Bruce Willis as John McClane

Samuel L. Jackson as Zeus Carver

Jeremy Irons as Simon

Larry Bryggman as Chief Walter Cobb

Graham Greene as Joe Lambert

Anthony Peck as Ricky Walsh

Nicholas Wyman as Mathias Targo

Kevin Chamberlin as Charles Weiss

Colleen Camp as Connie Kowalski

Sam Phillips as Katya

Michael Alexander Jackson as Dexter

Aldis Hodge as Raymond

Sharon Washington as Officer Jane

Stephen Pearlman as Dr. Fred Schiller

Mischa Hausserman as Mischa

Edwin Hodge as Dexter's Friend

Robert Sedgwick as Rolf

Tony Halme as Roman

Bill Christ as Ivan

Anthony Thomas as Gang Member #1

Glenn Herman as Gang Member #2

Kent Faulcon as Gang Member #3

Akili Prince as Gang Member #4

Ardie Fuqua as Gang Member #5

Mike Jefferson as Gang Member #6

Andre Ware as Gang Member #7

Michael Lee Merrins as Van Driver

Birdie M. Hale as Harlem Woman

Daryl Edwards as Livery Driver

Barbara Hipkiss as Phone Woman

Aasif Mandvi as Arab Cabbie

Bill Kux as Business Guy (Taxi)

Scott Nicholson as Transit Cop

Ralph Buckley as Businessman (Station)

Charles Dumas as Cross

Michael Cristofer as Jarvis

Phyllis Yvonne Stickney as Wanda Shepard

J.R. Horne as Sgt. John Turley

Michael Tadross as Greek Deli Proprietor

Elvis Duran as Radio D.J.

John McTiernan Sr. as Fisherman

Greg A. Skoric as Kurt

Sven Toorvald as Karl

T. Alloy Langenfeld as Berndt

Timothy Adams as Gunther

John C. Vennema as Felix Little

Gerrit Vooren as Nils

Willis Sparks as Klaus

Tony Travis as Marshal #1

Danny Dutton as Marshal #2

James Saito as Korean Proprietor

Patrick Borriello as Kid #1

Víctor Rojas as Kid #2

Jeffrey Dreisbach as Yuppie Stockbroker

Joe Zaloom as Jerry Parks

John Doman as Construction Foreman

Patricia Mauceri as Miss Thomas

Franchelle Stewart Dorn as Principal Martinez

Kharisma as Little Tina

Gerry Becker as Larry Griffith

Richard Council as Otto

John Robert Tillotson as Second Broker

Ray Aranha as Janitor

Phil Theis as Erik

Flip as Subway Man

Dory Binyon as Reporter

David Vitt as Kid at Gas Station

John Glenn Hoyt as Federal Reserve Guard #1

Bray Poor as Federal Reserve Guard #2

Shari-Lyn Safir as Secretary

Ivan Skoric as Villain A

Faisal Hassan as FBI Agent

Richard Russell Ramos as FBI Chief

Angela Amato Velez as Cop #1

Richard V. Allen as Chief Allen

Shirley J. Hatcher as Cop #2

David P. Martin as Federal Reserve Guard #3

James Patrick Whalen Sr. as Fat Larry Lumis

Paul Simon as Man in Precinct

Carl Brewer as Helicopter Villain

Vernon Campbell as Large Gang Member (uncredited)

Ali A. Wahhab as Large Gang Member #2 (uncredited)

David Sontag as Biker (uncredited)

Ralph A. Villani as Bomb Squad Detective (uncredited)

Carlo Giuliano as Bomb Squad Member (uncredited)

Jeannie Epper as Woman at Subway Station (uncredited)

Keith Schwabinger as Policeman (uncredited)

Michael Luggio as Teacher (uncredited)

Drew Nelson as Kindergarten Student (uncredited)