| Bruce Willis (John McClane) | Bonnie Bedelia (Holly McClane) | William Atherton (Richard Thornburg) |
| William Sadler (Col. Stuart) | Reginald Veljohnson (Sgt. Al Powell) | Franco Nero (Gen. Ramon Esperanza) |
| John Amos (Maj. Grant) | Dennis Franz (Capt. Carmine Lorenzo) | Art Evans (Leslie Barnes) |
| Fred Dalton Thompson (Trudeau) | Tom Bower (Marvin) | Sheila McCarthy (Samantha Coleman) |
| Don Harvey (Garber) | Tony Ganios (Baker) | Peter Nelson (Thompson) |
| Robert Patrick (O'Reilly) | Michael Cunningham (Sheldon) | John Leguizamo (Burke) |
| Tom Verica (Kahn) | John Costelloe (Sgt. Oswald Cochrane) | Vondie Curtis-Hall (Miller (as Vondi Curtis Hall)) |
| Mark Boone Junior (Shockley) | Ken Baldwin (Mulkey) | Danny Weselis (Blue Light Team) |
| Gregg Kovan (Blue Light Team) | Don Charles McGovern (Blue Light Team) | Danial Donai (Blue Light Team) |
| Jeff Langton (Blue Light Team) | Bob 'Rocky' Cheli (Blue Light Team) | Dale Jacoby (Blue Light Team) |