Cast and Characters
- Kurt Russell as Colonel Jack O'Neil, a career USAF Special Forces soldier who suffers a period of suicidal depression after his son accidentally shot and killed himself with O'Neil's own pistol. It was an important story for Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich that O'Neil had become suicidal and had left the military after his son's death. When he gets the mission from which he may never return, it is okay with him since it solves his problem with suicide, which in turn makes him a dangerous person for the mission.
- James Spader as Dr. Daniel Jackson, a professor who finds little acceptance of his theory that the Pyramids of Giza were much older than they were thought to be and built by Aliens. James Spader was intrigued by the script because he found it "awful", but accepted the role that earned him money.
- Jaye Davidson as Ra, a power-hungry alien being in the form of an adolescent boy. After voyaging across the galaxy searching for a new host that could sustain his dying body, Ra took the form of a curious adolescent boy and enslaved the people of his planet (Earth). Using a Stargate he transported people from Earth to another planet (the one the film is set on) until they later rebelled and buried their Stargate.
- Erick Avari as Kasuf, the local leader of the people living in a city near the Stargate, and the father of Sha'uri and Skaara.
- Alexis Cruz as Skaara, the son of Kasuf and brother to Sha'uri. Skaara and his friends aid O'Neil and his men fight Ra.
- Mili Avital as Sha'uri, the daughter of Kasuf. Kasuf offers Sha'uri to Daniel Jackson in marriage as a gift.
- John Diehl as Lieutenant Charles Kawalsky, O'Neil's second-in-command on the mission through the Stargate.
- French Stewart as Technical Sergeant Louis Ferretti, a member of O'Neil's team (credited as "Lieutenant Ferretti").
- Viveca Lindfors as Dr. Catherine Langford, the civilian leader of the Stargate project who was present when the Stargate was uncovered in Giza in 1928, where her father gave her the amulet depicting the Eye of Ra. Stargate was Viveca Lindfors' last film.
- Leon Rippy as General W. O. West, the commanding officer of the facility housing the Stargate device.
- Richard Kind as Dr. Gary Meyers, a doctor researching the Stargate.
- Rae Allen as Dr. Barbara Shore, a doctor researching the Stargate.
- Derek Webster as Senior Airman Brown, a member of O'Neil's team (credited as "Lieutenant Brown").
- Christopher John Fields as Staff Sergeant Freeman, a member of O'Neil's team (credited as "Lieutenant Freeman").
- Jack Moore as Senior Airman Reilly, a member of O'Neil's team (credited as "Lieutenant Reilly").
- Steve Giannelli as Senior Airman Porro, a member of O'Neil's team (credited as "Lieutenant Porro").
- Djimon Honsou as Horus Guard #1, a personal guard of Ra.
- Carlos Lauchu as Anubis Guard #1, a personal guard of Ra.
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