Martin Sheen

Captain Benjamin Willard

Marlon Brando

Colonel Walter Kurtz

Albert Hall

Chief Phillips

Frederic Forrest

Jay 'Chef' Hicks

Laurence Fishburne

Tyrone 'Clean' Miller

Sam Bottoms

Lance B. Johnson

Robert Duvall

Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore

Dennis Hopper

Photojournalist

G. D. Spradlin

General Corman

Harrison Ford

Colonel Lucas

Jerry Ziesmer

Jerry, Civilian

Scott Glenn

Lieutenant Richard M. Colby

James Keane

Kilgore's Gunner

Kerry Rossall

Mike from San Diego

Tom Mason

Supply Sergeant

Cynthia Wood

Playmate of the Year

Colleen Camp

Miss May

Aurore Clément

Roxanne Sarrault

Jack Thibeau

Soldier in Trench

Damien Leake

Machine Gunner

Marc Coppola

AFRS Announcer

Charles Robinson

Soldier with Colby (uncredited)

Don Gordon Bell

Soldier (uncredited)

R. Lee Ermey

Eagle Thrust Seven Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)

Jim Gaines

Extra (uncredited)

Vittorio Storaro

TV Photographer (uncredited)

Francis Ford Coppola

Director of TV Crew (uncredited)

Henry Strzalkowski

Bit Part (uncredited)

Joe Estevez

Captain Benjamin L. Willard (voice) (uncredited)

Frank Villard

Gaston de Marais (Long Version)