Matthew Broderick

as Col. Robert Gould Shaw

Denzel Washington

as Pvt. Trip

Cary Elwes

as Maj. Cabot Forbes

Morgan Freeman

as Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins

Jihmi Kennedy

as Pvt. Jupiter Sharts

Andre Braugher

as Cpl. Thomas Searles

John Finn

as Sgt. Maj. Mulcahy

Donovan Leitch

as Capt. Charles Fessenden Morse