Captain John H. Miller
Tom Hanks
An experienced US army officer.
1998
2h 49m
Saving Private Ryan
Directed by
Steven Spielberg
Saving Private Ryan is Steven Spielberg’s war film based on actual events from World War II. After three of his brothers are killed, soldier James Ryan, must be sent back to his mother in the USA.
Saving Private Ryan is Steven Spielberg’s war film based on actual events from World War II. After three of his brothers are killed, soldier James Ryan, must be sent back to his mother in the USA. Yet the mission to get Ryan is more difficult than they thought as Ryan is stationed as a paratrooper behind enemy lines.
Cast 16
Technical Sergeant Michael Horvath
Tom Sizemore
The NCO of Miller's group.
Private Jackson
Barry Pepper
The sharpshooter of Miller's group.
Corporal Upham
Jeremy Davies
A cartographer who speaks French and German, on loan to Miller's squad.
Sergeant William Hill
Paul Giamatti
A paratrooper stuck in Normandy.
Lieutenant Colonel Walter Anderson
Dennis Farina
Miller's direct superior.
General George C. Marshall
Harve Presnell
The Chief of Staff of the United States Army.
Private Richard Reiben
Edward Burns
A soldier in Miller's group, armed with an automatic rifle.
Private Adrian Caparzo
Vin Diesel
A rifleman in Miller's group.
Private Stanley Mellish
Adam Goldberg
One of Miller's soldiers.
T-Medic Irwin Wade
Giovanni Ribisi
The medic of Miller's group.
Mrs. Ryan
Kathleen Byron
The mother of Private Ryan.
James Frederick Ryan
Nathan Fillion
The wrong Ryan, who did not need saving.
Steamboat Willie
Joerg Stadler
A surviving German soldier.
Private James Francis Ryan
Matt Damon
A paratrooper in the US army.
2nd Lt. DeWindt
Co-pilot of a crashed glider.