Dan "Hondo" Harrelson Michelle Rodriguez as Officer III Christina "Chris" Sanchez LL Cool J as Officer III Deacon "Deke" Kaye Olivier Martinez as Alex "Le Loup Rouge" Montel (his nickname means The Red Wolf) Josh Charles as Officer III Travis Joseph "T.J." McCabe Ken Davitian as Martin Gascoigne Reg E. Cathey as Lieutenant II Greg Velasquez Larry Poindexter as Captain II Tom Fuller Page Kennedy as Travis Domenick Lombardozzi as GQ - Officer - Portraying Denis Arndt as Sergeant Howard Jeff Wincott as Ed Taylor Original series actors Steve Forrest and Rod Perry have cameo appearances; Forrest drives the team's van, while Perry appears as Kaye's father. Reed Diamond has a cameo as Officer David Burress. Diamond and director Clark Johnson appeared together on Homicide: Life on the Street for three seasons (in two of which their characters were partners). Johnson himself has a cameo as "Deke's Handsome Partner," who gets hit with a pan while Deke chases a suspect. Production Development The idea for a film adaptation of the 1975 S.W.A.T. TV series was conceived in 1997. Michael Bay, Rob Cohen, Antoine Fuqua, Michael Mann, Joel Schumacher, Tony Scott, Zack Snyder, Roger Spottiswoode, Marcus Nispel, and John Woo were all approached to direct the film before Clark Johnson signed on. They passed because they were all busy with other projects. Oliver Stone was also involved as a producer at one point. Following the box office success of The Fast and the Furious (2001), Neal H. Moritz was hired to produce the project. Casting Mark Wahlberg was the first choice for the role of Jim Street, but turned it down in favor of portraying the lead role in The Italian Job. Paul Walker was originally cast and had even started training for the part, but had to drop out due to filming on 2 Fast 2 Furious. Colin Farrell eventually replaced him in July 2002. Vin Diesel was offered to portray Deacon "Deke" Kaye, but passed because he was in production with The Chronicles of Riddick and LL Cool J was then cast in September 2002. At one point during the early stages of development, Arnold Schwarzenegger was considered for the role of Dan "Hondo" Harrelson, but he declined and Samuel L. Jackson took the part. Jeremy Renner was cast as Brian Gamble following his performance in Dahmer. He was originally offered a role in The Big Bounce, but Renner