Ryan Gosling Noah Calhoun
Rachel McAdams Allie Hamilton
James Marsden Lon Hammond
Gena Rowlands Older Allie
James Garner Older Noah "Duke"
Jamie Anne Allman Martha Shaw
Joan Allen Anne Hamilton
Jodi Michelle Pynn Stunt Double
Obba Babatundé Band Leader
Paul Johansson Allie's Mom's Ex Boyfriend (uncredited), Thanks
Sam Shepard Frank Calhoun
Kevin Connolly Fin
Paul Timothy Carden Supervising Sound Editor
Rickley W. Dumm Sound Effects Editor
Barbara Harris ADR Voice Casting
Nick Cassavetes Director
Toby Emmerich Executive Producer
Jonathan Parks Jordan Seabrook Boy
Deborah L. Mazor Stunts
Rex Reddick Utility Stunts
David McKeown Stunt Double, Stunt Coordinator
Peter J. Silbermann Unit Publicist
Michael D. Fuller Seabrook Boy
Rebecca Koon Aunt Georgia
Sandra Elise Williams Aunt Jeanette
Matthew Barry Casting, Dr. Barnwell
Avram Butch Kaplan Unit Production Manager, Executive Producer
Thunderbird Dinwiddie Veronica
Jean Frenette Stunts
Nancy De Mayo Mary Allen
Cullen Moss Bodee
Nancy Green-Keyes Casting
Jon Taylor Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Mark Johnson Photographer, Producer
Nicholas Sparks Novel
Starletta DuPois Nurse Esther
David Thornton John Hamilton
Jan Sardi Screenplay
Peter Rosenfeld Professor
Cal Johnson Stunt Coordinator
Kelly Cabral Supervising Sound Editor
Gary Combs Stunts
Elizabeth Bond Lon's Secretary
George P. Wilbur Stunts
Patrick Kerton Stunts
Lisa Hamil Casting Associate
Melissa Moseley Still Photographer
Sylvia Jefferies Rosemary
Jonathan Gaynor Sound Mixer
Elizabeth Kenton Dialogue Editor
Jennifer Echols Nurse Selma
Philip Tallman Music Editor
Ed Grady Harry
Mark Garner Lon's Employee
Linda Grimes Makeup Department Head
Aaron Zigman Original Music Composer
Christina Ritzi Stunt Double
Dale Frye Stunt Double
Lynn Harris Producer
Erik Holmberg Executive In Charge Of Production
Nicole Randall Stunt Coordinator
Milton Buras Lon's Employee, Hair Department Head
Chuck Pacheco Bus Driver
Melinda Taksen Script Supervisor
Jeremy Leven Screenplay
Karyn Wagner Costume Design
Alan Heim Editor
Bob Shelley Special Effects Coordinator
Sarah Knowles Production Design
Brad Sherman Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Chuck Potter Set Decoration
Lauren Stephens Dialogue Editor