Col. Robert Gould Shaw

Matthew Broderick

Pvt. Trip

Denzel Washington

Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins

Morgan Freeman

Maj. Cabot Forbes

Cary Elwes

Pvt. Jupiter Sharts

Jihmi Kennedy

Cpl. Thomas Searles

Andre Braugher

Sgt. Maj. Mulcahy

John Finn

Capt. Charles Fessenden Morse

Donovan Leitch

Gov. John Albion Andrew

Alan North

Henry Sturgis Russell

JD Cullum

Gen. Harker

Bob Gunton

Col. James M. Montgomery

Cliff de Young

Edward L. Pierce

Christian Baskous

Gen. George Crockett Strong

Jay O. Sanders

Kendric, quatermaster

Richard Riehle

Mute Drummer Boy

RonReaco Lee

Bigoted soldier

Mark A. Levy

Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw (uncredited)

Jane Alexander

Frederick Douglass (uncredited)

Raymond St. Jacques

Francis George Shaw

Peter Michael Goetz

10th Connecticut Soldier

Mark Margolis

Daniel Jenkins

"A" Company Soldiers

Abdul Salaam ElRazaac

10th Connecticut Soldier

Paul Desmond

Surgeon

Pete Munro

Union Cavalryman

Rodger Williamson

Young Soldier

Benji Wilhoite

Soldier

Michael Wayne Thomas

Hospital Steward

Ethan Phillips

Soldier

Ted Rupel

Paymaster

Randell Haynes

Cavalry Officer

Roger Ragland

Tall Contraband

Afemo Omilami

Confederate / Union Soldier

Alejandro de Quesada

Short Contraband

Keith Noble

Confederate Soldier

Shane Pinson

Minister

Dan Biggers

Union Officer

Larry Peterson

Bill Nunn

Dr. William B. Rogers

Marc Gowan

Dr. Charles G. Thorpe

Raymond Godshall Jr.

Captain

Matthew Murdzak

Contraband Soldier

Bob Minor

Union / Confederate Soldier

Barry J. Miller

White Woman

Joan Riordan

Union Soldier

William Mathis

Saundra Franks

Union Officer

Rick Leisenring

54th Soldier

Mark A. Jones

Union Soldier

Jay Lance

10th Connecticut Soldier

Kevin Jarre

Confederate Soldier

Kevin R. Hershberger

10th Connecticut Soldier

Richard Wright

Ellen Shaw

Rachel Lea Grundfast

Union Cavalry

Gary O. Crane

Home dweller

Sheila Cochran

Confederate Officer

Bill Chemerka

Dr. Thorpe

Ray Godshall, Jr.

Charlotte Forten

Carla Brothers

Freddie Fields

Darian Farmer

Frank Blair

Re-Enactor Core Group and Company A

Joseph Alex

10th Connecticut Soldier

Michael Fowler

10th Connecticut Soldier

Tom Barrington

10th Connecticut Soldier

Peter Grandfield

Black Woman

Saundra Dunson-Franks

Michael Smith Guess

'A' Company Soldier

Abdul Salaam El Razzac

'A' Company Soldier

Michael Guess

'A' Company Officer

Daniel H. Jenkins