Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between mankind and an arachnoid species known as "the Bugs."
Johnny D. Rico
Casper Van Dien
Dizzy Flores
Dina Meyer
Carmen Ibañez
Denise Richards
Private Ace Levy
Jake Busey
Colonel Carl Jenkins
Neil Patrick Harris
Career Sergeant Zim
Clancy Brown
Lieutenant Jean Rasczak
Michael Ironside
Zander Barcalow
Patrick Muldoon
Private Sugar Watkins
Seth Gilliam
Biology Teacher
Rue McClanahan
Katrina McIntire
Blake Lindsley
Lieutenant Willy
Steven Ford
Corporal Birdie
Ungela Brockman
Sky Marshal Dienes
Bruce Gray
Sky Marshal Tehat Meru
Denise Dowse
Cadet Lumbreiser
Amy Smart
Djana'D
Tami-Adrian George
Expert
Julianna McCarthy
General
Dale Dye
Commanding Officer
Dean Norris
General Owen
Marshall Bell
Breckinridge
Eric Bruskotter
Kitten Smith
Matt Levin
Shujimi
Anthony Ruivivar
Captain Deladier
Brenda Strong
Mr. Bill Rico
Christopher Curry
Mrs. Rico
Lenore Kasdorf
Corporal Bronski
Teo
Sgt. Gillespie
Curnal Achilles Aulisio
Net Correspondent
Greg Travis
Fed Net Announcer (voice)
John Cunningham
Expert
Timothy McNeil
Recruiting Sergeant
Robert David Hall
Lanny
Brad Kane
Psychic
Timothy Omundson
Engineering Officer
Patrick Bishop
Young Cap Trooper
Hunter Bodine
Little Boy Trooper
Travis Lowen
Late Cadet
Patrick Wolff
Communications Officer
Mara Duronslet
Student
Tyrone Tann
Marco
Matt Entriken
Medic
Eric DaRe
Jumpball Referee
Ronald L. Botchan
Judge
Walter Adrian
Young Mother
Stephanie Erb
Stomping Kid
Alexi Lakatos
Stomping Kid
Nathaniel Marshall
Stomping Kid
Austin Sanderford
Stomping Kid
Rhiannon Vigil
Female Trooper
Mylin Brooks
Female Trooper
Julie Pinson
Male Trooper
Armand Darrius
Male Trooper
Kai Lennox
Cheerleader
Brooke Morales
Officer with Morita
Mike Stokey
Female Trooper (uncredited)
Mary Ann Schmidt
Trooper (uncredited)
Aaron Stielstra
Defendant (uncredited)
Edward Neumeier
Dead Trooper (uncredited)
Michael Papajohn
Trooper (uncredited)
Michael A. Valenzano
Trooper (uncredited)
Mo Faisal
Voice heard on speaker (voice) (uncredited)
R. Lee Ermey
Wounded Soldier on Gurney (uncredited)
Matt Duggan
Judge (uncredited)
Whitney Hall
Sky Marshal (uncredited)
Betty Hankins
Cpl. Allen (uncredited)
Kaius Harrison
Jump Ball Referee (uncredited)
Bruce Holman
Football Quarterback (uncredited)
Michael Gerald
Buenos Aires Survivor (uncredited)
Jon Davison
Female Trooper (uncredited)
Dawn E. Anderson
Cadet 'Flipper' (uncredited)
Tony Nichols
Academy Soilder (uncredited)
Dan Olivo
School Prom Lead Singer (uncredited)
Zoë Poledouris
Hot Female Trooper (uncredited)
Ashley Prendergast
Male Trooper Leader (uncredited)
Ray Quiroga
Trooper (uncredited)
David Rey
Soldier (uncredited)
Dennis Collins
Female Trooper (uncredited)
Farnaz Samiinia
Female Trooper (uncredited)
Joleen Sanders
Female Trooper (uncredited)
Julia Self
Student / Male Trooper (uncredited)
Claude Stuart
Student (uncredited)
Parry Shen
Student / Female Trooper (uncredited)
Cari Vega
Male Trooper (uncredited)
Jim Temple
Medic (uncredited)
Justin Ward
Trooper (uncredited)
Sam P. Whitehead
Trooper (uncredited)
Melissa J. Ward
Marine (uncredited)
Johnny Mansbach
Businessman (uncredited)
David Beckett