 | Arnold Schwarzenegger als Jack Slater / Himself |
 | Austin O'Brien als Danny Madigan |
 | Bridgette Wilson-Sampras als Whitney / Meredith |
 | F. Murray Abraham als John Practice |
 | Art Carney als Frank |
 | Charles Dance als Benedict |
 | Frank McRae als Lieutenant Dekker |
 | Tom Noonan als Ripper / Tommy Noonan |
 | Robert Prosky als Nick |
 | Anthony Quinn als Tony Vivaldi |
 | Mercedes Ruehl als Irene Madigan |
 | Ian McKellen als Death |
 | Professor Toru Tanaka als Tough Asian Man |
 | Joan Plowright als Teacher |
 | Keith Barish als Keith Barish |
 | Jim Belushi als James Belushi |
 | Chevy Chase als Chevy Chase |
 | Chris Connelly als Chris Connelly |
 | Karen Duffy als Karen Duffy |
 | Larry Ferguson als Larry Ferguson |
 | Leeza Gibbons als Leeza Gibbons |
| MC Hammer als M.C. Hammer |
 | Little Richard als Little Richard |
 | Robert Patrick als T-1000 |
 | Maria Shriver als Maria Shriver |
 | Sharon Stone als Catherine Trammell |
 | Melvin Van Peebles als Melvin Van Peebles |
 | Damon Wayans als Damon Wayans |
| Jason Kelly als Lieutenant Governor |
 | Noah Emmerich als Rookie |
 | Tina Turner als The Mayor |
 | Billy D. Lucas als SWAT Cop |
 | Ryan Todd als Andrew Slater |
| Apollo Dukakis als Polonius |
| Patrick Flanagan als Punk |
| Donald C. Llorens als Monoghan |
 | Michael Chieffo als Monroe |
 | Mike Muscat als Cop in L.A. Station |
 | John Finnegan als Watch Commander |
 | Bobbie Brown als Video Babe |
 | Angie Everhart als Video Babe |
 | Jeffrey Braer als Skeezy |
 | Anthony Peck als Cop at Ex-Wife's House |
| Paul Gonzales als Cop #2 in L.A. Station |
 | Anna Navarro als Cop in Station |
 | Dex Elliott Sanders als Mitchell |
 | Nick Dimitri als Funeral Doctor |
 | Sven-Ole Thorsen als Gunman |
 | Rick Ducommun als Ripper's Agent |
 | Wendle Josepher als Candy Girl |
 | Michael V. Gazzo als Torelli |
 | Lee Reherman als Krause |
| R.C. Bates als Rabbi |
 | Colleen Camp als Ratcliff |
| Donna Borghoff als Tammy, Hell's Kitchen Hooker |
 | John McTiernan Sr. als Cigar Stand Man |
 | Tiffany Lynne Puhy als Autograph Seeker |
 | Jean-Claude Van Damme als Jean-Claude Van Damme (uncredited) |
 | Danny DeVito als Whiskers (voice) (uncredited) |
 | Al Leong als Vivaldi Gunmen (uncredited) |
| Matt Johnston als Vivaldi Gunmen (uncredited) |
 | Thomas Rosales Jr. als Vivaldi Henchman (uncredited) |
 | Peter Kent als Maitre D' (uncredited) |
| Lena Banks als Movie House Patron (uncredited) |
| John McTiernan | Producer |
| Shane Black | Screenplay |
| David Arnott | Screenplay |
| Stephen J. Roth | Producer |
| Arnold Schwarzenegger | Executive Producer |
| Michael Kamen | Original Music Composer |
| Dean Semler | Director of Photography |
| Richard A. Harris | Editor |
| John Wright | Editor |
| John McTiernan | Director |
| Craig Sost | Production Manager |
| Zak Penn | Story |
| Adam Leff | Story |
| Robert H. Lemer | Associate Producer |
| Neal Nordlinger | Co-Producer |
| Robert E. Relyea | Co-Producer |
| Janet Hirshenson | Casting |
| Jane Jenkins | Casting |
| Eugenio Zanetti | Production Design |
| Marek Dobrowolski | Art Direction |
| Rick Heinrichs | Art Direction |
| Cindy Carr | Set Decoration |
| Gloria Gresham | Costume Design |
| Jim Dultz | Assistant Art Director |
| Stacey S. McIntosh | Construction Coordinator |
| Walt Hadfield | Construction Foreman |
| Randy Martens | Greensman |
| Jon Danniells | Leadman |
| Sharon Barnebey | Painter |
| Mauro Borrelli | Production Illustrator |
| Joe Colwell | Sculptor |
