Tim Roth

as Oliver Cromwell

Dougray Scott

as Thomas Fairfax

Olivia Williams

as Lady Anne Fairfax

James Bolam

as Denzil Holles

Corin Redgrave

as Lord de Vere

Finbar Lynch

as Cousin Henry

Julian Rhind-Tutt

as James

Adrian Scarborough

as Sergeant Joyce

Jeremy Swift

as The Earl of Whitby

Rupert Everett

as King Charles I

Steven Webb

as Boy at Naseby

Jake Nightingale

as Captain Pride

Leonard Woodcock

as Young Royalist Prisoner

Thomas Arnold

as Messenger at Naseby

Sam Spruell

as King's Guard

Julian Rivett

as Little

Richard Bremmer

as Abraham

Melissa Knatchbull

as Lady Margaret Holles

Patricia Kerrigan

as Mrs Cromwell

John-Paul Macleod

as Richard Cromwell

Jonathan Coy

as Digby

Mary Roscoe

as Lady Whitby

Liam McKenna

as Guard at Safe House

Louise Breckon-Richards

as Tom's Maid

Oliver Fox

as The Earl of York

Neil Howman

as Doubter

Benedict Cumberbatch

as Royalist

Iain Rogerson

as Man at Execution

Andrew Cryer

as Whitehall Messenger

Robert Sterne

as Whitehall Guard

James Puddephatt

as Merchant

Arthur Cox

as Westminster Abbey Priest

Bruno Lastra

as Spanish Ambassador

Ella Barker

as Molly Fairfax