 | Bruce Willis als Harry S. Stamper |
 | Billy Bob Thornton als Dan Truman |
 | Ben Affleck als A.J. Frost |
 | Liv Tyler als Grace Stamper |
 | Will Patton als Chick |
 | Steve Buscemi als Rockhound |
 | William Fichtner als Colonel Willie Sharp |
 | Owen Wilson als Oscar |
 | Michael Clarke Duncan als Bear |
 | Peter Stormare als Lev Andropov |
 | Ken Hudson Campbell als Max |
 | Jessica Steen als Co-Pilot Jennifer Watts |
 | Keith David als General Kimsey |
 | Chris Ellis als Flight Director Clark |
 | Jason Isaacs als Ronald Quincy |
 | Grayson McCouch als Gruber |
 | Clark Heathcliffe Brolly als Noonan |
 | Marshall R. Teague als Colonel Davis |
 | Anthony Guidera als Co-Pilot Tucker |
 | Greg Collins als Halsey |
| J. Patrick McCormack als General Boffer |
| Ian Quinn als Astronaut Pete Shelby |
| Christopher J. Worret als Operator #1 |
 | Adam C. Smith als Operator #2 |
 | John Mahon als Karl |
 | Grace Zabriskie als Dottie |
| K.C. Leomiti als Samoan |
 | Eddie Griffin als Bike Messenger |
| Deborah Nishimura als Client #1 |
| Albert Wong als Client #2 |
 | Jim Ishida als Client #3 |
 | Stanley Anderson als President |
 | James Harper als Admiral Kelso |
 | Ellen Cleghorne als Helga the Nurse |
 | Udo Kier als Psychologist |
 | John Aylward als Dr. Banks |
 | Mark Curry als Stu the Cabbie |
 | Seiko Matsuda als Asian Tourist - Female |
 | Harry Humphries als Chuck Jr. |
 | Dyllan Christopher als Tommy |
 | Judith Hoag als Denise |
 | Sage Allen als Max's Mom |
 | Steven Ford als Nuke Tech |
 | Christian Clemenson als Droning Guy |
| Andy Ryan als Greenpeace Guy |
 | Duke Valenti als Roughneck #1 |
 | Michael Taliferro als Roughneck #2 |
 | Billy Devlin als Roughneck #3 |
| Kathleen Matthews als Newscaster #2 |
| J.C. Hayward als Newscaster #3 |
| Andrew Glassman als Newscaster #4 |
 | Shawnee Smith als Redhead |
 | Dwight Hicks als FBI Agent #1 |
 | Odile Corso als Geo Tech #1 |
 | Vic Manni als Loanshark |
 | Jim Maniaci als Biker Customer |
 | Layla Roberts als Molly Mounds |
| Joe Allen als Kennedy Launch |
 | Bodhi Elfman als Math Guy |
| Alexander Johnson als Newscaster |
| Kathy Neff als Reporter #1 |
| Victor Vinson als Sector Director |
 | Joseph Patrick Kelly als Marine #1 |
 | Peter White als Secretary of Defense |
| Rudy Mettia als G-Man |
| Frank Van Keeken als NASA Planner #1 |
 | Frederick Weller als NASA Tech |
 | Jeff Austin als NASA Tech |
 | Googy Gress als NASA Tech |
 | Matt Malloy als NASA Tech |
 | H. Richard Greene als NASA Tech |
 | Brian Brophy als NASA Tech |
 | Peter Murnik als NASA Tech |
 | Brian Hayes Currie als NASA Tech |
 | Andy Milder als NASA Tech |
 | Michael Kaplan als NASA Tech |
 | Patrick Richwood als Dr. Nerd |
 | Brian Mulligan als Dr. Nerd |
| John H. Johnson als Pad Director |
| Charles Stewart als Vacuum Chamber Tech |
| Scarlet Forge als Young Grace |
| Michael Tuck als American Newscaster |
| Patrick Lander als British Newscaster |
| Anne Varèze als French Newscaster |
| Fritz Mashimo als Japanese Newscaster |
 | Dina Morrone als Italian Newscaster |
| Ruben Olague als Spanish Newscaster |
| Wolfgang Muser als German Newscaster |
 | Jim Fitzpatrick als NORAD Technician |
| Franky als Dog / Little Richard |
 | Charlton Heston als Narration (voice) |
 | Michael Bay als NASA Scientist (uncredited) |
 | Lawrence Tierney als Eddie 'Gramp' Stamper (uncredited) |
 | Mark Boone Junior als New Yorker (uncredited) |
| Michael Bay | Director |
| Michael Bay | Producer |
| Jerry Bruckheimer | Producer |
| Gale Anne Hurd | Producer |
| John Schwartzman | Director of Photography |