| Peter J. Kelly | Set Designer |
| William Girod | Standby Painter |
| Douglas Ryan | Camera Operator |
| Lee Blasingame | First Assistant Camera |
| William 'Bear' Paul | Key Grip |
| Doug Cowden | Grip |
| Mark O'Kane | Steadicam Operator |
| Zade Rosenthal | Still Photographer |
| Peter Tothpal | Hairstylist |
| Robert Chiu | Key Hair Stylist |
| Natalie Wood | Makeup Artist |
| James Roberts | Set Costumer |
| P. Scott Bailey | Set Dressing Artist |
| Harry Lu | Armorer |
| Doug Crawford | Carpenter |
| Michael Kehoe | Craft Service |
| Laurel Klick | Digital Effects Supervisor |
| Carol Autenrieth | Driver |
| Larissa Supplitt | Loader |
| Michael Sweeney | Post Production Supervisor |
| Katherine Kennedy | Production Office Coordinator |
| Daniel W. Blaha | Propmaker |
| Tommy Tomlinson | Property Master |
| Michael Denering | Scenic Artist |
| Jeffrey D. Stevens | Set Medic |
| Charles Montoya | Set Production Assistant |
| Thomas L. Fisher | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Dieter Rauter | Stand In |
| Vic Armstrong | Stunt Coordinator |
| Scot Deer | Telecine Colorist |
| Donald R. Casella | Transportation Captain |
| John Hager | Transportation Co-Captain |
| William C. Gerrity | Unit Production Manager |
| Rebecca Bennett | Unit Publicist |
| Anthony G. Schmidt | Utility Stunts |
| Douglas A. Degrazzio | Video Assist Operator |
| Miller Drake | Visual Effects Editor |
| Brian W. Cook | Assistant Director |
| Clayton Collins | Dialogue Editor |
| Peter John Petraglia | Best Boy Electric |
| David Bartholomew | Electrician |
| Andrea Sachs | Gaffer |
| Robert H. Lemer | Location Manager |
| Diane Bandolas | Production Accountant |
| Susan Dukow | Production Coordinator |
| Nicholas R. Allen | Boom Operator |
| Catherine Calleson | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Linda Folk | Foley Editor |
| Christopher Brooks | Music Editor |
| Lolita Ritmanis | Orchestrator |
| Lee Orloff | Production Sound Mixer |
| David A. Arnold | Sound Effects Editor |
| Jerry Ross | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Jay Wilkinson | Supervising Sound Effects Editor |
| Gray Marshall | 3D Animator |
| Jane Baer | Animation Supervisor |
| Don Lee | Digital Compositors |
| Suzanne Pastor | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Tricia Henry Ashford | Visual Effects Producer |
| Neil Krepela | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Pia Mehr | Studio Teachers |
| Robert K. Lambert | Additional Editing |
| Gregory J. Barnett | Stunts |
| Craig Lyman | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Richard Snell | Contact Lens Designer |
| Danna Edwards | Costumer |
| Jeff Dawn | Makeup Supervisor |
| Carl Goldstein | Second Assistant Director |
| Fred Waugh | Second Unit Director |
| William F. McLaughlin | Assistant Property Master |
| Craig T. Shordon | Decorator |
| Tamar Dick | Set Painter |
| Jerelyn J. Harding | ADR Editor |
| Jeff Gomillion | ADR Mixer |
| Bill W. Benton | Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Linda Symcox | First Assistant Sound Editor |
| Zane D. Bruce | Foley Artist |
| David W. Alstadter | Foley Mixer |
| Nerses Gezalyan | Foley Recordist |
| Lauren Palmer | Supervising ADR Editor |
| Cindy Marty | Supervising Dialogue Editor |
| Scott R. Fisher | Special Effects Assistant |
| George Zamora | Special Effects Technician |
| Tatiana S. Riegel | Visual Effects Assistant Editor |
| Michael Talarico | Visual Effects Camera |
