John McTiernan Director Sean Connery Captain Marko Ramius Actor Alec Baldwin Jack Ryan Actor Scott Glenn Captain Bart Mancuso Actor Sam Neill Captain Vasily Borodin Actor James Earl Jones Admiral James Greer Actor Joss Ackland Ambassador Andrei Lysenko Actor Richard Jordan National Security Advisor Jeffrey Pelt Actor Peter Firth Political Officer Ivan Putin - Red October Actor Tim Curry Dr. Petrov Actor Courtney B. Vance Petty Officer 2nd Class Jones Actor Stellan Skarsgård Captain Tupolev Actor Jeffrey Jones Oliver Wendell 'Skip' Tyler Actor Fred Dalton Thompson Rear Admiral Joshua Painter - USS Enterprise Actor Daniel Davis Captain Charlie Davenport - USS Enterprise Actor Tomas Arana Igor Loginov, Cook - Red October Actor Gates McFadden Actor Larry Ferguson Screenwriter Donald Stewart Screenwriter Larry DeWaay Executive Producer Jerry Sherlock Executive Producer Mace Neufeld Producer Basil Poledouris Original Music Jan de Bont Cinematographer John Wright Film Editing Amanda Mackey Casting Terence Marsh Production Design William Cruse Art Director Dianne Wager Art Director Donald B. Woodruff Art Director Mickey S. Michaels Set Decoration Jerry Ballew First Assistant Director John Milius Writer