Cast of Independence Day: Resurgence

Liam Hemsworth plays Jake Morrison, a pilot of the Earth Space Defense and Patricia Whitmore's fiancé, who lost his parents when the aliens first attacked.

Jeff Goldblum plays David Levinson, the director of the Earth Space Defense and the United States government's leading researcher on extraterrestrial technology.

Jessie T. Usher plays Dylan Hiller, the stepson of Steven Hiller and captain of the Earth Space Defense.

Bill Pullman plays President Thomas J. Whitmore, the former President of the United States who is highly revered by the country as a world-saving war hero, but the fights against the aliens have left him with post-traumatic stress disorder and permanently psychically linked to the enemy.

Maika Monroe plays Patricia Whitmore, the daughter of President Whitmore, who was inspired by her father to follow in his footsteps as a combat pilot and dedicates her military career to the memory of her mother Marilyn.

Sela Ward plays President Elizabeth Lanford, the President of the United States who lost her family during the first invasion and is suspicious of anything coming from space.

Judd Hirsch plays Julius Levinson, a retired rabbi, David Levinson's father, and the author of the book 'How I Saved the World' that narrates events of the first invasion from his experiences and perspectives.

William Fichtner plays General Joshua T. Adams, the United States Air Force General and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who later becomes President of the United States.