Lt. John McClane
Bruce Willis
Holly McClane
Bonnie Bedelia
Richard Thornburg
William Atherton
Col. Stuart
William Sadler
Sgt. Al Powell
Reginald VelJohnson
Gen. Ramon Esperanza
Franco Nero
Capt. Carmine Lorenzo
Dennis Franz
Trudeau
Fred Dalton Thompson
Samantha 'Sam' Coleman
Sheila McCarthy
Sheldon (as Michael Cunningham)
Mick Cunningham
Sgt. Oswald Cochrane
John Costelloe
Miller
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Shockley
Mark Boone Junior
Blue Light Team
Danny Weselis
Blue Light Team
Jeff Langton
Blue Light Team
Gregg Kovan
Blue Light Team
Danial Donai
Lt.Sherman / Blue light Team (as Don McGovern)
Don Charles McGovern
Blue Light Team
Bob 'Rocky' Cheli
Blue Light Team (as Vincent Joseph Mazzella Jr.)
Vincent Mazella Jr.
Blue Light Team
Dale Jacoby
Cpl. Telford
Patrick O'Neal
Second Sergeant
Jason Ross-Azikiwe
Pilot (Northeast Plane)
Michael Francis Clarke
Co-Pilot (Northeast Plane)
Steve Pershing
Navigator (Northeast Plane)
Tom Everett
Stewardess - Northeast Plane
Sherry Bilsing
Stewardess (Northeast Plane)
Karla Tamburrelli
Older Woman (Northeast Plane)
Jeanne Bates
Pilot (Windsor Plane)
Colm Meaney
Co-Pilot (Windsor Plane)
Stephen Gregory Foster
Navigator (Windsor Plane)
James Lancaster
Stewardess (Windsor Plane)
Amanda Hillwood
Stewardess (Windsor Plane)
Felicity Waterman
Passenger (Windsor Plane)
Alan Berger
Pilot (Foreign Military Plane)
Vance Valencia
Co-Pilot (Foreign Military Plane)
Gilbert Garcia
Young Corporal (Foreign Military Plane)
Julian Reyes
Cameraman (WNTW)
Richard Domeier
Soundman (WNTW)
David Katz
Chopper Pilot (WNTW)
Robert Lipton
Victor (WZDC) (as Robert Steinberg)
Rob Steinberg
Director (WZDC)
Paul Abascal
Producer (WZDC)
John Rubinow
Newscaster (WZDC)
Bob Braun
Newscaster (WZDC)
Dominique Jennings
Newscaster (WZDC)
Carol Barbee
Engineer
Jerry E. Parrott
Engineer
Robert J. Bennett
Engineer (as Earl Bullock)
Earl Houston Bullock
Sgt. Vito Lorenzo
Robert Costanzo
Rent-A-Car Girl
Lauren Letherer
Information Booth Girl
Connie Lillo-Thieman
Luggage Worker
Dwayne Hargray
Airport Cop (as Joseph Roth)
Joseph Michael Roth
Murray the Tow Truck Driver
David Willis Sr.
Painter (scenes deleted)
Dean Wein