On screen
Cast
356 credited performers
John Kavanagh
Sean Kerrigan
Benjamin Whitrow
Mr. Kemp
Annette Crosbie
Mrs. Holders
Lesley Sharp
Marion Parkin
Sean Chapman
Danny
Iain Cuthbertson
Julian Vlad
Tony Doyle
Geordie Wilson
Kenneth Cranham
Dick Naughton
Patrick Stewart
Self - Narrator
Robert Hardy
Colonel Chase
Angela Thorne
Miss Howard
Judy Cornwell
Mrs. Bliss
Joanna David
Florence Kemp
Bill Paterson
Det. Supt. Chase
Hugh Quarshie
Mike
Rowena Cooper
Sarah Beesley
Maurice Denham
Klaus Barbie
Susan Brown
Tracy
Neil Dudgeon
Brink
Kathy Burke
Lily
Robert Patterson
Mr. Gentle
John McGlynn
Mr. Wright
David Thewlis
Terry
Jane Horrocks
Louise
Imelda Staunton
Jane Hartman
Rudi Davies
Senior Immigration officer
Sylvestra Le Touzel
Lisbeth
Maria Charles
Sylvia Pinker
Sorcha Cusack
Grania
Adrian Dunbar
Andy
David Morrissey
Marcus
Timothy Spall
Francis Meeks
Michael Liebman
Marley
Michael Maloney
Gary
Lynsey Baxter
Elizabeth
Frank Mills
Mr. Wilson
Jane Downs
Mrs. Wilson
Josephine Welcome
Katie
Martin Wimbush
Jeremy
Jean Campbell-Dallas
Little Old Lady
Penny Leatherbarrow
WPS Blackbird
Colin Farrell
Matthew
Colin Blumenau
Keith
Terry Molloy
Don
Clive Swift
James
Joan Hickson
Bea
Vivian Pickles
Esther
Lynn Farleigh
Helen
Ed Devereaux
Ted Lawrence
Christopher Wild
Steve
Caroline Milmoe
Maureen
Ian Mercer
Brad
Terry Sue-Patt
Snapper
Paul Oldham
Dez
Andrew Keir
Mr. Campbell
Colette O'Neil
Phil
Sandra Voe
Chrissie
Katy Hale
Lois
Colin Blakely
George Beesley
Benedict Taylor
Peter
Eddie Tagoe
Waiter
Gyearbuor Asante
Michael
Femi Taylor
Linda
Solomzi Bisholo
Character not listed
Thami Cele
Character not listed
Bongani Hiophe
Character not listed
Bheki Mqadi
Character not listed
Boy Ngema
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Mbongeni Ngema
Character not listed
Joe Mullaney
Jonesy
Caroline Paterson
Anna
Elizabeth Garvie
Sophie Weber
Clifford Rose
Baron von Swieten
Kate Fahy
Constanze Mozart
Michael Pennington
Thomas Kyd
Geoffrey Beevers
Ingram Frizer
Nicholas Gecks
Richard Baines
John Savident
Sir John Puckering
John Woodvine
William Danby
Jane Thornton
Louise
Gillian Tompkins
Michelle
Michael Callaghan
Stuart
Liza Sadovy
Sarah
Maureen Lipman
Julie
Stephen Dillane
George
Jeffrey Chiswick
Leon
Tony Alleff
Bin Yusuf
Treva Etienne
Jordan
Richard O'Callaghan
Mr. Bullingdon
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Mrs. Oxney
Mark Kingston
President
John Stride
Procureur General
Christian Burgess
Clerk of Court
John Terry
Shannon
Fernando Continentino
Pele
Ruy Polanah
Severino
Maria Padilha
Christina
Cindy Holden
Lily
David Horovitch
Vicar
Paul McGann
Giovanni Cariani
Simon Callow
Raimondi
Michael Gough
Albani
Diana Quick
Tullia
Charles Gray
Storyteller(voice)
Patricia Hayes
Sheila
Doreen Mantle
Mother Monica
Eva Griffith
Rachel
Leslie Rogers
Paul
Cornelius Garrett
Gil
Sophie Thompson
Amy
Jessica Martin
Tess
Meg Wynn Owen
White Lady
Anthony Higgins
Alexander Watson
Emer Gillespie
Ceit
Stella Gonet
Mairi
Ewan Stewart
Donald MacLeod
Robert Urquhart
Minister
Vicky Murdock
Christine
Kelly George
