Obsada

• Bruce Willis — John McClane
• Bonnie Bedelia — Holly McClane
• Franco Nero — General Ramon Esperanza
• William Atherton — Richard Thornburg
• Reginald VelJohnson — Sgt. Al Powell
• William Sadler — Colonel Stuart
• John Amos — Major Grant
• Dennis Franz — Captain Carmine Lorenzo
• Art Evans — Leslie Barnes
• Fred Dalton Thompson — Trudeau
• Sheila McCarthy — Samantha 'Sam' Coleman
• Tom Bower — Marvin
• Don Harvey — Garber
• Robert Patrick — O'Reilly
• John Leguizamo — Burke
• Vondie Curtis-Hall — Miller
• Mark Boone Junior — Shockley
• Colm Meaney — Pilot (Windsor Plane)
• Robert Costanzo — Sgt. Vito Lorenzo
• Tony Ganios — Baker
• Peter Nelson — Thompson
• Mick Cunningham — Sheldon
• Tom Verica — Kahn
• John Costelloe — Sgt. Oswald Cochrane
• Ken Baldwin — Mulkey
• Danny Weselis — Blue Light Team
• Gregg Kovan — Blue Light Team
• Jeff Langton — Blue Light Team
• Dale Jacoby — Blue Light Team
• Patrick O'Neal — Cpl. Telford
• Ben Lemon — Sergeant
• Michael Francis Clarke — Pilot (Northeast Plane)
• Steve Pershing — Co-Pilot (Northeast Plane)
• Tom Everett — Navigator (Northeast Plane)
• Sherry Bilsing — Stewardess - Northeast Plane
• Jeanne Bates — Older Woman (Northeast Plane)
• Rob Steinberg — Victor (WZDC)
• Robert Sacchi — Engineer
• Amanda Hillwood — Stewardess (Windsor Plane)
• Charles Lanyer — Rollins
• Karla Tamburrelli — Stewardess (Northeast Plane)
• Dru Berrymore — Capt. Lorenzo's Secretary
• Vance Valencia