Ben Affleck
as Rafe McCawley

Kate Beckinsale
as Evelyn Johnson

Josh Hartnett
as Danny Walker

Cuba Gooding Jr.
as Doris Miller

Jon Voight
as Franklin D. Roosevelt

Tom Sizemore
as Earl Sistern

Alec Baldwin
as James Doolittle

Ewen Bremner
as Red Winkle

William Lee Scott
as Billy Thompson

Greg Zola
as Anthony Fusco

Jennifer Garner
as Sandra

Jaime King
as Betty Bayer

Catherine Kellner
as Barbara

Sara Rue
as Martha

Michael Shannon
as Gooz Wood

Dan Aykroyd
as Captain Thurman

Colm Feore
as Admiral Kimmel

Mako
as Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto

John Fujioka
as Nishikura

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
as Cmdr. Minoru Genda

Jesse James
as Young Rafe

Reiley McClendon
as Young Danny

William Fichtner
as Danny's Father

Steve Rankin
as Rafe's Father

Brian Haley
as Training Captain

Graham Beckel
as Adm. Chester W. Nimitz

Will Bowden
as British Pilot

Angel Sing
as Japanese Aide

Rufus Dorsey
as Dorie's Friend

Matthew Davis
as Joe

David Hornsby
as Flyer with Murmur

Scott Wilson
as George Marshall

Howard Mungo
as George

Randy Oglesby
as Strategic Analyst

Ping Wu
as Japanese Officer

Stan Cahill
as Pentagon Lieutenant

Tom Everett
as Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox

Tomas Arana
as Vice Admiral Frank J. Fletcher

Beth Grant
as Motherly Secretary

Sung Kang
as Listener

Raphael Sbarge
as Kimmel's Aide

Marty Belafsky
as Louie

Yuji Okumoto
as Japanese Shy Bomber

Josh Green
as Ellis

Ian Bohen
as Radar Operator #2

Michael Milhoan
as Army Commander

Peter Firth
as Mervyn Bennion

Marco Gould
as Pop-Up Sailor

Andrew Bryniarski
as Boxer Joe

Nicholas Downs
as Terrified Sailor

Tim Choate
as Navy Doctor

John Diehl
as Senior Doctor

Joseph Patrick Kelly
as Medic

Ron Harper
as Minister

Ted McGinley
as Army Major

Madison Mason
as Raymond Spruance

Kim Coates
as Jack Richards

Glenn Morshower
as William Halsey Jr.

Paul Francis
as Doolittle Co-Pilot

Scott Wiper
as Ripley

Eric Christian Olsen
as Gunner

Rod Biermann
as Navigator

Noriaki Kamata
as Japanese Soldier

Garret Sato
as Japanese Soldier

Eiji Inoue
as Japanese Soldier

Precious Chong
as Nursing Supervisor

Jeff Wadlow
as Next Guy in Line

Will Gill Jr.
as Train Conductor

Seth Sakai
as Japanese Tourist

Curtis Andersen
as Eighteen-Year-Old Typist

Blaine Pate
as Orderly in Aftermath

John Pyper-Ferguson
as Naval Officer in Hospital

Michael Shamus Wiles
as Marc Mitscher

Toru Tanaka Jr.
as Samoan Bouncer

Sean Gunn
as Traction Sailor

Josh Ackerman
as Wounded Sailor #1

Matt Casper
as Wounded Sailor

David Kaufman
as Young Nervous Doctor

Lindsey Ginter
as Captain Low

Guy Torry
as Teeny Mayfield

Leland Orser
as Major Jackson

Peter James Smith
as Mission listener

Pat Healy
as Newsreel Guy

Thomas Wilson Brown
as Young Flier

Chad Morgan
as Nurse

James Saito
as Japanese Aide

Tak Kubota
as Japanese Aide

Robert Jayne
as Sunburnt Sailor

Vic Chao
as Japanese Doctor

Frederick Koehler
as Wounded Sailor

Ben Easter
as Baja Sailor

Cory Tucker
as Baja Sailor

Abe Sylvia
as Baja Sailor

Jason Liggett
as Baja Sailor

Bret Roberts
as Baja Sailor

Sean Faris
as Danny's Gunner

Nicholas Farrell
as RAF Squadron Leader

Tony Curran
as Ian

Daniel Mays
as Pilot

Toshi Toda
as Dentist

Jaymee Ong
as Dental Assistant

Lisa Ross
as Nurse (uncredited)

Max Thayer
as Bit Part (uncredited)

Camille Carida
as Nurse (uncredited)

Winston Churchill
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Tanya Dempsey
as Nurse (uncredited)

Adolf Hitler
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Frieda Jane
as Nurse (uncredited)

Kathleen Mullan
as Stearn Nurse (uncredited))

Lin Oeding
as Japanese Sailor (uncredited)

Barbara Scolaro
as Josephine Doolittle (uncredited)

Melissa Anne Young
as Nurse (uncredited)

Sam Arnold
as Lieutenant Miller (uncredited)