Saving Private Ryan 1998
Saving Private Ryan (1998) has 0 Black credited characters out of 85.
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The Van Lathan Ratio · 0%
Zero. Certified Zero Club.
On The Rewatchables
- Sep 6, 2022 Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey
Credited cast
Every credited role on TMDB, in billing order. Uncredited roles are left out. marks actors who publicly identify as Black. How actors are tagged.
| # | Actor | Character | Black |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Hanks | Captain Miller | |
| 2 | Tom Sizemore | Sergeant Horvath | |
| 3 | Edward Burns | Private Reiben | |
| 4 | Barry Pepper | Private Jackson | |
| 5 | Adam Goldberg | Private Mellish | |
| 6 | Vin Diesel | Private Caparzo | |
| 7 | Giovanni Ribisi | T/4 Medic Wade | |
| 8 | Jeremy Davies | Corporal Upham | |
| 9 | Matt Damon | Private Ryan | |
| 10 | Ted Danson | Captain Hamill | |
| 11 | Paul Giamatti | Sergeant Hill | |
| 12 | Dennis Farina | Lieutenant Colonel Anderson | |
| 13 | Joerg Stadler | Steamboat Willie | |
| 14 | Max Martini | Corporal Henderson | |
| 15 | Dylan Bruno | Toynbe | |
| 16 | Daniel Cerqueira | Weller | |
| 17 | Demetri Goritsas | Parker | |
| 18 | Ian Porter | Trask | |
| 19 | Gary Sefton | Rice | |
| 20 | Julian Spencer | Garrity | |
| 21 | Steve Griffin | Wilson | |
| 22 | William Marsh | Lyle | |
| 23 | Marc Cass | Fallon | |
| 24 | Markus Napier | Major Hoess | |
| 25 | Neil Finnighan | Ramelle Paratrooper | |
| 26 | Peter Miles | Ramelle Paratrooper | |
| 27 | Paul Garcia | Field HQ Major | |
| 28 | Seamus McQuade | Field HQ Aide | |
| 29 | Ronald Longridge | Coxswain | |
| 30 | Adam Shaw | Delancey | |
| 31 | Rolf Saxon | Lieutenant Briggs | |
| 32 | Corey Johnson | Radioman | |
| 33 | Loclann Aiken | Soldier on the Beach | |
| 34 | John Barnett | Soldier on the Beach | |
| 35 | Maclean Burke | Soldier on the Beach | |
| 36 | Victor Burke | Soldier on the Beach | |
| 37 | Aiden Condron | Soldier on the Beach | |
| 38 | Shashi Rami | Soldier on the Beach | |
| 39 | Shane Hagan | Soldier on the Beach | |
| 40 | Paul Hickey | Soldier on the Beach | |
| 41 | Shane Johnson | Soldier on the Beach | |
| 42 | Laird Macintosh | Soldier on the Beach | |
| 43 | Brian Maynard | Soldier on the Beach | |
| 44 | Martin McDougall | Soldier on the Beach | |
| 45 | Mark Phillips | Soldier on the Beach | |
| 46 | Lee Aaron Rosen | Soldier on the Beach | |
| 47 | Andrew Scott | Soldier on the Beach | |
| 48 | Matthew Sharp | Soldier on the Beach | |
| 49 | Vincent Walsh | Soldier on the Beach | |
| 50 | Grahame Wood | Soldier on the Beach | |
| 51 | John Sharian | Corporal | |
| 52 | Glenn Wrage | Doyle | |
| 53 | Crofton Hardester | Senior Medical Officer | |
| 54 | Martin Hub | Czech Wehrmacht Soldier | |
| 55 | Raffaello Degruttola | Goldman | |
| 56 | Nigel Whitmey | Private Boyd | |
| 57 | Sam Ellis | Private Hastings | |
| 58 | Erich Redman | German #1 | |
| 59 | Tilo Keiner | German #2 | |
| 60 | Stephan Grothgar | German #3 / Voice on Bullhorn | |
| 61 | Stéphane Cornicard | Jean | |
| 62 | Michelle Evans | Jean's Wife | |
| 63 | Martin Beaton | Jean's Son | |
| 64 | Anna Maguire | Jean's Daughter | |
| 65 | Nathan Fillion | Minnesota Ryan | |
| 66 | Leland Orser | Lieutenant DeWindt | |
| 67 | Michael Mantas | Paratrooper Lieutenant | |
| 68 | David Vegh | Paratrooper Oliver | |
| 69 | Ryan Hurst | Paratrooper Michaelson | |
| 70 | Nick Brooks | Paratrooper Joe | |
| 71 | Sam Scudder | Paratrooper #1 | |
| 72 | John Walters | Old French Man | |
| 73 | Dorothy Grumbar | Old French Woman | |
| 74 | James Innes-Smith | MP Lieutenant | |
| 75 | Harve Presnell | General Marshall | |
| 76 | Dale Dye | War Department Colonel | |
| 77 | Bryan Cranston | War Department Colonel | |
| 78 | David Wohl | War Department Captain | |
| 79 | Eric Loren | War Department Lieutenant | |
| 80 | Valerie Colgan | War Department Clerk | |
| 81 | Amanda Boxer | Mrs. Margaret Ryan | |
| 82 | Harrison Young | Ryan as Old Man | |
| 83 | Kathleen Byron | Old Mrs. Ryan | |
| 84 | Rob Freeman | Ryan's Son | |
| 85 | Thomas Gizbert | Ryan's Grandson |
Considered, not counted
We looked closely at whether to count this actor and decided not to. Here's why.
- Vin Diesel: He has described his background as multiracial without being more specific. We didn't count him.