Bruce Willis

John McClane

Bonnie Bedelia

Holly McClane

William Sadler

Stuart

John Amos

Major Grant

Franco Nero

General Ramon Esperanza

William Atherton

Richard Thornberg

Dennis Franz

Capt. Carmine Lorenzo

Art Evans

Leslie Barnes

Fred Thompson

Trudeau

Tom Bower

Marvin

Sheila McCarthy

Samantha 'Sam' Coleman

Don Harvey

Garber

Reginald VelJohnson

Sgt. Al Powell

Tony Ganios

Baker

Peter Nelson

Thompson

Robert Patrick

O'Reilly

John Leguizamo

Burke

Tom Verica

Kahn

John Costelloe

Cochrane

Vondie Curtis-Hall

Miller

Mark Boone Junior

Shockley

Dale Jacoby

Blue Light Team

Tom Everett

Northeast Plane - Navigator

Jeanne Bates

Northeast Plane - Older Woman

Colm Meaney

Windsor Plane - Pilot

James Lancaster

Windsor Plane - Navigator

Amanda Hillwood

Windsor Plane - Stewardess

Felicity Waterman

Windsor Plane - Stewardess

Vance Valencia

Foreign Military Plane - Pilot

Julian Reyes

Foreign Military Plane - Young Corporal

Richard Domeier

WNTW Cameraman

Robert Lipton

WNTW Chopper Pilot

Rob Steinberg

WZDC - Victor

Dominique Jennings

WZDC Newscaster

Carol Barbee

WZDC Newscaster

Robert Sacchi

Engineer

Stafford Morgan

Engineer

Tom Finnegan

Engineer

Thomas Tofel

Engineer

Wynn Irwin

Engineer

Robert Costanzo

Sgt. Vito Lorenzo

Lauren Letherer

Rent-A-Car Girl

Charles Lanyer

Justice Man

Joseph Michael Roth

Airport Cop

Dru Berrymore

Capt. Lorenzo's Secretary (uncredited)