Harrison Ford as U.S. President James Marshall: The President of the United States, Marshall is a Vietnam War veteran and Medal of Honor recipient. Feigning escape during Air Force One 's hijacking, he attempts to retake the aircraft, while saving as many lives as possible. Gary Oldman as Egor Korshunov: A Russian Radek loyalist who leads the hijacking of Air Force One. Glenn Close as U.S. Vice President Kathryn Bennett: The Vice President of the United States, Bennett, throughout the Air Force One hijacking crisis, commands operations from the White House Situation Room, alongside Secretary of Defense Walter Dean and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Northwood. Despite all the tension, Bennett remains calm and collected during the entire ordeal, and refuses to make risky or poor decisions. Wendy Crewson as U.S First Lady Grace Marshall Liesel Matthews as First Daughter Alice Marshall Dean Stockwell as U.S. Defense Secretary Walter Dean Elya Baskin as Andrei Kolchak, Korshunov 's best friend and pilot Levan Uchaneishvili as Sergei Lenski, Korshunov 's henchman David Vadim as Igor Nevsky, Korshunov 's henchman Andrew Divoff as Boris Bazylev, Korshunov 's henchman Ilia Volok as Vladimir Krasin, Korshunov 's henchman Paul Guilfoyle as White House Chief of Staff Lloyd Shepherd Xander Berkeley as U.S. Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Gibbs, of Presidential Protective Division. A mole who secretly helps the terrorists take over Air Force One. William H. Macy as Major Norman Caldwell, USAF, military aide to the President Alan Woolf as Russian President Petrov Tom Everett as U.S. National Security Advisor Jack Doherty Jürgen Prochnow as General Ivan Radek: The dictator of a rogue terrorist regime in Kazakhstan that possessed stolen Soviet nuclear weapons, threatening to start a new Cold War, Radek 's regime took the lives of 200,000 people. Captured by a joint Russian - American military ops team, Radek is imprisoned in Russia. The terrorists who take over Air Force One, demand Radek 's release. Donna Bullock as Deputy Press Secretary Melanie Mitchell Michael Ray Miller as Colonel Axelrod, USAF, pilot of Air Force One: The pilot of Air Force One, Axelrod attempts to make an emergency landing after the hijacking begins. He orders the flight crew, "No matter what happens, we land this aircraft, is that understood? '' Carl Weintraub as Lieutenant Colonel Ingraham, USAF, co-pilot of Air Force One: The co-pilot of Air Force One, Ingraham attempts to help Axelrod emergency land the plane after the hijacking begins. Spencer Garrett as White House Aide Thomas Lee Bill Smitrovich as General Northwood Glenn Morshower as U.S. Secret Service Agent Walters David Gianopoulos as U.S. Secret Service Agent Johnson Dan Shor as Notre Dame Aide Philip Baker Hall as U.S. Attorney General Andrew Ward Richard Doyle as Colonel Bob Jackson, USAF, Air Force One Backup Pilot Willard Pugh as White House Communications Officer Don R. McManus as Lt. Colonel Jack Carlton, F - 15 "Halo Flight '' Leader J.A. Preston as USAF Major General: Having been President Marshall 's Commanding Officer during the Vietnam War, he is the first to anticipate that Marshall is battling the hijackers.
who played harrison ford's wife in air force one
Wendy Crewson