sound Mixer |
| Robert J. Litt | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Michael Minkler | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Kevin O'Connell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Fred J. Brown | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Mark De Alessandro | Stunt Double |
| Don Charles McGovern | Stunt Double |
| Tony Didio Jr. | Armorer |
| Syd Stembridge | Armorer |
| Yoav Peled | Pilot |
| Roy Matthews | Pilot |
| Mike De Luca | Security |
| Dave Lowry | Stunts |
| Dick Ziker | Stunts |
| Michael Westmore | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Kamal Haasan | Makeup Artist |
| Steven Lambert | Stunts |
| Gary Epper | Stunts |
| Freddie Hice | Stunts |
| Gary McLarty | Stunts |
| Bob Orrison | Stunts |
| Danny Epper | Stunts |
| Mic Rodgers | Stunts |
| Johnny Hock | Utility Stunts |
| Tom Elliott | Stunts |
