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