Harrison Ford as Jack Ryan

Willem Dafoe as John Clark

Joaquim de Almeida as Col. Felix V. Cortez

Henry Czerny as CIA Deputy Director Robert Ritter

Harris Yulin as National Security Advisor James Cutter

Donald Moffat as President Bennett

Miguel Sandoval as Ernesto Escobedo

Benjamin Bratt as Captain Ramirez

Raymond Cruz as Domingo Chavez

Dean Jones as Judge Moore

Anne Archer as Dr. Cathy Ryan

Thora Birch as Sally Ryan

Ann Magnuson as Moira Wolfson

James Earl Jones as Admiral James Greer

Hope Lange as Senator Mayo

Tom Tammi as FBI Director Emile Jacobs

Greg Germann as Petey

Tim Grimm as Dan Murray

Belita Moreno as Jean Fowler

Jorge Luke as Sipo

Ellen Geer as Rose

Jared Chandler as Insertion Team Radioman

Ted Raimi as Satellite Analyst

Vondie Curtis-Hall as Voice-Print Analyst

John Lafayette as CIA Analyst

Beau Lotterman as CIA Analyst

Rex Linn as Washington Detective

Ken Howard as Committee Chairman

Alexander Lester as John Ryan Jr.

Reg E. Cathey as Sergeant Major

Clark Gregg as Staff Sergeant

Chris Conrad as Sniper Sergeant

Vaughn Armstrong as Blackhawk Pilot

John Putch as Blackhawk Co-Pilot

Colleen Flynn as Coast Guard Captain

Reed Diamond as Coast Guard Chief

Cam Brainard as Coast Guardsman

Brendan Ford as Coast Guardsman

Michael Jace as Coast Guardsman

Patrick Bauchau as Enrique Rojas

Aaron Lustig as Dr. Polk

Lynne Marie Stewart as Greer's Secretary

John Rixey Moore as Spook

Jaime Gomez as Sergeant Oso

Miguel Pérez as DEA Agent

R.A. Rondell as MC Driver

Peter Weireter as FBI Director’s Bodyguard

Blanca Guerra as Escobedo's Wife

Diana Sowle as Cartel Maid

Victor Palmieri as Ambassador Ferris

Trip Hamilton as White House Guard

Cameron Thor as DEA Surveillance Agent

Harley Venton as DEA Agent

Juan Carlos Colombo as Cortez's Bodyguard

Rufino Echegoyen as Escobedo's Driver

Honorato Magaloni as Mining Company Manager

Mario Iván Martínez as Chemist

Eduardo Andrade as Eduardo

Hector Teller as Hector

Alejandro Bracho as Fernandez

Robert Arratia as Colombian Hitman

Eliot Ferrer as Colombian Hitman

David J. Negrón Jr. as Cartel Accountant

Michael A. Mendez as Cartel Gunman

Michael A. Mendez as Cartel Member

Kamala Lopez as Venezuelan Telephonist

Guillermo Ríos as Gate House Guard

Alejandro De Hoyos as Spanish Reporter

Alejandro De Hoyos as CNN Reporter

Barbara Harrison as TV Reporter

Mark Bailey as Reporter

Elizabeth Dennehy as Reporter

Patricia Belcher as INS Officer

Tom Isbell as Restaurant Doctor

Kim Flowers as Restaurant Hostess

Claudia Lobo as Ritter's Wife

Al Verdun as Ritter's Secretary

Catherine MacNeal as Greer's Nurse

Denice Kumagai as Nurse

Marjorie Lovett as President's Secretary

Lee Bear as Cutter's Bodyguard

Glenn E. Coats as Hotel Clerk

Kevin Cooney as CIA Counsel

Lis Kern as Horse Trainer

Thomas Luskey as Homicide Detective

Christine Moore as Greer’s Widow

Tom Bower as Clark's Pilot (uncredited)