124 minutes
7/3/1990
One year after his heroics in Los Angeles, John McClane is an off-duty cop who is the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time. On a snowy Christmas Eve, as he waits for his wife's plane to land at Washington Dulles International Airport, terrorists take over the air traffic control system in a plot to free a South American army general and drug smuggler being flown into the US to face drug charges. It's now up to McClane to take on the terrorists, while coping with an inept airport police chief, an uncooperative anti-terrorist squad, and the life of his wife and everyone else trapped in planes circling overhead.
Bruce Willis
as John McClane
Bonnie Bedelia
as Holly McClane
William Sadler
as Stuart
John Amos
as Major Grant
Franco Nero
as General Ramon Esperanza
William Atherton
as Richard Thornberg
Dennis Franz
as Capt. Carmine Lorenzo
Art Evans
as Leslie Barnes
Fred Thompson
as Trudeau
Tom Bower
as Marvin
Sheila McCarthy
as Samantha 'Sam' Coleman
Don Harvey
as Garber
Reginald VelJohnson
as Sgt. Al Powell
Tony Ganios
as Baker
Peter Nelson
as Thompson
Robert Patrick
as O'Reilly
Mick Cunningham
as Sheldon
John Leguizamo
as Burke
Tom Verica
as Kahn
John Costelloe
as Cochrane
Vondie Curtis-Hall
as Miller
Mark Boone Junior
as Shockley
Ken Baldwin
as Mulkey
Danny Weselis
as Blue Light Team
Gregg Kovan
as Blue Light Team
Vincent Mazella Jr.
as Blue Light Team
Don C. McGovern
as Blue Light Team - Lt. Sherman
Jeff Langton
as Blue Light Team
Danial Donai
as Blue Light Team
Bob 'Rocky' Cheli
as Blue Light Team
Dale Jacoby
as Blue Light Team
Patrick O'Neal
as Corporal Telford
Ben Lemon
as Sergeant
Jason Ross-Azikiwe
as Second Sergeant
Anthony Droz
as Soldier
Michael Francis Clarke
as Northeast Plane - Pilot
Steve Pershing
as Northeast Plane - Co-Pilot
Tom Everett
as Northeast Plane - Navigator
Sherry Bilsing
as Northeast Plane - Stewardess
Karla Tamburrelli
as Northeast Plane - Stewardess
Jeanne Bates
as Northeast Plane - Older Woman
Colm Meaney
as Windsor Plane - Pilot
Steffen Foster
as Windsor Plane - Co-Pilot
James Lancaster
as Windsor Plane - Navigator
Amanda Hillwood
as Windsor Plane - Stewardess
Felicity Waterman
as Windsor Plane - Stewardess
Alan Berger
as Windsor Plane - Passenger
Vance Valencia
as Foreign Military Plane - Pilot
Gilbert Garcia
as Foreign Military Plane - Co-Pilot
Julian Reyes
as Foreign Military Plane - Young Corporal
Richard Domeier
as WNTW Cameraman
David Katz
as WNTW Soundman
Robert Lipton
as WNTW Chopper Pilot
Rob Steinberg
as WZDC - Victor
Paul Abascal
as WZDC Director
John Rubinow
as WZDC Producer
Bob Braun
as WZDC Newscaster
Dominique Jennings
as WZDC Newscaster
Carol Barbee
as WZDC Newscaster
Jerry E. Parrott
as Engineer
Martin Lowery
as Engineer
Robert Sacchi
as Engineer
Dick McGarvin
as Engineer
Edward Gero
as Engineer
Stafford Morgan
as Engineer
Robert J. Bennett
as Engineer
Nick Angotti
as Engineer
Jim Hudson
as Engineer
Tom Finnegan
as Engineer
Thomas Tofel
as Engineer
Earl Houston Bullock
as Engineer
Wynn Irwin
as Engineer
Rande Scott
as Engineer
Ken Smolka
as Engineer
Robert Costanzo
as Sgt. Vito Lorenzo
Lauren Letherer
as Rent-A-Car Girl
Connie Lillo-Thieman
as Information Booth Girl
Ed DeFusco
as Morgue Worker
Charles Lanyer
as Justice Man
Bill Smillie
as Custodian
Dwayne Hargray
as Luggage Worker
John Cade
as Lobby Cop
Paul Bollen
as Airport Cop
Joseph Michael Roth
as Airport Cop
David Willis Sr.
as Tow Truck Driver
Dru Berrymore
as Capt. Lorenzo's Secretary (uncredited)
Edward Mannix
as Tower Controller (voice) (uncredited)
Robert M. Bouffard
as Police Officer (uncredited)
Michael Luggio
as Police Officer (uncredited)
James Wellington
as Police Officer (uncredited)
Scott Cranford
as Airport Security Guard (uncredited)
Reggie Luck
as Airport Cop (uncredited)
Russell McConnell
as Engineer (uncredited)