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