 | Harrison Ford als President James Marshall |
 | Gary Oldman als Ivan Korshunov |
 | Glenn Close als Vice President Kathryn Bennett |
 | Wendy Crewson als Grace Marshall |
 | Liesel Matthews als Alice Marshall |
 | Paul Guilfoyle als Chief of Staff Lloyd 'Shep' Shepherd |
 | Xander Berkeley als Secret Service Agent Gibbs |
 | William H. Macy als Major Caldwell |
 | Dean Stockwell als Defense Secretary Walter Dean |
 | Tom Everett als National Security Advisor Jack Doherty |
 | Jürgen Prochnow als General Ivan Radek |
 | Donna Bullock als Deputy Press Secretary Melanie Mitchel |
 | Michael Ray Miller als Colonel Axelrod |
 | Carl Weintraub als Lt. Colonel Ingraham |
 | Elester Latham als AFO Navigator |
 | Elya Baskin als Andrei Kolchak |
 | Levan Uchaneishvili als Sergei Lenski |
 | David Vadim als Igor Nevsky |
 | Andrew Divoff als Boris Bazylev |
 | Ilia Volok als Vladimir Krasin |
 | Chris Howell als Major Perkins |
 | Spencer Garrett als White House Aide Thomas Lee |
 | Bill Smitrovich als General Northwood |
 | Philip Baker Hall als U.S. Attorney General Ward |
| Albert Owens als 'Football' Colonel |
 | Willard E. Pugh als White House Comm. Officer |
 | Michael Monks als Assistant Press Secretary |
 | Alan Woolf als Russian President Petrov |
| Messiri Freeman als Future Postmaster General |
 | Thomas Crawford als Steward Mike |
 | Fenton Lawless als Steward Joey |
 | Dan Shor als Notre Dame Aide |
 | David Gianopoulos als Agent Johnson |
 | Glenn Morshower als Agent Walters |
 | Richard Doyle als A.F.O. Back-up Pilot |
 | Don McManus als F-15 Leader Colonel Carlton |
| Duke Miglin als F-15 'Halo 2' Fighter Pilot |
 | Pasha D. Lychnikoff als Prison Guard #1 (as Pavel D. Lychnikoff) |
 | Oleg Taktarov als Prison Guard #2 |
 | Mario Roberts als Secret Service Agent #1 |
 | Keith Woulard als Secret Service Agent #2 |
| J. Mark Donaldson als Secret Service Agent #3 |
 | Bruce Holman als Secret Service Agent #4 |
 | Brian Libby als Chief Mechanic |
 | Diana Bellamy als Switchboard Operator |
 | Thom Barry als Ramstein S.O.F. Watch Officer |
| Harry Hutchinson als Ramstein Airbase Controller |
 | E.E. Bell als Reporter #1 |
 | Mark Thompson als Reporter #2 |
 | Alex Veadov als MiG Pilot |
| Marciarose Shestack als Reporter #3 |
 | Boris Lee Krutonog als MiG Leader |
 | Ren Hanami als Reporter #4 |
 | Titus Welliver als Military Officer in White House Situation Room (uncredited) |
 | Timothy Carhart als Secret Service Agent at Checkpoint (uncredited) |
 | Gwendoline Yeo als FBI Agent (uncredited) |
| Peter Kohn | Associate Producer |
| Peter Kohn | First Assistant Director |
| Vince Deadrick Jr. | Stunts |
| Jerry Goldsmith | Original Music Composer |
| Jerry Goldsmith | Conductor |
| Alexander Courage | Orchestrator |
| Janet Hirshenson | Casting |
| Jane Jenkins | Casting |
| Michael Ballhaus | Director of Photography |
| Richard Francis-Bruce | Editor |
| David V. Lester | Executive Producer |
| Wolfgang Petersen | Director |
| Wolfgang Petersen | Producer |
| William Sandell | Production Design |
| Erica Edell Phillips | Costume Design |
| Dick Bernstein | Temp Music Editor |
| Ernie Bishop | Set Decoration |
| Mark Peterson | Costume Supervisor |
| David M. Dunlap | Second Unit Director |
| Charlie Brewer | Stunts |
| Nancy Patton | Supervising Art Director |
| Marc Abraham | Executive Producer |
| Kenneth Hall | Supervising Music Editor |
| David Siegel | Production Manager |
| Christopher Assells | Sound Effects Editor |
| Terry D. Frazee | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Richard Edlund | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Gail Katz | Producer |
| Armyan Bernstein | Producer |
| Joel McNeely | Additional Music |
| Johnathan R. Banta | Matte Painter |
| Andrew W. Marlowe | Author |
| Jonathan Shestack | Producer |
| Thomas A. Bliss | Executive Producer |
| Mary Montiforte | Associate Producer |
| Anya Colloff | Casting Assistant |
| Carla Meyer | Dialect Coach |
| Doug Coleman | Stunt Coordinator |
| Donna Keegan | Stunts |
| David Orr | Color Timer |
| Barbara Harris | ADR Voice Casting |
| Selina Jayne | Makeup Artist |
| Nerses Gezalyan | Foley Mixer |
| Aaron Skalka | Transportation Co-Captain |
| Claudette Barius | Still Photographer |
