Harrison Ford character President James Marshall
Gary Oldman character Ivan Korshunov
Glenn Close character Vice President Kathryn Bennett
Wendy Crewson character Grace Marshall
William H. Macy character Major Caldwell
Jürgen Prochnow character General Ivan Radek
Oleg Taktarov character Prison Guard #2
Liesel Matthews character Alice Marshall
Paul Guilfoyle character Chief of Staff Lloyd 'Shep' Shepherd
Xander Berkeley character Secret Service Agent Gibbs
Dean Stockwell character Defense Secretary Walter Dean
Tom Everett character National Security Advisor Jack Doherty
Donna Bullock character Deputy Press Secretary Melanie Mitchel
Michael Ray Miller character Colonel Axelrod
Carl Weintraub character Lt. Colonel Ingraham
Elester Latham character AFO Navigator
Elya Baskin character Andrei Kolchak
Levani character Sergei Lenski
David Vadim character Igor Nevsky
Andrew Divoff character Boris Bazylev
Ilia Volok character Vladimir Krasin
Chris Howell character Major Perkins
Spencer Garrett character White House Aide Thomas Lee
Bill Smitrovich character General Northwood
Philip Baker Hall character U.S. Attorney General Ward
Willard E. Pugh character White House Comm. Officer
Michael Monks character Assistant Press Secretary
Fenton Lawless character Steward Joey
Dan Shor character Notre Dame Aide
David Gianopoulos character Agent Johnson
Glenn Morshower character Agent Walters
Don McManus character F-15 Leader Colonel Carlton
Brian Libby character Chief Mechanic
Diana Bellamy character Switchboard Operator
Thom Barry character Ramstein S.O.F. Watch Officer
E.E. Bell character Reporter #1
Boris Lee Krutonog character MiG Leader
Alex Veadov character MiG Pilot
Messiri Freeman character Future Postmaster General
Pasha D. Lychnikoff character Prison Guard #1 (as Pavel D. Lychnikoff)
Ren Hanami character Reporter #4
Timothy Carhart character Secret Service Agent at Checkpoint (uncredited)
Titus Welliver character Military Officer in White House Situation Room (uncredited)