Onder andere met: Bruce Willis (John McClane), Jeremy Irons (Simon Gruber), Samuel L. Jackson (Zeus Carver), Graham Greene (Joe Lambert), Colleen Camp (Connie Kowalski), Larry Bryggman (Insp. Walter Cobb), Anthony Peck (Ricky Walsh), Nicholas Wyman (Mathias Targo (as Nick Wyman)), Sam Phillips (Katya), Kevin Chamberlin (Charles Weiss), Sharon Washington (Officer Jane), Stephen Pearlman (Dr. Fred Schiller), Michael Alexander Jackson (Dexter), Aldis Hodge (Raymond), Mischa Hausserman (Mischa),