Onder andere met: Bruce Willis (John McClane), Bonnie Bedelia (Holly Gennero McClane), Reginald VelJohnson (Sgt. Al Powell (as Reginald Veljohnson)), Paul Gleason (Deputy Police Chief Dwayne T. Robinson), De`voreaux White (Argyle), William Atherton (Richard Thornburg), Hart Bochner (Harry Ellis), James Shigeta (Joseph Takagi), Alan Rickman (Hans Gruber), Alexander Godunov (Karl), Bruno Doyon (Franco), Andreas Wisniewski (Tony), Clarence Gilyard Jr. (Theo), Joey Plewa (Alexander), Lorenzo Caccialanza (Marco)