Saving Private Ryan (1998) has 0 Black credited characters out of 85.
The Van Lathan Ratio · 0%
Zero. Certified Zero Club.
39 credited actors have no public bio we could find, so we couldn't check them. They count toward the 85, so the real number may be higher. Why.
Every credited role on TMDB, in billing order. Uncredited roles are left out. marks actors who publicly identify as Black; marks actors with no public bio we could find, so we couldn't check them. How actors are tagged.
| # | Actor | Character | Black |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Hanks | Captain Miller | |
| 2 | Tom Sizemore | Sergeant Horvath | |
| 3 | Edward Burns | Private Reiben | |
| 4 | Barry Pepper | Private Jackson | |
| 5 | Adam Goldberg | Private Mellish | |
| 6 | Vin Diesel | Private Caparzo | |
| 7 | Giovanni Ribisi | T/4 Medic Wade | |
| 8 | Jeremy Davies | Corporal Upham | |
| 9 | Matt Damon | Private Ryan | |
| 10 | Ted Danson | Captain Hamill | |
| 11 | Paul Giamatti | Sergeant Hill | |
| 12 | Dennis Farina | Lieutenant Colonel Anderson | |
| 13 | Joerg Stadler | Steamboat Willie | ?No public bio we could find |
| 14 | Max Martini | Corporal Henderson | |
| 15 | Dylan Bruno | Toynbe | |
| 16 | Daniel Cerqueira | Weller | |
| 17 | Demetri Goritsas | Parker | |
| 18 | Ian Porter | Trask | |
| 19 | Gary Sefton | Rice | ?No public bio we could find |
| 20 | Julian Spencer | Garrity | ?No public bio we could find |
| 21 | Steve Griffin | Wilson | ?No public bio we could find |
| 22 | William Marsh | Lyle | ?No public bio we could find |
| 23 | Marc Cass | Fallon | ?No public bio we could find |
| 24 | Markus Napier | Major Hoess | ?No public bio we could find |
| 25 | Neil Finnighan | Ramelle Paratrooper | ?No public bio we could find |
| 26 | Peter Miles | Ramelle Paratrooper | |
| 27 | Paul Garcia | Field HQ Major | ?No public bio we could find |
| 28 | Seamus McQuade | Field HQ Aide | ?No public bio we could find |
| 29 | Ronald Longridge | Coxswain | ?No public bio we could find |
| 30 | Adam Shaw | Delancey | |
| 31 | Rolf Saxon | Lieutenant Briggs | |
| 32 | Corey Johnson | Radioman | |
| 33 | Loclann Aiken | Soldier on the Beach | ?No public bio we could find |
| 34 | John Barnett | Soldier on the Beach | ?No public bio we could find |
| 35 | Maclean Burke | Soldier on the Beach | ?No public bio we could find |
| 36 | Victor Burke | Soldier on the Beach | ?No public bio we could find |
| 37 | Aiden Condron | Soldier on the Beach | ?No public bio we could find |
| 38 | Shashi Rami | Soldier on the Beach | ?No public bio we could find |
| 39 | Shane Hagan | Soldier on the Beach | ?No public bio we could find |
| 40 | Paul Hickey | Soldier on the Beach | ?No public bio we could find |
| 41 | Shane Johnson | Soldier on the Beach | |
| 42 | Laird Macintosh | Soldier on the Beach | |
| 43 | Brian Maynard | Soldier on the Beach | ?No public bio we could find |
| 44 | Martin McDougall | Soldier on the Beach | |
| 45 | Mark Phillips | Soldier on the Beach | ?No public bio we could find |
| 46 | Lee Aaron Rosen | Soldier on the Beach | |
| 47 | Andrew Scott | Soldier on the Beach | |
| 48 | Matthew Sharp | Soldier on the Beach | ?No public bio we could find |
| 49 | Vincent Walsh | Soldier on the Beach | ?No public bio we could find |
| 50 | Grahame Wood | Soldier on the Beach | |
| 51 | John Sharian | Corporal | |
| 52 | Glenn Wrage | Doyle | |
| 53 | Crofton Hardester | Senior Medical Officer | ?No public bio we could find |
| 54 | Martin Hub | Czech Wehrmacht Soldier | |
| 55 | Raffaello Degruttola | Goldman | |
| 56 | Nigel Whitmey | Private Boyd | |
| 57 | Sam Ellis | Private Hastings | ?No public bio we could find |
| 58 | Erich Redman | German #1 | |
| 59 | Tilo Keiner | German #2 | ?No public bio we could find |
| 60 | Stephan Grothgar | German #3 / Voice on Bullhorn | |
| 61 | Stéphane Cornicard | Jean | |
| 62 | Michelle Evans | Jean's Wife | ?No public bio we could find |
| 63 | Martin Beaton | Jean's Son | ?No public bio we could find |
| 64 | Anna Maguire | Jean's Daughter | ?No public bio we could find |
| 65 | Nathan Fillion | Minnesota Ryan | |
| 66 | Leland Orser | Lieutenant DeWindt | |
| 67 | Michael Mantas | Paratrooper Lieutenant | ?No public bio we could find |
| 68 | David Vegh | Paratrooper Oliver | ?No public bio we could find |
| 69 | Ryan Hurst | Paratrooper Michaelson | |
| 70 | Nick Brooks | Paratrooper Joe | ?No public bio we could find |
| 71 | Sam Scudder | Paratrooper #1 | ?No public bio we could find |
| 72 | John Walters | Old French Man | ?No public bio we could find |
| 73 | Dorothy Grumbar | Old French Woman | ?No public bio we could find |
| 74 | James Innes-Smith | MP Lieutenant | ?No public bio we could find |
| 75 | Harve Presnell | General Marshall | |
| 76 | Dale Dye | War Department Colonel | |
| 77 | Bryan Cranston | War Department Colonel | |
| 78 | David Wohl | War Department Captain | |
| 79 | Eric Loren | War Department Lieutenant | |
| 80 | Valerie Colgan | War Department Clerk | ?No public bio we could find |
| 81 | Amanda Boxer | Mrs. Margaret Ryan | |
| 82 | Harrison Young | Ryan as Old Man | |
| 83 | Kathleen Byron | Old Mrs. Ryan | |
| 84 | Rob Freeman | Ryan's Son | ?No public bio we could find |
| 85 | Thomas Gizbert | Ryan's Grandson | ?No public bio we could find |
We looked closely at whether to count this actor and decided not to. Here's why.