Eddie
Joanne Mapp
Jessie
Mark Harvey
Ben
Anthony Smith
Eric
Denis Quilley
Det. Chief Insp. Burrows
Michael Fitzgerald
John
Jimmy Yuill
Det. Sgt. Chandler
Patrick Godfrey
Supt. Sidebotham
Andrew Wilde
Brother
William Armstrong
Eddie
Rod Culbertson
Prison Officer Green
John Benfield
Alec
John Tams
Roy
Tony Melody
Principal Prison Officer Whittaker
Anthony Best
The Lover
Lynn Redgrave
The Woman
Nicholas Teare
Brother-in-law
Simon McBurney
Martin
Marcello Magni
Renato
Clive Mendus
Colin
Jean Boht
Mrs. Bing
Liz Fraser
Mrs. Dewey
Ian Brimble
Gordon Bing
Neil Pearson
Jack Bing
Juliet Stevenson
Ruth
Dafydd Hywel
Thomas Price
Emrys James
Emrys Price
Gwenllian Davies
Aunt Delyth
Stephen McGann
Brendan
Jason Cunliffe
Alan
Wil Johnson
Dekko
Geff Francis
Paul
Leah Adeola
Character not listed
Richard Bench
Character not listed
Giselle Glasman
Character not listed
Kevin Gopie
Character not listed
Lennie James
Character not listed
Anthony Lennon
Character not listed
Simon McNally
Character not listed
Cliff Parisi
Character not listed
Karl Johnson
P.C. Taffy Hughes
Cheryl Miller
Rita Patel
Tony Wredden
Chandra
Indira Joshi
Renu
Assam Mamodeally
Sumit
Kumall Grewal
Dipan
Dev Sagoo
Vinod
Lyndam Gregory
Sashi
Kevin Moore
Edvard Munch
Dorota Kwiatkowska
Tulla Larsen
Elaine Ives-Cameron
Katrina
Brian Cant
Doctor
John Bowe
Paul Taylor
Jill Baker
Jill Taylor
Jonathan Leigh
Mark Taylor
Heather Tobias
Dr. Clare
Dermot Crowley
Chris
Bryan Pringle
Maurice
Alun Armstrong
Willy
Leslie Schofield
Dudley
Robson Green
Dudley
Gemma Darlington
Hazel
Stephen Bent
Dave
Reece Dinsdale
Danny
Ethna Roddy
Ruth
Niall Buggy
Kenny
Gary Waldhorn
Dr. Buckman
Martin Wenner
Gavin
Annette Badland
Connie
Jack Shepherd
Johann Frink
Barry Jackson
Otto Hansen
Kenneth Haigh
Captain Steiner
Andy de la Tour
Valet
Peter Bayliss
Father Nerval
Alan Rickman
Israel Yates
Nigel Hawthorne
Rev. Jonathan Guerdon
Prunella Scales
Milly
Robert Lang
Strafe
Ronald Hines
Dekko
Sinéad Cusack
Lily
Barry Birch
Farren
Eleanor Methven
Della McCloskey
Nathan Carr
Aidan McCloskey
David Threlfall
Tony
Greg Hicks
Simon
Alison Steadman
Marjorie
Stratford Johns
Arnold
Jack Deam
Robert
Catherine Ivie
Debra
David Jason
George
Con O'Neill
Ralph
Lee Ross
Bryan
Saskia Reeves
Antonia McGill
Patricia Leventon
Rosa Gluberman
Michael Ignatieff
Michael Ignatieff
Alexei Sayle
Clarence Flamer
Kevin Whately
Neil Baldwin
Sam Kelly
Jonjo O'Neill
Gary Beadle
Darren
Denys Hawthorne
Jim McGettrick
Antony Sher
David Samuels
Patrick Shai
Joseph Mnwana
Nathan Dambuza Mdledle
Jackson Mnwana
John Alderton
Doug
Gwen Taylor
Winnie
Linus Roache
Tom
Henrietta Bess
Charlie
Gary Lilburn
Paddy Maguire
Maggie Shevlin
Annie Maguire
James Coyle
Giuseppe Conlan
Peter Ferdinando
Vincent Maguire
Constance Chapman
Rose
Jimmy Jewel
Sam
Natasha Williams
Jasmine
Sean Bean
Man
Melanie Thaw
Girl
Tom Bell
Grant
Joely Richardson
Gussy
Tiga Adams
Helen
Sean McKee
Danny
Pete Postlethwaite
Paula's Father
Emma Bird
Paula
Paul Barber
Drugs Counsellor
John Conteh
Charlie
Bernard Hill
Octavian Barbu
Bob Peck
