Rollebesetning

• Taylor Kitsch — Lieutenant Alex Hopper
• Rihanna — Petty Officer Cora 'Weps' Raikes
• Brooklyn Decker — Sam
• Tadanobu Asano — Captain Yugi Nagata
• Jesse Plemons — Boatswain Mate Seaman Jimmy "Ordy" Ord
• Hamish Linklater — Cal Zapata
• Peter MacNicol — Secretary of Defense
• John Tui — Chief Petty Officer Walter "The Beast" Lynch
• Adam Godley — Dr. Nogrady
• Louis Lombardi — Bartender
• Peter Berg — JPJ 2nd Gunner
• Kerry Cahill — Cal's Female Colleague
• Jerry Ferrara — Sampson JOOD Strodell
• Rico McClinton — Captain Browley
• Austin Naulty — JPJ Fireman
• Rick Hoffman — Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• Gary Grubbs — Air Force Chief of Staff
• Doug Penty — CIC Watch Supervisor
• Josh Pence — Combat Systems Coordinator
• Lloyd Pitts — JPJ Port Gunner
• Natalia Castellanos — Spanish Newscaster
• Jackie Johnson — Jackie Johnson
• Ralph Richardson — JPJ Starboard Gunner
• Kyle Clements — Regent Sea Commander
• Yutaka Takeuchi — Myoko XO
• Dane Justman — Sampson OOD
• Drew Rausch — Sampson XO
• Bill Stinchcomb — Marine Commandant
• John Bell — Angus
• George O'Hanlon Jr. — Tourist Guide (as George O'Hanlon)
• David Jensen — NASA Director
• Stephen Bishop — JPJ OOD
• Rami Malek — Watch Officer
• Michelle Arthur — British Newscaster
• Liam Neeson — Admiral Shane
• Alexander Skarsgård — Commander Stone Hopper