| Ben Affleck | .... | Capt. Rafe McCawley |
| Josh Hartnett | .... | Capt. Danny Walker |
| Kate Beckinsale | .... | Nurse Lt. Evelyn Johnson |
| Cuba Gooding Jr. | .... | Petty Officer Doris 'Dorie' Miller |
| Jon Voight | .... | President Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| Alec Baldwin | .... | Lt. Col. James 'Jimmy' Doolittle |
| Tom Sizemore | .... | Sergeant Earl Sistern |
| William Lee Scott | .... | Lt. Billy Thompson |
| Greg Zola | .... | Lt. Anthony Fusco |
| Ewen Bremner | .... | Lt. Red Winkle |
| James King | .... | Nurse Betty Bayer |
| Catherine Kellner | .... | Nurse Barbara |
| Jennifer Garner | .... | Nurse Sandra |
| Sara Rue | .... | Nurse Martha |
| Michael Shannon | .... | Lt. Gooz Wood |
| Dan Aykroyd | .... | Captain Thruman |
| Colm Feore | .... | Admiral Husband E. Kimmel |
| John Fujioka | .... | Nishikura |
| Mako | .... | Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto |
| Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa | .... | Commander Mirou Genda |
| Matthew Davis | .... | Joe |
| Reiley McClendon | .... | Young Danny |
| Jesse James | .... | Young Rafe |
| William Fichtner | .... | Danny's Father |
| Steve Rankin | .... | Rafe's Father |
| Brian Haley | .... | Training Captain |
| David Hornsby | .... | Flyer with Murmur |
| Scott Wilson | .... | General George C. Marshall |
| Graham Beckel | .... | Admiral Chester W. Nimitz |
| Howard Mungo | .... | George |
| Randy Oglesby | .... | Strategic Analyst |
| Ping Wu | .... | Japanese Officer |
| Stan Cahill | .... | Pentagon Lieutenant |
| Kevin Wensing | .... | XO U.S.S. West Virginia |
| Tom Everett | .... | Frank Knox, the Secretary of the Na |
| Tomas Arana | .... | Vice Admiral Frank J. 'Jack' Fletch |
| Beth Grant | .... | Motherly Secretary |
| Sung Kang | .... | Listener |
| Raphael Sbarge | .... | Kimmel's Aide |
| Marty Belafsky | .... | Louie the Sailor |
| Yuji Okumoto | .... | Japanese Shy Bomber |
| Josh Green | .... | Pvt. Ellis (radar operator) |
| Ian Bohen | .... | Radar Private #2 |
| Michael Milhoan | .... | Army Commander |
| Peter Firth | .... | Captain Mervyn Bennion (USS West Vi |
| Andrew Bryniarski | .... | Joe the Boxer |
| Marco Gould | .... | Pop-Up Sailor |
| Nicholas Downs | .... | Terrified Sailor |
| Tim Choate | .... | Navy Doctor |
| John Diehl | .... | Senior Doctor |
| Joseph Patrick Kelly | .... | Medic |
| Ron Harper | .... | Minister |
| Ted McGinley | .... | Army Corps Major |
| Madison Mason | .... | Admiral Raymond A. Spruance |
| Kim Coates | .... | Jack Richards |
| Andrew Baley | .... | Hornet Radio Op |
| Glenn Morshower | .... | Rear Admiral William F. 'Bull' Hals |
| Paul Francis | .... | Doolittle Co-Pilot |
| Scott Wiper | .... | Gunner |
| Eric Christian Olsen | .... | Gunner |
| Rod Biermann | .... | Navigator |
| Noriaki Kamata | .... | Japanese Soldier |
| Garret Sato | .... | Japanese Soldier |
| Eiji Inoue | .... | Japanese Soldier |
| Precious Chong | .... | Nursing Supervisor |
| Jeff Wadlow | .... | Next Guy In Line |
| Will Gill Jr. | .... | Train Conductor |
| Seth Sakai | .... | Japanese Tourist |
| Curtis Andersen | .... | 18 Year Old Typist |
| Blaine Pate | .... | Orderly in Aftermath |
| John Pyper-Ferguson | .... | Naval Officer in Hospital |
| Michael Shamus Wiles | .... | Captain of the Hornet |
| Brett Pedigo | .... | Next Guy in Line #2 |
| Toru Tanaka Jr. | .... | Samoan Bouncer |
| Sean Gunn | .... | Traction Sailor |
