Bruce Willis, Richard Gere and Sidney Poitier star in this international suspense thriller directed by Michael Caton-Jones.
A ruthless assassin (Willis) has been hired to eliminate someone at the very top of the U.S. government. Constantly changing his identity and location, he is known only as the Jackal. Everything about this hit man, including his sinister timetable, is a secret.
Aware of the Jackal's presence but uncertain of his purpose, the FBI's Deputy Director (Poitier) faces the biggest challenge of his career. In order to track down this coldbooded killer, he and a by-the-book Russian intelligence officer (Diane Venora) enlist the aid of an imprisoned Irish terrorist (Gere). These unlikely allies enter a global race against the clock to stop the mysterious mercenary before he can complete his deadly assignment.
The Jackal is based on the screenplay of the 1973 film "The Day of the Jackal."
| Bruce Willis | The Jackal |
| Richard Gere | Declan Mulqueen |
| Sidney Poitier | Preston |
| Diane Venora | Valentina Koslova |
| Mathilda May | Isabella |
| J. K. Simmons | Witherspoon |
| Richard Lineback | McMurphy |
| John Cunningham | Donald Brown |
| Jack Black | Lamont |
| Tess Harper | The First Lady |
| Leslie Phillips | Woolburton |
| Stephen Spinella | Douglas |
| Sophie Okonedo | Jamaican Girl |
| David Hayman | Terek Murad |
| Steve Bassett | George Decker |
| Yuri Stepanov | Politovsky |
| Walt MacPherson | Dennehey |
| Ravil Isyanov | Ghazzi Murad |
| Maggie Castle | 13 Year Old Girl |
| Karen Kirschenbauer | Speaker |
| Terrence Currier | Surgeon General |
| Daniel Dae Kim | Akashi |
| Michael Caton-Jones | Man in Video |
| Laura Viederman | Woman In Video |
| Peter Sullivan | Vasilov |
| Richard Cubison | General Belinko |
| Jim Grimshaw | Green Beret Colonel |
| Greg Miller | Paramedic |
| Bob Kingdom | Ambassador Koldin |
| Murphy Guyer | NSC Rep. |
| Philip Le Maistre | Bored Teenage Clerk |
| Serge Houde | Beaufres |
| James McCauley | CIA Rep. #1 |
| Terry Loughlin | Davis |
| Victor Sobchak | Doctor |
| Serge Christiaenssens | Immigration Officer |
| Boris Boscovic | Interrogator |
| Ewan Bailey | Prison Guard |
| Danette Alberico | |
| Debra Gano | |
| John Harrington Bland | Dave |
| Pamela Poitier | Law Clerk |
| Jonathan Aris | Alexander Radzinski |
| Eddie Smith, Jr. | Washington Cop |
| Larry King | Himself |
| Dan Ziskie | CIA Rep. #2 |
| Gayle Jessup | Reporter |
| Bill Collins | Medic |
| David Gene Gibbs | Pilot |
| James M. Helkey | Co-Pilot |
| Allen Altman | Car Salesman |
| Caryn Cheever | Yacht Club Gala Patron |
| Jim Clark | Narrator on TV |
| Tom Delmar | Postman Hitman |
| Sam Feuer | Highway Patrolman |
| Mikhail Gorbachev | Himself (archive footage) |
| Eric Hoziel | Hitman |
| Jeff Johnston | Highway Patrolman |
| V. I. Lenin | Himself (archive footage) |
| Jarmo Mäkinen | Ghazzi's Bodyguard |
| Ronald Reagan | Himself |
| Jim Ratman Ross | Co-Pilot |
| J. Christoffer Slotte | Russian Policeman |
| Rick Touhy | Cop |
| Tsarina Alexandra | Herself (archive footage) |
| Tsar Nicholas II | Himself (archive footage) |
| Ed Wolfman Wolfe | Pilot |
| Boris Yeltsin | Himself (archive footage) |
| Terence Clegg | Executive Producer |
| Hal Lieberman | Executive Producer |
| Gary Levinsohn | Executive Producer |
| Mark Gordon | Executive Producer |
| Karl Walter Lindenlaub | Director of Photography |
| Carter Burwell | Composer |
| David John | production sound mixer |
| Chris Jenkins | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Ron Bartlett | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Mark Smith | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Richard King | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Albert Wolsky | Costume Designer |
| Michael White | Production Designer |
| Ricky Eyres | Art Director |
| John Fenner | Art Director |
| Bruton Jones | Art Director |
| Raymond Dupuis | Art Director |
| Yves De Bono | Visual Effects |
| Peter Robb-King | Make-Up Artist |
| Gerald Quist | Make-Up Artist |
| Felicity Bowring | Make-Up Artist |
| Isabel Harkins | Make-Up Artist |
| Jane Royle | Make-Up Artist |
| Bill Campbell | Costume Designer |
| Syd Dutton | Visual Effects |
| Bill Taylor | Visual Effects |
| Richard Patterson | Visual Effects |
