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A good source for the info on the Characters and Actors can be found in an on-line Encyclopedia on the movie. www.sproe.com

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Tom Hanks is the main character, but sadly he dies in the end
The star of the movie was Tom Hanks. He played the character Captain John H. Miller of Company C, 2nd Ranger Battalion. The soldier they were searching was played by Matt Damon and his character was Private James Frances Ryan, Co. B, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, who was the son of a Mother from Payton, Iowa, who had lost 3 sons in the war.

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Tom Hanks as Ranger Captain John H. Miller

Tom Sizemore as Technical Sergeant Mike Horvath

Edward Burns as Private First Class Richard Reiben, a BAR gunner

Jeremy Davies as Technician Fifth Grade Timothy E. Upham, an interpreter

Barry Pepper as Private Daniel Jackson, a marksman

Adam Goldberg as Private Stanley "Fish" Mellish, a rifleman

Vin Diesel as Private First Class Adrian Caparzo, a rifleman

Giovanni Ribisi as Technician Fourth Grade Irwin Wade, a medic

Matt Damon as Private First Class James Francis Ryan

Ted Danson as Pathfinder Captain Fred Hamill

Dennis Farina as Lieutenant Colonel Walter Anderson

Paul Giamatti as Airborne Staff Sergeant William Hill

Harve Presnell as General George Marshall

Leland Orser as Second Lieutenant DeWindt, pilot of a crashed glider

Bryan Cranston as War Department Colonel I. W. Bryce

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Tom Hanks was the star of Saving Private Ryan.

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Private Adrian Caparzo

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