| Trevor Rabin | Original Music Composer |
| Michael White | Production Design |
| Bonnie Timmermann | Casting |
| Mark Goldblatt | Editor |
| Chris Lebenzon | Editor |
| Glen Scantlebury | Editor |
| Christopher Boyes | Sound Designer |
| Lawrence A. Hubbs | Art Direction |
| Bruton Jones | Art Direction |
| Rick Simpson | Set Decoration |
| Magali Guidasci | Costume Design |
| Michael Kaplan | Costume Design |
| Robert Roy Pool | Screenplay |
| Jonathan Hensleigh | Screenplay |
| Tony Gilroy | Screenplay |
| Shane Salerno | Screenplay |
| Edouard F. Henriques | Makeup Department Head |
| Sue Moore | Costume Supervisor |
| Geoff Hubbard | Supervising Art Director |
| Crys Forsyth-Smith | Production Manager |
| Ali Akdeniz | Production Manager |
| Nancy Jane King | Production Supervisor |
| Diane L. Sabatini | Production Supervisor |
| Stacey Byers | Art Department Coordinator |
| Byron K. Autrey | Construction Coordinator |
| Greg John Callas | Construction Coordinator |
| Doug J. Meerdink | Assistant Art Director |
| Ron Mendell | Assistant Art Director |
| Yarek Alfer | Sculptor |
| Val Drake | Sculptor |
| Grey Hill | Sculptor |
| John A. Scott III | Leadman |
| Mike Higelmire | Leadman |
| John P. Bruce | Set Designer |
| Todd Cherniawsky | Set Designer |
| Kevin Ishioka | Set Designer |
| Patricia Klawonn | Set Designer |
| Steven M. Saylor | Set Designer |
| Domenic Silvestri | Set Designer |
| Bill Taliaferro | Set Designer |
| Mindy R. Toback | Set Designer |
| George Lee | Set Designer |
| George Watters II | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Steve Boeddeker | Sound Effects Editor |
| Ed Callahan | Sound Effects Editor |
| Midge Costin | Sound Effects Editor |
| David Farmer | Sound Effects Editor |
| Tom Myers | Sound Effects Editor |
| Robert L. Sephton | Sound Effects Editor |
| Greg P. Russell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Kevin O'Connell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Craig Barron | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| David Bartholomew | Visual Effects Editor |
| Richard E. Hollander | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Erik Nash | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Bruce Nicholson | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Debra Wolff | Visual Effects Editor |
| Hoyt Yeatman | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Mary E. Walter | Visual Effects Editor |
| Cari Thomas | Visual Effects Producer |
| Ken Kokka | Visual Effects Producer |
| Josh R. Jaggars | Visual Effects Producer |
| Rae Griffith | Visual Effects Producer |
| Krystyna Demkowicz | Visual Effects Producer |
| Kenny Bates | Stunt Coordinator |
| Mitchell Amundsen | Camera Operator |
| David Emmerichs | Steadicam Operator |
| David Emmerichs | Camera Operator |
| Frank Masi | Still Photographer |
| Pete Romano | Underwater Camera |
| Andy Ryan | Gaffer |
| Beau Desmond | Set Costumer |
| Marci R. Johnson | Set Costumer |
| Will Kaplan | Music Editor |
| Bryce Guy Williams | Transportation Coordinator |
| Joe D. Anderson | Transportation Coordinator |
| Gabriela Gutentag | Publicist |
| Richard Klotz | Location Manager |
| Brett Paton | Animation |
| Richard R. Hoover | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Yolanda Toussieng | Hair Department Head |
| Guy Williams | Technical Supervisor |
| Bunny Parker | Hairstylist |
| Lee Ann Brittenham | Key Hair Stylist |
| Fred C. Blau Jr. | Makeup Artist |
| Kathy Jeung | Makeup Artist |
| Rick Stratton | Makeup Artist |
