Directed by Robert Zemeckis Written by Winston Groom   Eric Roth   Cast Tom Hanks ... Forrest Gump Rebecca Williams ... Nurse at Park Bench Sally Field ... Mrs. Gump Michael Conner Humphreys ... Young Forrest Harold G. Herthum ... Doctor (as Harold Herthum) George Kelly ... Barber Bob Penny ... Crony John Randall ... Crony Sam Anderson ... Principal Margo Moorer ... Louise Ione M. Telech ... Elderly Woman Christine Seabrook ... Elderly Woman's Daughter John Worsham ... Southern Gentleman / Landowner Peter Dobson ... Young Elvis Presley Siobhan Fallon Hogan ... School Bus Driver (as Siobhan J. Fallon) Alexander Zemeckis ... School Bus Boy Logan Livingston Gomez ... School Bus Boy Ben Waddel ... School Bus Boy Elizabeth Hanks ... School Bus Girl Hanna Hall ... Young Jenny Curran (as Hanna R. Hall) 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 Robin Wright ... Jenny Curran 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 (as Daniel Striepeke) 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 Kennedy (voice) Bob Harks ... University Dean Don Fischer ... Army Recruiter Kenneth Bevington ... Army Bus Driver Michael Flannery ... Bus Recruit Gary Robinson ... Bus Recruit Mykelti Williamson ... Bubba Blue 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 Gary Sinise ... Lieutenant Dan Taylor Calvin Gadsden ... Sergeant 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 (as Stephen Derelian) Byron Minns ... Wounded Soldier Stephen Bridgewater ... Hospital Officer (as Stephen Wesley Bridgewater) 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 (as Valentino) 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 The Hallelujah Singers of Beaufort South... ... Church Choir Joe Washington ... Local Anchor #2 Nora Dunfee ... Elderly Southern Woman Natalie Hendrix Tate ... Local Anchor #3 (as Nathalie Hendrix) Hallie D'Amore ... Waitress in Cafe 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 (as Tim McNeil) Haley Joel Osment ... Forrest Junior Lonnie Hamilton ... The Minister Teresa Denton ... Lieutenant Dan's Fiancée Uncredited Cast Joe Abby ... Protestor on Stage Rob Adams ... College Quarterback Todd Adamson ... Bully on Bike Markus Alexander ... Vietnam Veteran Neil Armstrong ... Self - Stepping onto the Moon (archive footage) Beth Aylward ... Military Officer Marcus Batton ... Get the Bikes Bully Keri-Anne Bilotta ... Hippie Jim Boeke ... University of Alabama Assistant Football Coach Arthur Bremer ... Self - Shooting George Wallace (archive footage) Grand L. Bush ... Black Panther Leader Clint Calvert ... Football Fan Troy Christian ... Cheerleader Dick Clark ... Self - New Year's Eve (archive footage) John Connally ... Self - with JFK in Dallas (archive footage) Darren W. Conrad ... Alabama Football Player Jim Damron ... CBS Correspondent Cooper Ryan Duncan ... Student Protester James Ent ... Alabama College Photographer #1 Gerald Ford ... Self - Assassination Attempt (archive footage) Michael Garvey ... Reporter Leigh Goodoff ... Drum Major Christopher James Hall ... Governor Bryan Hanna ... Football Coach Ellsworth Hanna ... The Honeymooners Jeanne Hanna ... The Honeymooners Zach Hanner ... Barracks Recruit John Glenn Harding ... Wounded Soldier Bob Hope ... Self - in Vietnam (archive footage) Russ Isles ... Bus Scene Lyndon B. Johnson ... Self (archive footage) Shann Johnson   Jim Keller ... Hippie at Commune John F. Kennedy ... Self (archive footage) Robert F. Kennedy ... Self - after 1968 California Primary (archive footage) Conor Kennelly ... Black Panther Aaron Michael Lacey ... National Guardsman Teddy Lane Jr. ... Black Panther John Lennon ... Self (archive footage) Andrew Lepper ... Civil Rights Marcher Beau Lotterman ... Thompson Jacqueline Lovell ... Football Fan Richard Nixon ... Self (archive footage) Darrell O'Cook ... Chorister Michael Oliver ... Red Headed Teen Shawn Michael Perry   Elvis Presley ... Self (archive footage) Ronald Reagan ... Self - Assassination Attempt (archive footage) Mark A. Rich ... VA in Hospital Kurt Russell ... Elvis Presley (voice) Brendan Shanahan ... Football Player William Shipman ... Black Panther John Simmit ... Higgins - Protestor on Stage Robb Skyler ... Nicholas Katzenbach John-Michael Steele ... Chancellor AL University Mary Ellen Trainor ... Jenny's Babysitter USC Trojan Marching Band ... Alabama Marching Band George Wallace ... Self (archive footage) Eric Alan Wendell ... Student Protester Zhuang Zedong ... Self - Chinese Ping Pong Player (archive footage) Produced by Wendy Finerman   Charles Newirth   Steve Starkey   Steve Tisch   Original Music by Alan Silvestri

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