Tom Cruise (Lieutenant Daniel Alistair), Jack Nicholson (Colonel Nathan R. Jessup), Demi Moore (Lieutenant Commander JoAnne Galloway), Kevin Bacon (Captain Jack Ross), Kiefer Sutherland (Lieutenant Jonathan James), Kevin Pollak (Lieutenant Sam Weinberg), Wolfgang Bodison (Lance Corporal Harold W. Dawson), James Marshall (Private First Class Louden Downey), J.T. Walsh (Lieutenant Colonel Matthew Andrew Markinson), Christopher Guest (Dr. Stone), John M. Jackson (Captain West), Xander Berkeley (Captain Whitaker), Noah Wyle (Corporal Jeffrey Barnes), Matt Craven (Lieutenant Dave Spradling), Geoffrey Nauffts (Lieutenant Sherby), David Bowe (Commander Gibbs), Cameron Thor (Commander Lawrence), Cuba Gooding jr. (Corporal Carl Hammaker), Michael De Lorenzo (Pfc. William T. Santiago), J. A. Preston (Richter Julius Alexander Randolph), Jan Munroe (Jury-Vorsitzender), Joshua Malina (Tom), Harry Caesar (Luther), Aaron Sorkin (Mann in Bar), Maud Winchester (Tante Ginny Miller)