| Lisa Fields | Casting Associate |
| Alison E. McBryde | Casting Associate |
| Karin Anderson | Script Coordinator |
| Kevin Cooper | Script Coordinator |
| Karen Golden | Script Supervisor |
| Ali Salim Yaşar | Gaffer |
| Jeffrey P. Soderberg | Rigging Gaffer |
| William T. Jones | Rigging Grip |
| J.J. Abrams | Screenplay |
| Teri E. Dorman | Supervising Dialogue Editor |
| Gloria D'Alessandro | Dialogue Editor |
| Alison Fisher | Dialogue Editor |
| Carin Rogers | Dialogue Editor |
| Karen Spangenberg | Dialogue Editor |
| Dan O'Connell | Foley Artist |
| Juno J. Ellis | Supervising ADR Editor |
| Andrea Horta | ADR Editor |
| Mary Andrews | ADR Editor |
| Stephen Janisz | ADR Editor |
| Denise Horta | ADR Editor |
| Nicholas Korda | ADR Editor |
| Thomas J. O'Connell | ADR Mixer |
| Bill W. Benton | Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| James Ashwill | Foley Mixer |
| John T. Cucci | Foley Artist |
| Mark Pappas | Foley Editor |
| Jonathan Klein | Foley Editor |
| Jim Likowski | Foley Editor |
| Linda Lew | Foley Recordist |
| Denise Whiting | ADR Editor |
| Gregory H. Watkins | Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Matthew Harrison | Foley Editor |
| David Hopkins | Assistant Property Master |
| Selmer Kora | Assistant Property Master |
| Jennine Rimer | Assistant Property Master |
| Kevin Wasner | Prop Maker |
| Cagri Aydin | Props |
| Matt Furginson | Set Dresser |
| William S. Maxwell III | Set Dresser |
| Greg Nestor | Set Dresser |
| J.D. Smith | Set Dresser |
| Benton E. Tedlie | Set Dresser |
| Luigi Mugavero | Set Dresser |
| Robert Consing | Storyboard Artist |
| K.C. Hodenfield | First Assistant Director |
| Steve Austin | Special Effects Technician |
| William Dawson | Special Effects Technician |
| Brandon K. McLaughlin | Special Effects Technician |
| Ken Mieding | Special Effects Technician |
| Bill Dietrich | CG Animator |
| Tomás Rosenfeldt | CG Animator |
| Joshua I. Kolden | CG Animator |
| Bryan Hirota | CG Animator |
| Bob Mercier | CG Animator |
| Morgan Trotter | 3D Artist |
| Blair Clark | Animation Supervisor |
| Robert Chapin | CG Animator |
| Sean Dever | CG Supervisor |
| Zoe Peck-Eyler | Compositing Supervisor |
| Rob Hodgson | Digital Effects Supervisor |
| Carlos Arguello | Digital Effects Supervisor |
| Bryan Grill | Digital Effects Supervisor |
| Darin Hollings | Digital Effects Supervisor |
| Dan DeLeeuw | Digital Effects Supervisor |
| Peter Sternlicht | Digital Effects Supervisor |
| John Frazier | Special Effects Supervisor |
| George Trimmer | Visual Effects Art Director |
| Michael Stuart | Visual Effects Art Director |
| Mark Alan Loso | Visual Effects Compositor |
| Brigitte Bourque | Visual Effects Compositor |
| Richard Kaylor | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Jennifer Califano | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Molly Lynch | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Amy Pawlowski | Visual Effects Editor |
| Nancy Ceo | Costumer |
| Daniel Dirks | Costumer |
| Jennifer Long | Costumer |
| Rhona Meyers | Costumer |
| Karo Vartanian | Costumer |
| Mark J. Weitzman | Costumer |
| Kathleen A. Wildman | Costumer |
| Lizz Wolf | Costumer |
| Susan Lichtman | Costumer |
| Marie Kaperbeck | Costumer |
| Annalisa Strickland | Costumer |
| Robert Chase | Key Costumer |
| Suzanne Pettit | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Karen E. Etcoff | Extras Casting |
| Greg Farley | Extras Casting |
| Chris Hutchins | Extras Casting |
| Liz Keigley | Extras Casting |
| Patricia Robinson | Extras Casting |
