A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.
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Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump
Robin Wright as Jenny Curran
Gary Sinise as Lieutenant Dan Taylor
Sally Field as Mrs. Gump
Mykelti Williamson as Bubba Blue
Michael Conner Humphreys as Young Forrest Gump
Hanna Hall as Young Jenny Curran
Haley Joel Osment as Forrest Junior
Siobhan Fallon Hogan as School Bus Driver
Rebecca Williams as Nurse at Park Bench
Bob Penny as Crony
Harold G. Herthum as Doctor
George Kelly as Barber
John Randall as Crony
Sam Anderson as Principal Hancock
Margo Moorer as Louise
Ione M. Telech as Elderly Woman
Christine Seabrook as Elderly Woman's Daughter
John Worsham as Southern Gentleman / Landowner
Peter Dobson as Young Elvis Presley
Alexander Zemeckis as School Bus Boy
Logan Livingston Gomez as School Bus Boy
Ben Waddel as School Bus Boy
Elizabeth Hanks as School Bus Girl
Tyler Long as Red Headed Boy
Christopher Jones as Boy with Cross
Grady Bowman as Fat Boy
Kevin Mangan as Jenny's Father
Fay Genens as Jenny's Grandmother
Frank Geyer as Police Chief
Rob Landry as Red Headed Teen
Jason McGuire as Fat Teen
Pete Auster as Teen with Cross
Sonny Shroyer as College Football Coach
Brett Rice as High School Football Coach
Ed Davis as High School Football Coach
Daniel C. Striepeke as Recruiter
Bruce Lucvia as Kick Off Return Player
David Brisbin as Newscaster
Kirk Ward as Earl
Angela Lomas as Black Student
Timothy Record as Black Student
Deborah McTeer as Woman with Child on Park Bench
Mark Matheisen as Jenny's Date
Al Harrington as Local Anchor #1
Jed Gillin as President John F. Kennedy (voice)
Bob Harks as University Dean
Don Fischer as Army Recruiter
Kenneth Bevington as Army Bus Driver
Michael Flannery as Bus Recruit
Gary Robinson as Bus Recruit
Marlena Smalls as Bubba's Mother
Kitty K. Green as Bubba's Great Grandmother
Afemo Omilami as Drill Sergeant
Matt Wallace as Barracks Recruit
Danté McCarthy as Topless Girl
Paulie DiCocco as Emcee
Mike Jolly as Club Patron
Michael Kemmerling as Club Patron
John Voldstad as Club Patron
Jeffrey Winner as Club Patron
Russ Wilson as Pick-up Truck Driver
Daniel J. Gillooly as Helicopter Gunman
Calvin Gadsden as Sargeant Sims
Aaron Izbicki as Dallas
Michael Burgess as Cleveland
Steven Griffith as Tex
Bill Roberson as Fat Man at Bench
Michael McFall as Army Hospital Male Nurse
Eric Underwood as Mail Call Soldier
Steve DeRelian as Wounded Soldier
Byron Minns as Wounded Soldier
Stephen Bridgewater as Hospital Officer
Bonnie Ann Burgess as Army Nurse
Scott Oliver as National Correspondent #1
John William Galt as President Johnson (voice)
Hilary Chaplain as Hilary
Isabel Rose as Isabel
Jay Ross as Veteran at War Rally
Richard D'Alessandro as Abbie Hoffman
Dick Stilwell as Policeman at War Rally
Kevin Davis as Black Panther
Michael Jace as Black Panther
Geoffrey Blake as Wesley
Tim Perry as Hippie at Commune
Vanessa Roth as Hollywood Boulevard Girlfriend
Emily Carey as Hollywood Boulevard Girlfriend
Paul Raczkowski as Man in VW Bug
Valentine as Chinese Ping Pong Player
Dick Cavett as Dick Cavett
Joe Stefanelli as John Lennon (voice)
Tiffany Salerno as Carla
Marla Sucharetza as Lenore
Aloysius Gigl as Musician Boyfriend
Jack Bowden as National Correspondent #4
Joe Alaskey as President Nixon (voice)
Lazarus Jackson as Discharge Officer
W. Benson Terry as Stanley Loomis
Matt Rebenkoff as Drugged Out Boyfriend
Peter Bannon as Local Correspondent #2
Joe Washington as Local Anchor #2
Nora Dunfee as Elderly Southern Woman
Natalie Hendrix Tate as Local Anchor #3
Hallie D'Amore as Waitress in Cafe
Jim Hanks as Forrest Gump Running Double
Chiffonye Cobb as Hannibal Reporter
Juan Singleton as Hannibal Reporter
Bobby Richardson as Hannibal Reporter
Michael Mattison as Taxi Driver
Lenny Herb as Young Man Running
Charles Boswell as Aging Hippie
Timothy McNeil as Wild Eyed Man
Lonnie Hamilton as The Minister
