<Li> Gonzalo Menendez as Commander Pedros </Li> <Li> Ailsa Marshall as Jackie Engel (Lt. Engel wife's) </Li> <P> 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 executive producer . </P> <P> For the Navy, the film is an initiative to recruit SEALs and SWCC . According to The Huffington Post, the Navy required the active - duty SEALs to participate . </P>

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