| Michael R. Miller | Additional Editor |
| Elisa Cohen | Assistant Editor |
| Greg Thompson | Assistant Editor |
| Paul M. Wagner | Assistant Editor |
| Christopher Marino | Assistant Editor |
| Nathan R. Fitzgerald | Assistant Editor |
| Karen Dimmig | Assistant Editor |
| Joel Negron | Assistant Editor |
| Tucker Stilley | Assistant Editor |
| Roger Barton | Associate Editor |
| Todd E. Miller | Associate Editor |
| Bob Kaiser | Color Timer |
| Monica Anderson | First Assistant Editor |
| Mary Beth Smith | Negative Cutter |
| Cynthia Feyrer | Negative Cutter |
| David B. Nowell | Aerial Director of Photography |
| Kurt E. Soderling | Aerial Director of Photography |
| Larry Blanford | Aerial Director of Photography |
| Brian Evans | Assistant Chief Lighting Technician |
| Audie Aragon | Best Boy Grip |
| Michael T. Travers | Best Boy Grip |
| Charlie Marroquin | Best Boy Grip |
| Daniel C. McFadden | Camera Loader |
| Tom Fraser | Camera Operator |
| Bill O'Leary | Chief Lighting Technician |
| James M. McEwen | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Brad Rea | Dolly Grip |
| Jeff Case | Dolly Grip |
| Miles Strassner | Dolly Grip |
| Patrick Hoeschen | Electrician |
| Richard Mosier | First Assistant "A" Camera |
| Heather Page | First Assistant "B" Camera |
| Les T. Tomita | Key Grip |
| Mitchell Andrew Lillian | Key Grip |
| George W. Borthwick | Key Grip |
| Chad Rivetti | Libra Head Technician |
| Thomas D. Lairson Jr. | Second Assistant "A" Camera |
| Charles B. Katz | Second Assistant "B" Camera |
| Mark Plummer | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Patrick Murray | Underwater Gaffer |
| Josh Levy | Video Assist Operator |
| Richard Scarpone | Video Assist Operator |
| Robert Dawson | Title Designer |
| Frédéric North | Aerial Coordinator |
| Alan D. Purwin | Aerial Coordinator |
| Ed Nyerick | Marine Coordinator |
| Jason Bogard | Production Accountant |
| Julie Jones | Production Controller |
| Jennifer Campbell | Production Coordinator |
| Sandra K. Jantzen | Production Coordinator |
| Leslie Stevens | Production Coordinator |
| Lonnie Kandel | Production Coordinator |
| Stacy Foot | Production Secretary |
| Cecily Gambrell | Production Secretary |
| Gabriela Gutentag | Unit Publicist |
| Harry Humphries | Technical Advisor |
| Kevin Clark | Visual Effects Editor |
| Nancy Thurston | Stunts |
| Jeannie Epper | Stunts |
| Kurt Bryant | Stunts |
| Troy Gilbert | Stunts |
| Jeff Imada | Stunts |
| Charlie Picerni | Stunts |
| Gary Epper | Stunts |
| Henry Kingi | Stunts |
| Andy Gill | Stunts |
| Gregory J. Barnett | Stunts |
| Steve M. Davison | Stunts |
| John C. Meier | Stunts |
| Gilbert B. Combs | Stunts |
| Jay Amor | Stunts |
| Janet Brady | Stunts |
| Jill Brown | Stunts |
| Anthony Cecere | Stunts |
| Danny Costa | Stunts |
| Ivan Bates | Stunts |
| Chris Durand | Stunts |
| Kenny Endoso | Stunts |
| Charlie Curtis | Stunts |
| Richard Epper | Stunts |
| Tom Harper | Stunts |
| Tommy J. Huff | Stunts |
| Tabby Hanson | Stunts |
| Steve Hulin | Stunts |
| Steve Kelso | Stunts |
| Terry Jackson | Stunts |
| Jay Krueger | Stunts |
| Bennie Moore | Stunts |
| Ryan Christopher Keys | Stunts |
| Phil Neilson | Stunts |
| Alan Oliney | Stunts |
| Cazimir Milostan | Stunts |
| Theresa Pink | Stunts |
| Robert Powell | Stunts |
| Victor Paul | Stunts |
| Gary Price | Stunts |
| Frank Torres | Stunts |
| Danny Rogers | Stunts |
| Marvin Walters | Stunts |
| Jennifer Tung | Stunts |
| Astrid Walti | Stunts |
| Steve Wooten | Stunts |
| Rick Barker | Stunts |