Teresa Denton as Lieutenant Dan's Fiancée, Susan
Kurt Russell as Elvis Presley (voice) (uncredited)
Mary Ellen Trainor as Jenny's Babysitter (uncredited)
Robb Skyler as Nicholas Katzenbach (uncredited)
Michael J. Oliver as Red Headed Teen (uncredited)
Bryan Hanna as Football Coach (uncredited)
Greg Brown as Football Player (uncredited)
Brendan Shanahan as Football Player (uncredited)
Troy Christian as Cheerleader (uncredited)
Jacqueline Lovell as Football Fan (uncredited)
Zach Hanner as Barracks Recruit (uncredited)
Aaron Michael Lacey as National Guardsman (uncredited)
William Shipman as Black Panther (uncredited)
Zhuang Zedong as Self - Chinese Ping Pong Player (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eric Alan Wendell as Student Protester (uncredited)
George Wallace as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
John-Michael Steele as Chancellor AL University (uncredited)
John Simmit as Higgins - Protestor on Stage (uncredited)
Michael Satterfield as Alabama U Student (uncredited)
Mark A. Rich as VA in Hospital (uncredited)
Ronald Reagan as Self - Assassination Attempt (archive footage) (uncredited)
Elvis Presley as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Darrell O'Cook as Chorister (uncredited)
Richard Nixon as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Neal MacMillan as Student Protester (uncredited)
Beau Lotterman as Thompson (uncredited)
Andrew Lepper as Civil Rights Marcher (uncredited)
John Lennon as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Teddy Lane Jr. as Black Panther (uncredited)
Conor Kennelly as Black Panther (uncredited)
Robert F. Kennedy as Self - after 1968 California Primary (archive footage) (uncredited)
John F. Kennedy as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jim Keller as Hippie at Commune (uncredited)
Lyndon B. Johnson as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Russ Isles as Bus Scene (uncredited)
Jenny Inge Devaney as Hippie (uncredited)
Bob Hope as Self - in Vietnam (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Glenn Harding as Wounded Soldier (uncredited)
Jeanne Hanna as The Honeymooners (uncredited)
Ellsworth Hanna as The Honeymooners (uncredited)
Christopher James Hall as Governor (uncredited)
Leigh Goodoff as Drum Major (uncredited)
Michael Garvey as Reporter (uncredited)
Gerald Ford as Self - Assassination Attempt (archive footage) (uncredited)
James Ent as Alabama College Photographer #1 (uncredited)
Ryan Duncan as Student Protester (uncredited)
Jim Damron as CBS Correspondent Cooper (uncredited)
Darren W. Conrad as Alabama Football Player (uncredited)
John Connally as Self - with JFK in Dallas (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dick Clark as Self - New Year's Eve (archive footage) (uncredited)
Daniel Chamblin as Southern Landowner (uncredited)
Clint Calvert as Football Fan (uncredited)
Grand L. Bush as Black Panther Leader (uncredited)
Arthur Bremer as Self - Shooting George Wallace (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jim Boeke as University of Alabama Assistant Football Coach (uncredited)
Keri-Anne Bilotta as Hippie (uncredited)
Marcus Batton as Get the Bikes Bully (uncredited)
Beth Aylward as Military Officer (uncredited)
Neil Armstrong as Self - Stepping onto the Moon (archive footage) (uncredited)
Markus Alexander as Vietnam Veteran (uncredited)
Todd Adamson as Bully on Bike (uncredited)
Rob Adams as College Quarterback (uncredited)
Joe Abby as Protestor on Stage (uncredited)
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Eric Roth Screenplay
Wendy Finerman Producer
Robert Zemeckis Director
Steve Starkey Producer
Alan Silvestri Original Music Composer
Don Burgess Director of Photography
Steve Tisch Producer
Arthur Schmidt Editor
Ellen Lewis Casting
Dane Farwell Stunts
Rick Carter Production Design
Leslie McDonald Art Direction
Nancy Haigh Set Decoration
Dan Ondrejko Greensman
Kacy Magedman Art Department Coordinator
William A. Kohout Hairstylist
