Darsteller
Ben Affleck (Rafe McCawley), Josh Hartnett (Danny Walker), Kate Beckinsale (Evelyn Johnson), Cuba Gooding Jr. (Doris "Dorie" Miller), Tom Sizemore (Earl), Jon Voight (Präsident Roosevelt), Colm Feore (Admiral Kimmel), Mako (Admiral Yamamoto), Alec Baldwin (Jimmy Doolittle), William Lee Scott (Billy), Michael Shannon (Gooz), Scott Wilson (General Marshall), Peter Firth (Kapitän der West Virginia), Jaime King (Betty), Catherine Kellner (Barbara), Jennifer Garner (Sandra), Greg Zola (Anthony Winkle), Dan Aykroyd (Captain Thurman), William Fichtner (Dannys Vater), Matthew Davis (1st Lieutenant Joe Olson), Leonardo DiCaprio (Howard Hughes), Cate Blanchett (Katharine Hepburn), John C. Reilly (Noah Dietrich), Jude Law (Errol Flynn), Matt Ross (Glenn Odekirk), Adam Scott (Johnny Meyer), Gwen Stefani (Jean Harlow), Sir Ian Holm (Professor Fitz), Danny Huston (Jack Frye), Alan Alda (Sen. Ralph Owen Brewster), Kelli Garner (Faith Domergue), Frances Conroy (Mrs. Hepburn), Brent Spiner (Robert Gross), Stanley DeSantis (Louis B. Mayer), Edward Herrmann (Joseph Breen), Willem Dafoe (Roland Sweet), Kenneth Walsh (Dr. Hepburn), J.C. MacKenzie (Ludlow)