Saving Private Ryan Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

A small band of U.S. Soldiers are sent on a mission during the tumultuous battle at Normandy to find the lone survivor of four brothers in the brutally honest World Ward II epic.

Action Drama War

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Saving Private Ryan.

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  Tom Hanks

  ... Captain John H. Miller

  Here, Sully

• T
  Tom Sizemore

  ... Technical Sergeant Michael Horvath

  Impuratus, 6 Ways to Die

• D
  Dennis Farina

  ... Lieutenant Colonel Walter Anderson

  Authors Anonymous, National Lampoon's Bagboy

• 
  Matt Damon

  ... Private James Francis Ryan

  The Odyssey, IF

• 
  Edward Burns

  ... Private Richard Reiben

  Millers in Marriage, Finnegan's Foursome

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  Barry Pepper

  ... Private Daniel Jackson

  Seven Pounds, Bring Him to Me

• 
  Vin Diesel

  ... Private Adrian Caparzo

  Fast X: Part 2, The Last Witch Hunter

• 
  Giovanni Ribisi

  ... T-Medic Irwin Wade

  Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 2, Avatar

• 
  Paul Giamatti

  ... Sergeant William Hill

  Downton Abbey 3, Turbo

Crew Behind the Film

The Saving Private Ryan behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Steven Spielberg last directed The Fabelmans and Jaws. The film's writer Robert Rodat last wrote Kursk and The Catcher Was A Spy.

Director

Steven Spielberg

Screenwriter

Robert Rodat

Producer

Steven Spielberg

Production Details

What we know about the Saving Private Ryan movie production.

Production Updates for Saving Private Ryan

Dec 2004

Completed

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