Live Free or Die Hard - Cast

Cast

• Bruce Willis as Lieutenant John McClane
• Justin Long as Matthew "Matt" Farrell, a computer hacker from New Jersey
• Timothy Olyphant as Thomas Gabriel, a former U.S. Defense Department analyst who leads a group of cyber-terrorists systematically shutting down the entire United States infrastructure. Olyphant filmed Gabriel within three weeks.
• Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Lucy Gennero-McClane, McClane's estranged daughter who, along with Farrell, was kidnapped by Gabriel and his four henchmen. The inclusion of McClane's daughter was previously considered for the third film, and she was in the video game Die Hard: Vendetta. It was speculated that Willis' real life daughter Rumer, who was born the same year that the first film was released, was a prime candidate for the part of McClane's daughter. Jessica Simpson, Britney Spears, and Taylor Fry, who played McClane's daughter from the first film in 1988, had all previously auditioned for the role.
• Maggie Q as Mai Linh, Gabriel's primary accomplice and companion
• Kevin Smith as Frederick "Warlock" Kaludis, Farrell's hacker friend
• Cliff Curtis as Miguel Bowman, Deputy Director of FBI's Cyber Crime Division
• Jonathan Sadowski as Trey, Gabriel's hacker
• Edoardo Costa as Emerson, Gabriel's main henchman
• Cyril Raffaelli as Rand, Gabriel's henchman
• Yorgo Constantine as Russo, Gabriel's henchman
• Chris Palermo as Del, Gabriel's henchman
• Andrew Friedman as Casper, a computer hacker who is working with Gabriel
• Željko Ivanek as Agent Molina, Bowman's assistant
• Christina Chang as Taylor, an FBI agent working for Bowman
• Sung Kang as Raj, an Asian-American FBI employee
• Tim Russ as Agent Summer