Cast
| Actor/Actress | Role |
|---|---|
| Ryan Phillippe | Pharmacist's Mate Second Class John Bradley, the only of the 6 flag raisers who was a non-Marine |
| Jesse Bradford | Corporal Rene Gagnon |
| Adam Beach | Corporal Ira Hayes |
| John Benjamin Hickey | Sergeant Keyes Beech |
| John Slattery | Bud Gerber |
| Barry Pepper | Sergeant Mike Strank |
| Jamie Bell | Ralph Ignatowski |
| Paul Walker | Sergeant Hank Hansen, who helped with the first flag raising and was misidentified as Harlon Block |
| Robert Patrick | Colonel Johnson |
| Neal McDonough | Captain Dave Severance |
| Harve Presnell | Older Dave Severance |
| Melanie Lynskey | Pauline Harnois Gagnon |
| Thomas McCarthy | James Bradley (credited as Tom McCarthy) |
| Chris Bauer | General Alexander Vandegrift, the Commandant of the Marine Corps |
| Gordon Clapp | General Holland M. Smith, the American Commander who led the invasion of Iwo Jima |
| Judith Ivey | Belle Block |
| Ann Dowd | Mrs. Strank |
| Myra Turley | Madeline Evelley |
| Joseph Michael Cross | Private First Class Franklin Sousley |
| Benjamin Walker | Corporal Harlon Block, who was the only flag raiser to be misidentified as Hank Hansen |
| Alessandro Mastrobuono | Corporal Chuck Lindberg (who is seen in Letters from Iwo Jima using a flamethrower) |
| Scott Eastwood | Lundsford (credited as Scott Reeves) |
| David Patrick Kelly | President Harry S. Truman |
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