Sean Connery
Role: Capt. 1st Marko Ramius
Alec Baldwin
Role: Dr. Jack Ryan
Scott Glenn
Role: CDR Bart Mancuso (USS Dallas)
Sam Neill
Role: Capt. 2nd Vasily Borodin
James Earl Jones
Role: Vice ADM James Greer
Joss Ackland
Role: Ambassador Andrei Lysenko
Richard Jordan
Role: Dr. Jeffrey Pelt, National Security Advisor
Peter Firth
Role: Capt. 2nd Ivan Putin (Political Officer, Red October)
Tim Curry
Role: Dr. Yevgeni Petrov (Red October)
Courtney B. Vance
Role: Petty Officer Ronald 'Jonesy' Jones (USS Dallas)
Stellan Skarsgård
Role: Capt. 2nd Viktor Tupolev (V.K. Konovalov)
Jeffrey Jones
Role: Skip Tyler
Timothy Carhart
Role: Bill Steiner
Larry Ferguson
Role: Chief of the Boat (USS Dallas)
Fred Thompson
Role: Rear ADM Joshua Painter (Enterprise Carrier Battle Group)
Daniel Davis
Role: CPT Charlie Davenport (USS Enterprise)
Ned Vaughn
Role: Seaman Beaumont (USS Dallas)
Anthony Peck
Role: Lt. CDR Philip Thompson (USS Dallas)
Mark Draxton
Role: Seaman (USS Dallas)
Tom Fisher
Role: Seaman (USS Dallas)
Pete Antico
Role: Seaman (USS Dallas)
Ronald Guttman
Role: Lt. Alexander Melekhin (Red October)
Tomas Arana
Role: Igor Loginov (Cook, Red October)
Michael George Benko
Role: Ivan (Red October)
Anatoli Davydov
Role: Officer #1 (Red October)
Ivan G'Vera
Role: Officer #2 (Red October)
Artur Cybulski
Role: Diving Officer (Red October)
Sven-Ole Thorsen
Role: Russian COB (Red October)
Michael Welden
Role: Gregoriy Kamarov (Red October)
Boris Lee Krutonog
Role: Viktor Slavin (Red October)
Kenton Kovell
Role: Seaman (Red October)
Radu Gavor
Role: Seaman (Red October)
Ivan Ivanov
Role: Seaman (Red October)
Ping Wu
Role: Seaman (Red October)
Herman Sinitzyn
Role: Seaman (Red October)
Krzysztof Janczar
Role: Andrei Bonovia (V.K. Konovalov)
Vlado Benden
Role: Seaman (V.K. Konovalov)
George Saunders
Role: Seaman (V.K. Konovalov)
Don Oscar Smith
Role: Helicopter Pilot
Rick Ducommun
Role: Navigator C-2A
George H. Billy
Role: DSRV Officer (Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle)
Reed Popovich
Role: Lt. Jim Curry
Andrew Divoff
Role: Officer Andrei Amalric (Russian Foxtrot Bomber)
Peter Zinner
Role: ADM Yuri Padorin, Chief Political Officer, Soviet Navy
Tony Veneto
Role: Padorin's Orderly
Ben Hartigan
Role: Admiral (Briefing)
Ray Reinhardt
Role: Judge Moore (Briefing)
F.J. O'Neil
Role: General (Briefing)
Robert Buckingham
Role: Admiral #2 (Briefing)
A.C. Lyles
Role: Advisor #1
John McTiernan Sr.
Role: Advisor #2
David Sederholm
Role: Sunglasses
John Shepherd
Role: Russian Foxtrot Pilot
William Bell Sullivan
Role: Lt. CDR Mike Hewitt
Gates McFadden
Role: Caroline Ryan
Louise Borras
Role: Sally Ryan
Denise E. James
Role: Stewardess
Peter Jason
Role: Commander, USS Reuben James (uncredited)
Shane Black
Role: Crewman, USS Reuben James (uncredited)
Mark Rodney
Role: Assistant Joint Chief of Staff (uncredited)