| Christopher Nibley | VFX Director of Photography |
| Christer Hokanson | Visual Effects Production Assistant |
| Charlie Brewer | Stunt Double |
| Richard A. Kelley | Assistant Camera |
| Ronald Plant | Best Boy Grip |
| Sal Lanza | Dolly Grip |
| Lisa J. Feitelberg | Second Assistant Camera |
| Susanna Griffith | Casting Assistant |
| Neil Greenberg | Assistant Editor |
| Frank J. Urioste | Editorial Consultant |
| Jordana Kronen | Assistant Location Manager |
| David Cooney | Art Department Production Assistant |
| Terry Dunn | Assistant Accountant |
| John DeSimone | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| Dwight Campbell | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Maureen 'Mo' Crutchfield | First Assistant Accountant |
| Linda Renaud | I/O Manager |
| Billy Kerwick | Key Rigging Grip |
| Liz Probst | Payroll Accountant |
| Joseph Aspromonti | Production Assistant |
| Bret Mixon | Roto Supervisor |
| Craig Mizutari | Technical Advisor |
| Michael Key | Makeup Artist |
| Newt Arnold | First Assistant Director |
| Richard Baratta | First Assistant Director |
| Brian W. Cook | First Assistant Director |
| Cellin Gluck | Second Assistant Director |
| Dana J. Kuznetzkoff | Second Assistant Director |
| Bruce Moriarty | First Assistant Director |
| Jono Oliver | Trainee Production Coordinator |
| David Ticotin | Second Assistant Director |
| Vic Armstrong | Second Unit Director |
| J. Ellen Evans | Script Supervisor |
| Susan Malerstein | Script Supervisor |
| Suzan Lowitz | Script Supervisor |
| Dick Ziker | Stunts |
| Debbie Evans | Stunts |
| Al Leong | Stunts |
| Troy Gilbert | Stunts |
| Ronnie Rondell Jr. | Stunts |
| Glenn R. Wilder | Stunts |
| Annie Ellis | Stunts |
| Jon H. Epstein | Stunts |
| Chuck Picerni Jr. | Stunts |
| Henry Kingi | Stunts |
| Bob Brown | Stunt Double |
| Lance Gilbert | Stunts |
| Ric Roman Waugh | Stunts |
| Gary McLarty | Stunts |
| Manny Perry | Stunts |
| Bobby Bass | Stunts |
| Janet Brady | Stunts |
| Richard L. Blackwell | Stunts |
| Jeffrey J. Dashnaw | Stunts |
| Wally Crowder | Stunts |
| Kenny Endoso | Stunts |
| Charlie Brewer | Stunts |
| William H. Burton Jr. | Stunts |
| Clint Cadinha | Utility Stunts |
| Damon Caro | Stunts |
| Norm Compton | Stunts |
| Doc D. Charbonneau | Stunts |
| James M. Halty | Stunts |
| Andy Epper | Stunts |
| Buddy Joe Hooker | Stunts |
| Norman Howell | Stunts |
| Billy Hank Hooker | Stunts |
| Peter Kent | Stunts |
| Joel Kramer | Stunt Coordinator |
| Tommy J. Huff | Stunts |
| David Lea | Stunts |
| Billy D. Lucas | Stunts |
| Lane Leavitt | Stunts |
| Sharon Kramer | Stunts |
| John C. Meier | Stunts |
| Bennie Moore | Stunts |
| Guy Manos | Stunts |
| Alan Oliney | Stunts |
| Danny Rogers | Stunts |
| Scott Rogers | Stunts |
| Jimmy Nickerson | Stunts |
| Michael Runyard | Stunts |
| Ericka Bryce Poniewaz | Stunts |
| Ron Stein | Stunts |
| Kristy Sexton | Stunts |
| Jim Stephan | Stunts |
| Fred Waugh | Stunt Coordinator |
| Charles A. Tamburro | Stunts |
| Scott Waugh | Stunts |
| David Webster | Stunts |
| David Walling | Stunts |
| Scott Wilder | Stunts |
| Chuck Zito | Stunts |
| Keith Campbell | Stunts |
| Laura Dash | Stunt Double |
| Pete Antico | Stunts |
| Gene Hartline | Stunts |
| Peter Kent | Stunt Double |
| Eugene Collier | Stunts |
| Pat Romano | Stunts |
| Peewee Piemonte | Stunts |
| Matt Johnston | Stunts |
| Harry Wowchuk | Stunts |
| Merritt Yohnka | Stunts |
| Gregg Smrz | Stunts |
| Sean Hood | Swing |
