Kurt Russell (David Grant), Steven Seagal (Lt. Colonel Austin Travis), Halle Berry (Jean), John Leguizamo (Hauptmann Rat), Oliver Platt (Dennis Cahill), David Suchet (Nagi Hassan ('Altar')), Joe Morton (Cappy), BD Wong (Louie), Len Cariou (US-Verteidigungsminister Charles White), Nicholas Pryor (US-Außenminister Jack Douglas), Jon Huertas (Sammy, Terrorist), Richard Riehle (Airline Marshal George Edwards), J.T. Walsh (Senator Mavros), Ray Baker (Kapitän der 747), Whip Hubley (Sergeant Baker), Eugene Roche (Admiral Lewis), Mary Ellen Trainor (Allison, Flugbegleiterin), Stanley Grover (General Price), Ken Jenkins (General Wood), Charles Hallahan (General Sarlow), Ingo Neuhaus (Arzt), Jay Tavare (Nabill), Paul Collins (Nelson), Andreas Katsulas (El Sayed Jaffa), Robert Apisa (Jean-Paul Demou), Christopher Maher (Kahlil), Granville Hatcher (Ahmed), Dey Young (Gail), Ahmed Ahmed (Terrorist), Shaun Toub (Terrorist)