Editing Pearl Harbor (film) (section)

===Historical characters===
Although not intended to be an entirely accurate depiction of events, the film includes portrayals of several historical figures:

* [[Cuba Gooding Jr.]] as [[Petty officer second class|Petty Officer Second Class]] [[Doris Miller]], a [[messman]] aboard [[USS West Virginia (BB-48)|USS ''West Virginia'']] who operated anti-aircraft guns during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
* [[Jon Voight]] as President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], the 32nd [[President of the United States]]
* [[Colm Feore]] as [[Admiral (United States)|Admiral]] [[Husband E. Kimmel]], the commander-in-chief of the [[United States Fleet]] and the [[U.S. Pacific Fleet]].
* [[Mako (actor)|Mako]] as [[Naval ranks of the Japanese Empire during World War II|''Kaigun Taishō'']] (admiral) [[Isoroku Yamamoto]], Fleet Admiral of the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] and mastermind of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
* [[Alec Baldwin]] as [[Major (United States)|Major]] (later [[Lieutenant Colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]]) [[Jimmy Doolittle]], USAF commander and leader of the Doolittle Raid.
* [[Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa]] as [[Naval ranks of the Japanese Empire during World War II#Commissioned officer ranks|''Kaigun Chūsa'']] (commander) [[Minoru Genda]], lead planner of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
* [[Scott Wilson (actor)|Scott Wilson]] as [[General (United States)|General]] [[George C. Marshall]], the [[US Army]]'s Chief of Staff.
* [[Graham Beckel]] as Admiral [[Chester W. Nimitz]], a US Naval commander who later succeeded Kimmel as the Pacific Fleet's Commander-in-Chief.
* [[Tom Everett]] as [[Frank Knox]], [[United States Secretary of the Navy|Secretary of the Navy]].
* [[Tomas Arana]] as [[Rear admiral (United States)|Rear-Admiral]] [[Frank Jack Fletcher]], Commander Cruiser Division Four.
* [[Peter Firth]] as [[Captain (United States O-6)|Captain]] [[Mervyn S. Bennion]], commanding officer of [[USS West Virginia (BB-48)|USS ''West Virginia'']]
* [[Glenn Morshower]] as [[Vice admiral (United States)|Vice Admiral]] [[William Halsey Jr.]], commander of Carrier Division 2 and the Aircraft Battle Force.
* [[Yuji Okumoto]] as ''Kaigun-Daii'' (Lieutenant) Zenji Abe (1916-2007), bomber pilot in the attack on Pearl Harbor.
* Madison Mason as Admiral [[Raymond A. Spruance]], commander of Cruiser Division Five.
* [[Michael Shamus Wiles]] as Captain [[Marc Mitscher]], captain of USS ''Hornet''.
* [[Seth Sakai]] as [[Takeo Yoshikawa]], a Japanese spy.