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