The Notebook

Behind every great love is a great story.

An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately reunited, seven years later, after they have taken different paths.

Ryan Gosling

(Noah Calhoun)

Rachel McAdams

(Allie Hamilton)

Gena Rowlands

(Older Allie)

James Garner

(Duke)

Joan Allen

(Anne Hamilton)

David Thornton

(John Hamilton)

James Marsden

(Lon Hammond)

Kevin Connolly

(Fin)

Sam Shepard

(Frank Calhoun)

Starletta DuPois

(Nurse Esther)

Ed Grady

(Harry)

Jennifer Echols

(Nurse Selma)

Heather Wahlquist

(Sara Tuffington)

Cullen Moss

(Bodee)

Thunderbird Dinwiddie

(Veronica)

James Middleton

(Aaron)

Peter Rosenfeld

(Professor)

Obba Babatundé

(Band Leader)

Chuck Pacheco

(Bus Driver)

Todd Lewis

(Reporter)

Mark Johnson

(Photographer)

Robert Fraisse

(Buyer #1)

Barbara Weetman

(Buyer #2)

Daniel Chamblin

(Buyer #3)

Sasha Azevedo

(Wife of Buyer #3)

Jamie Anne Allman

(Martha Shaw)

Rebecca Koon

(Aunt Georgia)

Sandra Elise Williams

(Aunt Jeanette)

Deborah Hobart

(Aunt Kitty)

Sylvia Jefferies

(Rosemary)

Mark Garner

(Lon's Employee)

Scott Ritenour

(Lon's Employee)

Milton Buras

(Lon's Employee)

Elizabeth Bond

(Lon's Secretary)

Matthew Barry

(Dr. Barnwell)

Nancy De Mayo

(Mary Allen)

Renée Amber

(Nurse at Counter)

Tim O'Brien

(Mr. Tuffington)

Meredith O'Brien

(Mrs. Tuffington)

Geoffrey Knight

(Barker)

Andrew Schaff

(Matthew Jamison III)

Tim Ivey

(Rower)

Anthony-Michael Q. Thomas

(Nurse Keith)

Matt Shelly

(Seabrook Boy)

Michael D. Fuller

(Seabrook Boy)

Jonathan Parks Jordan

(Seabrook Boy)

Leslea Fisher

(Seabrook Girl)

Jude Kitchens

(Tommy the Ferris Wheel Operator)

Pat Leonard

(Lieutenant Davis)

Kweli Leapart

(Willa)

Frederick Bingham

(Postman)

Daniel Czekalski

(Recruitment Officer)

Bradley D. Capshaw

(Injured Soldier)

James Scott Deaton

(Injured Soldier)

Eve Kagan

(Sarah Lawrence Girl)

Stephanie Wheeler

(Sarah Lawrence Girl)

Erin Guzowski

(Sarah Lawrence Girl)

John Cundari

(Maitre D')

Hugh Robertson

(Pastor)

Robert Washington

(Elgin)

Robert Ivey

(Dressmaker)

Sherril M. Turner

(Linda Jean)

Meredith Zealy

(Maggie)

Julianne Keller Lewis

(Davanee)

Madison Wayne Ellis

(Noah, Jr.)

Riley Novak

(Edmond)

Ronald Betts

(Male Nurse)

Paul Johansson

(Allie's Mom's Ex Boyfriend (uncredited))

David Abrams

(Recruit (uncredited))

Bruce Williamson

(Carnival Patron (uncredited))

Bob Forrest

(Man Having Dinner in Retirement Home (uncredited))

Taylor Engel

(Guy in Movie Theatre (uncredited))