Ryan Gosling
as Noah Calhoun

Rachel McAdams
as Allie Hamilton

Gena Rowlands
as Older Allie

James Garner
as Duke

Joan Allen
as Anne Hamilton

David Thornton
as John Hamilton

James Marsden
as Lon Hammond

Kevin Connolly
as Fin

Sam Shepard
as Frank Calhoun

Starletta DuPois
as Nurse Esther

Ed Grady
as Harry

Jennifer Echols
as Nurse Selma

Heather Wahlquist
as Sara Tuffington

Cullen Moss
as Bodee

Thunderbird Dinwiddie
as Veronica

James Middleton
as Aaron

Peter Rosenfeld
as Professor

Obba Babatundé
as Band Leader

Chuck Pacheco
as Bus Driver

Todd Lewis
as Reporter

Mark Johnson
as Photographer

Robert Fraisse
as Buyer #1

Barbara Weetman
as Buyer #2

Daniel Chamblin
as Buyer #3

Sasha Azevedo
as Wife of Buyer #3

Jamie Anne Allman
as Martha Shaw

Rebecca Koon
as Aunt Georgia

Sandra Elise Williams
as Aunt Jeanette

Deborah Hobart
as Aunt Kitty

Sylvia Jefferies
as Rosemary

Mark Garner
as Lon's Employee

Scott Ritenour
as Lon's Employee

Milton Buras
as Lon's Employee

Elizabeth Bond
as Lon's Secretary

Matthew Barry
as Dr. Barnwell

Nancy De Mayo
as Mary Allen

Renée Amber
as Nurse at Counter

Tim O'Brien
as Mr. Tuffington

Meredith O'Brien
as Mrs. Tuffington

Geoffrey Knight
as Barker

Andrew Schaff
as Matthew Jamison III

Tim Ivey
as Rower

Anthony-Michael Q. Thomas
as Nurse Keith

Matt Shelly
as Seabrook Boy

Michael D. Fuller
as Seabrook Boy

Jonathan Parks Jordan
as Seabrook Boy

Leslea Fisher
as Seabrook Girl

Jude Kitchens
as Tommy the Ferris Wheel Operator

Pat Leonard
as Lieutenant Davis

Kweli Leapart
as Willa

Frederick Bingham
as Postman

Daniel Czekalski
as Recruitment Officer

Bradley D. Capshaw
as Injured Soldier

James Scott Deaton
as Injured Soldier

Eve Kagan
as Sarah Lawrence Girl

Stephanie Wheeler
as Sarah Lawrence Girl

Erin Guzowski
as Sarah Lawrence Girl

John Cundari
as Maitre D'

Hugh Robertson
as Pastor

Robert Washington
as Elgin

Robert Ivey
as Dressmaker

Sherril M. Turner
as Linda Jean

Meredith Zealy
as Maggie

Julianne Keller Lewis
as Davanee

Madison Wayne Ellis
as Noah, Jr.

Riley Novak
as Edmond

Ronald Betts
as Male Nurse

Paul Johansson
as Allie's Mom's Ex Boyfriend (uncredited)

David Abrams
as Recruit (uncredited)

Bruce Williamson
as Carnival Patron (uncredited)

Bob Forrest
as Man Having Dinner in Retirement Home (uncredited)

Taylor Engel
as Guy in Movie Theatre (uncredited)