| Josh Ackerman | .... | Wounded Sailor #1 |
| Matt Casper | .... | Wounded Sailor #2 |
| David Kaufman | .... | Young Nervous Doctor |
| Lindsay Ginter | .... | Captain Low |
| Joshua Aaron Gulledge | .... | Buster |
| Guy Torry | .... | Teeny Mayfield |
| Leland Orser | .... | Major Jackson |
| Peter James Smith | .... | Mission Listener |
| Mark Noon | .... | Medic |
| Pat Healy | .... | News Reel Guy |
| Thomas Wilson Brown | .... | Young Flier |
| Chad Morgan | .... | Pearl Harbor Nurse |
| James Saito | .... | Japanese Aide #1 |
| Angel Sing | .... | Japanese Aide #2 |
| Tak Kubota | .... | Japanese Aide #3 |
| Robert Jayne | .... | Sunburnt Sailor |
| Vic Chao | .... | Japanese Doctor |
| Michael Gradilone | .... | Screaming Sailor |
| Frederick Koehler | .... | Wounded Sailor #3 |
| John Padget | .... | Hospital Chaplain |
| Ben Easter | .... | Baja Sailor #1 |
| Cory Tucker | .... | Baja Sailor #2 |
| Abe Sylvia | .... | Baja Sailor #4 |
| Jason Liggett | .... | Baja Sailor #5 |
| Mark Panasuk | .... | Baja Sailor #6 |
| Bret Roberts | .... | Baja Sailor #7 |
| John Howry | .... | Lieutenant in Boat |
| Rufus Dorsey | .... | Dorie's Friend |
| Patrice Martinez | .... | French Fisherman |
| Rodney Bursiel | .... | Sailor with Dog |
| Rob McCabe | .... | Rescue Sailor |
| Brandon Lozano | .... | Baby Danny |
| Seiki Moriguchi | .... | Akagi Communication Officer |
| Brian D. Falk | .... | Helmsman #1 |
| Estevan Gonzalo | .... | Bombing Sailor |
| Christopher Stroop | .... | Helmsman #2 |
| Sean Faris | .... | Danny's Gunner |
| Vincent J. Inghilterra | .... | Preacher |
| Nicholas Farrell | .... | RAF Squadron Leader |
| Tony Curran | .... | Ian |
| Viv Weatherall | .... | Pilot #1 |
| Benjamin Farry | .... | Pilot #2 |
| Daniel Mays | .... | Pilot #3 |
| Toshi Toda | .... | Dentist |
| Jaymee Ong | .... | Dental Assistant |
| Ken Goth | .... | Army 2nd Lieutenant |
| Hank Harris | .... | Young Harbor Patrolman (scenes dele |
| Greg Baine | .... | Young Sailor (uncredited) |
| Annika Banko | .... | Extra (uncredited) |
| Wally Burr | .... | Newsreel Voice (uncredited) |
| Winston Churchill | .... | Himself (archive foota (uncredited) |
| Nya Naoko Daigo | .... | Hawaiian Bar Girl (uncredited) |
| Jeremy Denzlinger | .... | Sailor (uncredited) |
| David De Vos | .... | Medical Orderly (uncredited) |
| Jeremy Gilbreath | .... | Toothbrush Sailor (uncredited) |
| Geoffrey Gould | .... | Dental Patient (uncredited) |
| Anthony Grimley | .... | British Air Commander Peter Tubbs ( |
| Adolf Hitler | .... | Himself (archive foota (uncredited) |
| Frieda Jane | .... | Nurse (uncredited) |
| Saburo Kurusu | .... | Himself (in Washington with Nomura) |
| Elizabeth Leaff | .... | Nurse (uncredited) |
| Kathleen Mullan | .... | Stearn Nurse (uncredited) |
| Robert C. Nelson | .... | Army Officer (uncredited) |
| Kichisaburo Nomura | .... | Himself (in Washington with Kurusu) |
| Lin Oeding | .... | Japanese Sailor (uncredited) |
| Pete Romano | .... | Soldier in the Water (uncredited) |
| Lisa Ross | .... | Nurse (uncredited) |
| Barbara Scolaro | .... | Mrs. Doolittle (uncredited) |
| Leway Shih | .... | Japanese Airplane Mechanic (uncredi |
| Lijay Shih | .... | Japanese Airplane Pilot (uncredited |
| Jack Truman | .... | Train Conductor (uncredited) |
| Larry Wegger | .... | Taxi Driver (uncredited) |
| Mark Weiler | .... | Naval Messenger (uncredited) |
| James Yeung | .... | Japanese Sailor ) (uncredited) |