Dave Nolan, a Chief of SEAL Team 7 Sonny Manson as Sonny, a member of SEAL Team 7 Brendan “Weimy” Weimholt as 'Weimy', a member of SEAL Team 7 Ajay "A.J." James as Ajay, a member of SEAL Team 7 Ray Mendoza as Ray, a member of SEAL Team 7 Douglas “Mike” Day as Mikey, a member of SEAL Team 7 Katelyn Lyons as Lieutenant Lyons, a US Navy officer (the real character serves in the U.S. Army) William "Bill" Austin as SWCC Boat Senior Chief Billy Duncan Smith as Captain Duncan Smith Callaghan as Admiral Callaghan (the true character name is Rear Admiral Dennis Moynihan) Alex Veadov as Mikhail 'Christo' Troykovich, a drug smuggler working with Shabal Roselyn Sánchez as CIA officer Lisa Morales Nestor Serrano as CIA officer Walter Ross Emilio Rivera as Sanchez, a head cartel thug Ernie Reyes Jr. as Recruit, a Filipino jihadist suicide bomber recruited by Shabal to launch terrorist attacks over the States Drea Castro as Recruit, a Filipino jihadist suicide bomber recruited by Shabal to launch terrorist attacks over the States Marissa Labog as Recruit, a Filipino jihadist suicide bomber recruited by Shabal to launch terrorist attacks over the States Keo Woolford as Recruit, a Filipino jihadist suicide bomber recruited by Shabal to launch terrorist attacks over the States Thomas Rosales, Jr. as Christo's RHM Antoni Corone as yacht henchman Gonzalo Menendez as Commander Pedros, a Mexican Special Forces commander who teams up with the SEAL Team to take down Shabal Ailsa Marshall as Jackie Engel, Lieutenant Engel's wife Production Development In 2007, Mike McCoy and Scott Waugh of Bandito Brothers Production filmed a promotional ad video for the Special Boat Teams which led the U.S. Navy to allow them to use actual active duty SEALs and Special Boat Team members. After spending so much time working closely with the SEALs and SWCC, McCoy and Waugh conceived the idea for a modern-day action movie about this covert and elite fighting force. As Act of Valor developed with the SEALs on board as advisors, the filmmakers realized that no actors could realistically portray or physically fill the roles they had written and the actual SEALs and SWCC were drafted to star in the film. The SEALs and Special Boat Team members would remain anonymous, as none of their names appear in the film's credits. Legendary Pictures' founder and then-chairman/CEO Thomas Tull serves as