Jake Gyllenhaal

Homer Hickam

Chris Cooper

John Hickam

Chris Owen

Quentin Wilson

Laura Dern

Miss Riley

William Lee Scott

Roy Lee

Chad Lindberg

O'Dell

Natalie Canerday

Elsie Hickam

Ilya Baskin

Ike Bykovsky

Chris Ellis

Principal Turner

Scott Thomas

Jim Hickam

Randy Stripling

Leon Bolden

Courtney Cole-Fendley

Dorothy Platt

David Dwyer

Jake Mosby

Kaili Hollister

Valentine Carmina

Don Henderson Baker

Jensen

Neva Howell

Neighbor

Brady Coleman

Anderson

Rick Forrester

Roper

Terrence Gibney

Basil Thorpe

Mark Jeffrey Miller

Vernon

Blaque Fowler

Reverend

John Bennes

Doctor

Tommy Smeltzer

Man at Mine

Charles Lawlor

Miner

Frank Hoyt Taylor

Judge at Indy

Dave Hager

Head Judge

Andy Stahl

Jack Palmer