Ryan Gosling Noah Calhoun
Rachel McAdams Allie Hamilton
James Marsden Lon Hammond
Joan Allen Anne Hamilton
Sam Shepard Frank Calhoun
Paul Johansson Allie's Mom's Ex Boyfriend (uncredited), Thanks
James Garner Older Noah 'Duke'
Obba Babatundé Band Leader
Kevin Connolly Fin
Gena Rowlands Older Allie
David Thornton John Hamilton
Nick Cassavetes Director
Mark Johnson Photographer, Producer
George P. Wilbur Stunts
Elizabeth Bond Lon's Secretary
Toby Emmerich Executive Producer
Thunderbird Dinwiddie Veronica
Cullen Moss Bodee
Jeremy Leven Screenplay
Jonathan Gaynor Sound Mixer
Jamie Anne Allman Martha Shaw
Sylvia Jefferies Rosemary
Lynn Harris Producer
Rebecca Koon Aunt Georgia
Barbara Harris ADR Voice Casting
Matthew Barry Casting, Dr. Barnwell
Jennifer Echols Nurse Selma
Nicholas Sparks Novel
Rickley W. Dumm Sound Effects Editor
Deborah Hobart Aunt Kitty
Michael D. Fuller Seabrook Boy
Alan Heim Editor
Starletta DuPois Nurse Esther
Cal Johnson Stunt Coordinator
Nancy Green-Keyes Casting
Heather Wahlquist Sara Tuffington
Barbara Weetman Buyer #2
Nancy De Mayo Mary Allen
Jodi Michelle Pynn Stunt Double
Gary Combs Stunts
Jan Sardi Screenplay
Jean Frenette Stunts
Ed Grady Harry
Erik Holmberg Executive In Charge Of Production
Jonathan Parks Jordan Seabrook Boy
Brad Sherman Sound Re-Recording Mixer
David McKeown Stunt Double, Stunt Coordinator
Sandra Elise Williams Aunt Jeanette
Robert Fraisse Buyer #1, Director of Photography
Rex Reddick Utility Stunts
Nicole Randall Stunt Coordinator
Claude Letessier Sound Effects Editor
Jon Taylor Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Chuck Pacheco Bus Driver
Avram Butch Kaplan Unit Production Manager, Executive Producer
Aaron Zigman Original Music Composer
Paul Timothy Carden Supervising Sound Editor
Peter J. Silbermann Unit Publicist
Chuck Potter Set Decoration
Linda Grimes Makeup Department Head
Renée Amber Nurse at Counter
Leslea Fisher Seabrook Girl
Mark Garner Lon's Employee
David Abrams Recruit (uncredited)
Todd Lewis Reporter
Lauren Stephens Dialogue Editor
Bob Shelley Special Effects Coordinator
Philip Tallman Music Editor
Melissa Moseley Still Photographer
Erin Guzowski Sarah Lawrence Girl
Anthony Cargioli Boom Operator
Eve Kagan Sarah Lawrence Girl