Vo filme Forrest Gump hrajú Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump), Robin Wright (Jenny Curran), Gary Sinise (Lieutenant Dan Taylor), Sally Field (Mrs. Gump), Mykelti Williamson (Bubba Blue), Michael Conner Humphreys (Young Forrest Gump), Hanna Hall (Young Jenny Curran), Haley Joel Osment (Forrest Junior), Siobhan Fallon Hogan (School Bus Driver), Rebecca Williams (Nurse at Park Bench), Bob Penny (Crony), Harold G. Herthum (Doctor), George Kelly (Barber), John Randall (Crony), Sam Anderson (Principal Hancock), Margo Moorer (Louise), Ione M. Telech (Elderly Woman), Christine Seabrook (Elderly Woman's Daughter), John Worsham (Southern Gentleman / Landowner), Peter Dobson (Young Elvis Presley), Alexander Zemeckis (School Bus Boy), Logan Livingston Gomez (School Bus Boy), Ben Waddel (School Bus Boy), Elizabeth Hanks (School Bus Girl), Tyler Long (Red Headed Boy), Christopher Jones (Boy with Cross), Grady Bowman (Fat Boy), Kevin Mangan (Jenny's Father), Fay Genens (Jenny's Grandmother), Frank Geyer (Police Chief), Rob Landry (Red Headed Teen), Jason McGuire (Fat Teen), Pete Auster (Teen with Cross), Sonny Shroyer (College Football Coach), Brett Rice (High School Football Coach), Ed Davis (High School Football Coach), Daniel C. Striepeke (Recruiter), Bruce Lucvia (Kick Off Return Player), David Brisbin (Newscaster), Kirk Ward (Earl), Angela Lomas (Black Student), Timothy Record (Black Student), Deborah McTeer (Woman with Child on Park Bench), Mark Matheisen (Jenny's Date), Al Harrington (Local Anchor #1), Jed Gillin (President John F. Kennedy (voice)), Bob Harks (University Dean), Don Fischer (Army Recruiter), Kenneth Bevington (Army Bus Driver), Michael Flannery (Bus Recruit), Gary Robinson (Bus Recruit), Marlena Smalls (Bubba's Mother), Kitty K. Green (Bubba's Great Grandmother), Afemo Omilami (Drill Sergeant), Matt Wallace (Barracks Recruit), Danté McCarthy (Topless Girl), Paulie DiCocco (Emcee), Mike Jolly (Club Patron), Michael Kemmerling (Club Patron), John Voldstad (Club Patron), Jeffrey Winner (Club Patron), Russ Wilson (Pick-up Truck Driver), Daniel J. Gillooly (Helicopter Gunman), Calvin Gadsden (Sargeant Sims), Aaron Izbicki (Dallas), Michael Burgess (Cleveland), Steven Griffith (Tex), Bill Roberson (Fat Man at Bench), Michael McFall (Army Hospital Male Nurse), Eric Underwood (Mail Call Soldier), Steve DeRelian (Wounded Soldier), Byron Minns (Wounded Soldier), Stephen Bridgewater (Hospital Officer), Bonnie Ann Burgess (Army Nurse), Scott Oliver (National Correspondent #1), John William Galt (President Johnson (voice)), Hilary Chaplain (Hilary), Isabel Rose (Isabel), Jay Ross (Veteran at War Rally), Richard D'Alessandro (Abbie Hoffman), Dick Stilwell (Policeman at War Rally), Kevin Davis (Black Panther), Michael Jace (Black Panther), Geoffrey Blake (Wesley), Tim Perry (Hippie at Commune), Vanessa Roth (Hollywood Boulevard Girlfriend), Emily Carey (Hollywood Boulevard Girlfriend), Paul Raczkowski (Man in VW Bug), Valentine (Chinese Ping Pong Player), Dick Cavett (Dick Cavett), Joe Stefanelli (John Lennon (voice)), Tiffany Salerno (Carla), Marla Sucharetza (Lenore), Aloysius Gigl (Musician Boyfriend), Jack Bowden (National Correspondent #4), Joe Alaskey (President Nixon (voice)), Lazarus Jackson (Discharge Officer), W. Benson Terry (Stanley Loomis), Matt Rebenkoff (Drugged Out Boyfriend), Peter Bannon (Local Correspondent #2), Joe Washington (Local Anchor #2), Nora Dunfee (Elderly Southern Woman), Natalie Hendrix Tate (Local Anchor #3), Hallie D'Amore (Waitress in Cafe), Jim Hanks (Forrest Gump Running Double), Chiffonye Cobb (Hannibal Reporter), Juan Singleton (Hannibal Reporter), Bobby Richardson (Hannibal Reporter), Michael Mattison (Taxi Driver), Lenny Herb (Young Man Running), Charles Boswell (Aging Hippie), Timothy McNeil (Wild Eyed Man), Lonnie Hamilton (The Minister), Teresa Denton (Lieutenant Dan's Fiancée, Susan), Kurt Russell (Elvis Presley (voice) (uncredited)), Mary Ellen Trainor (Jenny's Babysitter (uncredited)), Robb Skyler (Nicholas Katzenbach (uncredited)), Michael J. Oliver (Red Headed Teen (uncredited)), Bryan Hanna (Football Coach (uncredited)), Greg Brown (Football Player (uncredited)), Brendan Shanahan (Football Player (uncredited)), Troy Christian (Cheerleader (uncredited)), Jacqueline Lovell (Football Fan (uncredited)), Zach Hanner (Barracks Recruit (uncredited)), Aaron Michael Lacey (National Guardsman (uncredited)), William Shipman (Black Panther (uncredited)).