Hugo Herrera Greensman
Stephen Rosenbaum CG Supervisor
Debbie Denise Visual Effects Editor
Patricia Bercsi Set Costumer
Kenneth Karman Music Editor
Kevin Mangan Greensman
Dennis Sands Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Randy Thom Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Bud Davis Stunt Coordinator
Wendy Richardson Art Department Coordinator
Paige Augustine Leadman
Elizabeth Lapp Set Designer
E. Larry Oatfield Sound Effects Editor
Gloria S. Borders Supervising Sound Editor
Debbie Denise Visual Effects Producer
Ken Ralston Visual Effects Supervisor
William James Teegarden Art Direction
James C. Feng Set Designer
Michael McGovern Visual Effects Editor
Peggy Pridemore Location Manager
Rick Sharp Makeup Artist
Linda Berger Assistant Art Director
George Murphy CG Supervisor
Phillip V. Caruso Still Photographer
Amy Ness Location Manager
Jessica Drake Dialect Coach
Susan Schuler-Page Hairstylist
Jay Cannistraci Makeup Artist
Chris L. Spellman Leadman
Mary Morgan Location Manager
Jane E. Russell Unit Publicist
Daniel J. Gillooly Greensman
Robert Greenfield Leadman
Steve Arnold Assistant Art Director
Robert Shoup Sound Effects Editor
Stephen P. Shubin Set Costumer
Carin-Anne Strohmaier First Assistant Editor
Hazel Catmull Hairstylist
Tony Fanning Assistant Art Director
Doug Chiang Visual Effects Art Director
Lauren E. Polizzi Set Designer
Chris Squires Camera Operator
Dan Bronson Costume Supervisor
Claire Gaul Leadman
Rudolph Garcia Set Costumer
Joel Marrow Transportation Coordinator
Jeff Passanante Construction Coordinator
Erin Kemp Set Designer
Pamela Wise Costume Supervisor
Leslie Cook Choreographer
Charles Newirth Co-Producer
Joanna Johnston Costume Design
Erik Tiemens Storyboard Artist
Joe Montenegro Special Effects
William B. Kaplan Production Sound Mixer
Winston Groom Novel
Greg Maloney Visual Effects
John R. Dove Driver
Judith A. Cory Hair Designer
Sharon Felder Production Assistant
Allen Hall Special Effects Supervisor
Rick Porras Post Production Supervisor
Steven J. Boyd Post Production Supervisor
Susan Malerstein Script Supervisor
Robert J. Groden Thanks
Lindsey Buckingham Thanks
Jeremiah O'Driscoll Assistant Editor
Craig Lyman Makeup Artist
George Hull Storyboard Artist
Alleene C. Keith Seamstress
Andy Ryan Gaffer
John Gazdik First Assistant Camera
Randy Cantor Transportation Captain
Wayne Roberts Transportation Co-Captain
Bruce Moriarty First Assistant Director
Bob Kaiser Color Timer
Stefan Dechant Production Illustrator
Tyler C. Daum Picture Car Coordinator
Jonathan Gaynor Sound Mixer
Brett Haas Location Scout
Scott Mobley Carpenter
Joey Box Utility Stunts
Debra James Production Coordinator
David Franklin Bergad Assistant Sound Editor
William Ross Orchestrator
Anne Calanchini Visual Effects Coordinator
David R. Christensen Lighting Technician
Earl Sampson Boom Operator
Charles Newirth Unit Production Manager
Christiane Steffen Vocal Coach
Amy Panzer Craft Service
Hallie D'Amore Makeup Designer
Keith Campbell Stunts
Jessica Fasman Assistant Costume Designer
Dan Cornwall Electrician
Michael Tadross Executive In Charge Of Production
Samuel Ray Jablonski Painter
Barry Spencer Construction Foreman
Jim DePue Driver
Ismael Araujo Jr. Grip
Joel Sill Executive Music Producer
Timothy Greenwood Projection
E. Scott Mayhugh Rigging Grip
David Brymer Casting Associate
Cynthia Quan Production Accountant
Marian Wilde Foley Editor
Dennie Thorpe Foley Artist
Ewa Sztompke Dialogue Editor
Tom Barwick Foley Artist
Dianna Stirpe Dialogue Editor
Tony Eckert Foley Recordist
Phil Benson Assistant Sound Designer
Claire Sanfilippo Dialogue Editor
William Alford Set Dresser
David M. Dunlap Second Unit Director of Photography
Sue Fox ADR Editor
Clare C. Freeman Foley Editor
Robin L. Miller Property Master
Robin Richesson Costume Illustrator
Richard A. Kelley Assistant Camera
Patrick B. O'Brien Second Assistant Camera
Lennie Appelquist Additional Second Assistant Director