Gerard Butler as Mike Banning

Aaron Eckhart as President Benjamin Asher

Finley Jacobsen as Connor

Dylan McDermott as Forbes

Rick Yune as Kang

Morgan Freeman as Alan Trumbull

Cole Hauser as Roma

Radha Mitchell as Leah

Angela Bassett as Lynne Jacobs

Melissa Leo as Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan

Phil Austin as Vice President Charlie Rodriguez

James Ingersoll as Admiral Nathan Hoenig

Freddy Bosche as Diaz

Lance Broadway as O'Neil

Sean O'Bryan as Ray Monroe

Keong Sim as Lee Tae-Woo

Kevin Moon as Cho

Malana Lea as Lim

Robert Forster as General Edward Clegg

Sam Medina as Yu

Ashley Judd as Margaret Asher

Mike Snyder as News Reporter #1

Josiah D. Lee as Korean Pilot

Edrick Browne as Head Technician

Sean Boyd as Raptor Pilot

Hunter Burke as Army Tech Officer

Aonika Laurent as News Reporter #2

Jace Jeanes as Sniper #1

Sione Ma'umalanga as Sniper #2

Tory Kittles as Agent Jones

Shane Land as Agent Davis

Shanna Forrestall as Mary Jane Fuller

Ian Casselberry as Long-Haired EMT

Dorothy Deavers as Mrs. Mosely

Amber Dawn Landrum as Nurse

Han Soto as Dr. Guildes

Kenneth Wayne Bradley as Crisis Room Radio Man

Bill Stinchcomb as Watch Officer

Michelle Celeste Assil as News Reporter #3

Met Salih as News Reporter #4

Darrell L. Connerton as CIA Director

Terry Dale Parks as Army Commander

Michael Stallings as Army Lieutenant

Elliott Grey as FBI Assistant Director

Hamish Macdonald as Self

Lawrence O'Donnell as Self

Rick Chambers as Self

Scott Walker as Male Reporter

Catherine Shreves as Female Reporter

Arnold Chon as Korean Terrorist (uncredited)

Lewis Tan as Korean Commando (uncredited)

J.J. Perry as Secret Service Agent (uncredited)

Simon Rhee as Kang's Korean Commando (uncredited)

Ron Yuan as Undercover Commando (uncredited)

David Joseph Martinez as Senate Intelligence Officer (uncredited)

Andy Cheng as Korean Commando (uncredited)

Steve Kim as Korean Commando (uncredited)

Danny Le Boyer as Korean Commando (uncredited)

Woon Young Park as Korean Commando (uncredited)

Pak Ho-Sung as Korean Commando (uncredited)

Philip Tan as Korean Terrorist (uncredited)

Stephen Oyoung as Korean Terrorist (uncredited)