Captain Miller — Saving Private Ryan Character Profile

About Captain Miller

Leads Rangers at Omaha Beach and is tasked by the War Department to find Private Ryan. He assembles a detachment, neutralizes a German gun nest, reveals his civilian teaching background to prevent mutiny, takes command at Ramelle, and is mortally wounded by a German soldier. He urges Ryan to earn their sacrifices.

Captain Miller — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Tom Hanks

Appears in

Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (8)

• Captain Miller — Professional Reluctant Leader — Corporal Upham (Jeremy Davies)

  Struggling translator under pressure

• Captain Miller — Professional Commanding Officer — T/4 Medic Wade (Giovanni Ribisi)

  Responsible for the medic's deployment

• Captain Miller — Alliance Team Leader — Private Caparzo (Vin Diesel)

  Cares for the paratrooper under his command

• Captain Miller — Professional Commanding Officer — Private Mellish (Adam Goldberg)

  Responsible for the young soldier's welfare

• Captain Miller — Alliance Team Leader — Private Jackson (Barry Pepper)

  Respected sniper under Miller's command

• Captain Miller — Professional Commanding Officer — Private Reiben (Edward Burns)

  Military authority with developing trust

• Captain Miller — Narrative Mission Objective — Private Ryan (Matt Damon)

  Protagonist tasked with finding and protecting

• Captain Miller — Professional Leader And Subordinate — Sergeant Horvath (Tom Sizemore)

  Military hierarchy with deep mutual respect

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• Sergeant Horvath (Tom Sizemore)
• Private Reiben (Edward Burns)
• Private Jackson (Barry Pepper)
• Sergeant Hill (Paul Giamatti)
• Private Mellish (Adam Goldberg)
• Lieutenant Colonel Anderson (Dennis Farina)
• T/4 Medic Wade (Giovanni Ribisi)
• Private Ryan (Matt Damon)
• Parker (Demetri Goritsas)
• Steamboat Willie (Joerg Stadler)
• Corporal Upham (Jeremy Davies)
• Private Caparzo (Vin Diesel)