| Dianne Dreyer | Script Supervisor |
| Harry Wowchuk | Stunts |
| Gary A. Hecker | Foley Artist |
| John K. Adams | ADR Editor |
| Mickey Giacomazzi | Stunts |
| Scott Robertson | Second Assistant Director |
| Steve Hinton | Pilot |
| Larry Odien | Animatronics Designer |
| Cal DiValerio | Construction Coordinator |
| Wylie Stateman | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Chris O'Hara | Stunts |
| Katrina Mastrolia | Set Costumer |
| Craig Pettigrew | Music Editor |
| Hope M. Parrish | Property Master |
| Kimberly Nelson LoCascio | Visual Effects Producer |
| Lauren Ross | Location Manager |
| Jody Echegaray | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Thomas J. Smith | 2D Supervisor |
| David B. Nowell | Aerial Director of Photography |
| Brian McNulty | Post Production Supervisor |
| Gregory Hainer | Sound Editor |
| Rob Harris | Unit Publicist |
| Jessica Gallavan | ADR Supervisor |
| James R. Tynes | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Dan Hegeman | Dialogue Editor |
| John 'Fest' Sandau | Assistant Chief Lighting Technician |
| Scott Dougherty | Digital Effects Producer |
| Carl J. Stensel | Art Direction |
| J. Patrick Daily | Key Grip |
| Charlie McIntyre | Rigging Gaffer |
| Tom Barrett | Visual Effects Editor |
| Robert Batha | First Assistant Sound Editor |
| Marian Green | Stunts |
| Jeff Khachadoorian | Carpenter |
| Gerald Solomon | Key Hair Stylist |
| Carole Cowley | Production Coordinator |
| Lynn Christopher | Set Designer |
| Keith A. Wester | Sound Mixer |
| Ralph Bertelle | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| Arthur Farkas | Foley Editor |
| Nick Vidar | Music Programmer |
| Mark Rodahl | Digital Effects Supervisor |
| Robert C. Lusted | First Assistant Editor |
| Karen Klein | Roto Supervisor |
| Rick Broderman | Painter |
| Alan Jacques | Projection |
| Fred Apolito | Propmaker |
| Paula Case | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Moore Brian | Driver |
| Jamie Kehoe | Craft Service |
| Steve Bonner | Picture Car Coordinator |
| Harry Lu | Armorer |
| Kelly Diehl | Libra Head Technician |
| Brennan Price | Lighting Technician |
| Kristen D. Chidel | Production Supervisor |
| David Paris | Aerial Coordinator |
| Gary Stel | Construction Buyer |
| Michael Lee Baron | Stunts |
| Craig S. Jaeger | Foley Supervisor |
| Mo Henry | Negative Cutter |
| Carlos Aldana | Art Direction |
| Jim Schermerhorn | Assistant Editor |
| Bryan D. Garofalo | Assistant Property Master |
| John Cornejo | Digital Compositors |
| Mark Anderson | Best Boy Grip |
| Neil Saiger | Construction Foreman |
| Jesse Wayne | Greensman |
| Mike Swift | Production Illustrator |
| Jeff Homolya | Camera Department Manager |
| Mikael Glattes | First Assistant Camera |
| Kevin McNeil | Grip |
| Laura Connolly | Hairstylist |
| Jon Aguilar | Set Dressing Artist |
| Gauth Krishnamurti | Software Engineer |
| Walid Harmoush | Systems Administrators & Support |
| Robert Suer | Transportation Captain |
| Frank Mejerski | Transportation Coordinator |
| Dean Striepeke | Video Assist Operator |
| Steve Apinis | Best Boy Electric |
| Wayne A. Lee | Electrician |
| Kenneth J. Holt | Gaffer |
| Kevin Wadowski | Rigging Grip |
| Carla Sierra | Production Accountant |
| Dennis Hammermeister | Boom Operator |
| David Young | Sound Engineer |
| Joe Pasquale | 3D Supervisor |
| Matt Golden | Storyboard Artist |
| Claudette Grand | Studio Teachers |
| Dwight Joseph Lavers | Dolly Grip |
| Susanne Lariviere | First Assistant Accountant |
| Leslie Joyce | Key Costumer |
| Richard Weingart | ADR Mixer |
| Jonathan Andrews | Utility Sound |
| Peter Collins | VFX Artist |
| David K. Stewart | VFX Director of Photography |
| Paul Sklar | Stunt Double |
| George Callins | Digital Imaging Technician |
| Tammy Fouts | Second Assistant Camera |
| Brent Scarpo | Extras Casting |
| T.K. Durham | Extras Casting Assistant |
| Harry O'Connor | Military Consultant |
| Rick Scheil | Payroll Accountant |
| Matti Asgarian | Production Assistant |
| Randy Starr | Production Executive |
| Joelle Bryanne Stapleton | Production Secretary |
| Timothy B. Graham | Pyrotechnician |
| Colleen Emry | Second Assistant Accountant |
| Tom West | Best Boy Grip |
| Frank Meadows | Sound Mixer |