Tudor Barbu
David Graham
Postel Nicu
Tim McInnerny
Prendergast
Barry McGovern
Desmond
Tom Courtenay
Stanley Peachey
Malcolm Storry
Harry Peachey
Lindsay Duncan
Kath Peachey
Miranda Richardson
Valerie Paris
Nick Moran
Elvis Paris
Larry Lamb
Ron Bannister
Susan Wooldridge
Melanie Bannister
Leo Bill
Michael Meeks
T. P. McKenna
Father Sallins
Sophie Ward
Hetty Fortune
Hugh Fraser
Adrian Harper
Lou Hirsch
Raymond
Amanda Boxer
Danica
Eugene Lipinski
Irving Brothmann
Joe Melia
Mr. Gold
Ving Rhames
Sergeant Blue
Eriq La Salle
Eric
Lili Bernard
Lili
Lonnie Ford
Henry
Eleanor Bron
Pastor
Paul Bhattacharjee
Ajay Nath
Ruth Sheen
Karen
Danny Webb
Det. Con. Hoad
Laura Favali
Sylvie Martens
Ian Bannen
Mattie Muldoon
Pieter-Dirk Uys
Evita Bezuidenhout
Lizz Meiring
Bokkie Bam
Ramalao Makhene
Filamon
John Hurt
Alfred
Charles Simon
Jonny
Pat Laffan
Father Mallory
Wendy Hiller
Countess Alice von Holzendorf
Zoë Wanamaker
Connie
Patricia Quinn
Margot
Madge Ryan
Beattie
Donal McCann
Det Insp Simpson Gabby
Patrick Malahide
Chief Insp Miller Smith
Michelle Fairley
Jenny
Lesley Manville
Penny Armitage
Nicholas Woodeson
Geoff Harris
Raymond Trickitt
Phil
Josette Simon
Vivienne Johnson
Sue Johnston
Miriam Johnson
Rudolph Walker
John Johnson
Yul Vazquez
Luis Salinas
Tomas Milian
Ramon Cires
Juan Maria Almonte
Claude
Tilda Swinton
Ella / Max Gerike
Peter Boyle
Lonnrot
Miguel Sandoval
Treviranus
Christopher Eccleston
Schartach / Zunz / Gryphius
Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez
Ms. Espinoza / Harlequin
Griffin Dunne
Michael Tyne
John Mahoney
Walter Partin
Ron Vawter
Bob D'Avanzo
Lisa Arrindell
Joanne Matheson
Marion van Thijn
Marijke
Walter van Dyk
Pieter
Fine Time Fontayne
Ron Formby
Alison Swann
Marian Fairley
Danny Cunningham
Rick Fairley
Rachel Davies
Alma Titherington
Bette Bourne
Venus Lamour
Benjamin Zephaniah
Benjamin Zephaniah
Alex Jennings
Lord Byron
Alan Cumming
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Emma Fielding
Mary Shelley
Dexter Fletcher
John Keats
Debora Weston
Major Victoria Lincoln-Pruitt
Toshie Ogura
Ao Dai
Marie-Françoise Theodore
Zinnia Jackson
Laurel Lefkow
Fantasy Smith
Benedict Wong
Le Van Dong
Marc O'Shea
Sean
Bronagh Gallagher
Frances
Michael Gregory
Hugh
Mark Rylance
Conn Ellis
Élisabeth Bourgine
Sophie Allen
Brendan Gleeson
Thomas Macken
James Nesbitt
Niall
John Bowler
Dave Stringer
Steve Huison
Rick Eastleigh
Glenn Cunningham
Trevor Banks
Derek Jacobi
George Salisbury
Richard Wilson
James Forth
Alastair Campbell
Political Reporter
Aidan Gillen
Gypo
Kate Hardie
Kaz
Joe Swash
Marley
George Costigan
Sean
Steven Mackintosh
Greg
Robert Carlyle
Nosty
Paterson Joseph
Busi
Vivienne McKone
Rose
Ellen Thomas
Aunt Mafe
Mona Hammond
Nana
Mark Strong
Timson
Kevin Allen
PC Farmer
Robbie Coltrane
Dr. Samuel Johnson
John Sessions
James Boswell
Ian Dury
Dr. Reid
Leo Sho-Silva
Joseph
Alan David
Sir Aeneas MacPherson
Celia Imrie
Lady MacDonald
Jane Wymark
Casualty Doctor
Melanie Hill
Pauline
Jana Shelden
Dinah Wentworth
Victoria Shalet
Rosie Taylor
Ralph Brown
Insp. Drury