- Charlton Heston
- Captain Matt Garth
- Henry Fonda
- Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
- James Coburn
- Captain Vinton Maddox
- Glenn Ford
- Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
- Hal Holbrook
- Commander Joseph Rochefort
- Toshirô Mifune
- Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
- Robert Mitchum
- Admiral William F. Halsey
- Cliff Robertson
- Commander Carl Jessop
- Robert Wagner
- Lieutenant Commander Ernest L. Blake
- Robert Webber
- Rear Admiral Frank J. 'Jack' Fletcher
- Ed Nelson
- Admiral Harry Pearson
- James Shigeta
- Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo
- Christina Kokubo
- Haruko Sakura
- Monte Markham
- Commander Max Leslie
- Biff McGuire
- Captain Miles Browning
- Christopher George
- Lieutenant Commander C. Wade McClusky
- Kevin Dobson
- Ensign George Gay
- Glenn Corbett
- Lieutenant Commander John Waldron
- Gregory Walcott
- Captain Elliott Buckmaster
- Edward Albert
- Lieutenant Tom Garth
- Pat Morita
- Rear Admiral Ryunosuke Kusaka
- John Fujioka
- Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi
- Dale Ishimoto
- Vice Admiral Moshiro Hosogaya
- Dabney Coleman
- Captain Murr Arnold
- Erik Estrada
- Pilot 'Chili Bean' Ramos
- Larry Pennell
- Captain Cyril Simard
- Clyde Kusatsu
- Cmdr. Watanabe
- Phillip R. Allen
- Lt. Cmdr. John S. 'Jimmy' Thach
- Tom Selleck
- Aide to Capt. Cyril Simard
- Sab Shimono
- Lt. Tomonaga
- Conrad Yama
- Adm. Nobutake Kondo
- Robert Ito
- Cmdr. Minoru Genda
- Yuki Shimoda
- Officer Aboard Carrier Hiryu
- Seth Sakai
- Capt. Kameto Kuroshima
- Kurt Grayson
- Maj. Floyd 'Red' Parks
- Alfie Wise
- Chief Radioman Horace F. Dobbs
- Beeson Carroll
- ARM1 / c William E. Gallagher
- John Bennett Perry
- ARM1c Walter G. Chochalousek
- Steve Kanaly
- Lt. Cmdr. Lance E. "Lem" Massey
- Kip Niven
- Lt. Howard P. Ady, PBY Pilot
- Dennis Rucker
- Ens. Manson
- Michael Richardson
- Lt. Woll - Aide to Adm. Nimitz
- James Ingersoll
- Pilot, PBY 'Strawberry 12'
- Jeff Chamberlain
- Sailor
- Sam Chew Jr.
- Guard
- Noel Conlon
- (TV version only)
- Larry Csonka
- Cmdr. Delaney
- Jesse Dizon
- Pilot
- Don Dolan
- (TV version only)
- Paul Frees
- Adm. Yamamoto
- Jerry Fujikawa
- Japanese Gentleman
- Sean Garrison
- Lt. Cmdr. Ken Cunningham
- Ned Gill
- Seaman Downes
- Redmond Gleeson
- Pvt. Dombrowski - Radio Man
- Bob Harks
- Office Worker
- Anthony Herrara
- Marine Lieutenant at Internment Camp
- David Hirokane
- Lt. Shima
- Jim Ishida
- Pilot Lt. Takeo Koda
- Lloyd Kino
- Capt. Aoki
- John Lupton
- Officer Testing Electric Bomb Release
- David Macklin
- Lt. Jack Reid
- Sandy McPeak
- Capt. Thomas
- Steve Moriarty
- Naval Officer / Aide (uncredited)
- Chuck Morrell
- Pvt. Andy
- Richard Narita
- Lt. Hashimoto
- Yôsuke Natsuki
- Japanese Pilot on Hiryu
- Bennett Ohta
- Captain Taijiro Aoki - Commander of Akagi
- Frank Parker
- Deke
- Clint Ritchie
- Lt. Cmdr. Charles Fenton
- Mitchell Ryan
- RAdm. Aubrey W. Fitch
- Richard Sanders
- (TV version only)
- Richard Sarradet
- (uncredited)
- John Schuck
- Wilson
- Alec Smight
- (TV version only)
- Susan Sullivan
- Ann (TV version only)
- Miiko Taka
- (TV version only)
- Hunter von Leer
- 'Strawberry 9' Navigator
- William Wellman Jr.
- (TV version only)
