- Colin MacLachlan - Master Bowles
- Simon Sherlock - Oldroyd
- Michael Byrne - Captain Keene
- Rupert Holliday-Evans - Steward
- Richard Lumsden - Midshipman Hether
- Andrew Tiernan - Bunting
- Denis Lawson - Captain Foster
- Robert Bathurst - Lieutenant Ecclestone
- Ian McNeice - Mr Tapling
- Duncan Bell - Midshipman Clayton
- Vincent Grass - French captain Forget
- Vincent Grass - Captain Forget
- Dorian Healy - Midshipman Jack Simpson
- Roger May - Lieutenant Chadd
- Frank Boyce - Midshipman Cleveland
- Simon Markey - Dr. Hepplewhite
- David Warner - Captain Sawyer
- Philip Glenister - Gunner Hobbs
- Nicholas Jones - Lieutenant Buckland
- Terence Corrigan - Midshipman Wellard
- David Rintoul - Doctor Clive
- Estelle Skornik - Mariette
- Peter Vaughan - Admiral Hood
- Antony Sher - Marquis de Moncoutant
- Cherie Lunghi - Kitty Cobham
- Ian McElhinney - Captain Hammond
- Christopher Fulford - Midshipman Hunter
- Ronald Pickup - Don Massaredo
- Greg Wise - Major Côtard
- Christian Coulson - Midshipman Jack Hammond
- Lorcan Cranitch - Wolfe
- Tony Haygarth - Master Prowse
- Jonathan Forbes - Orrock
- Jonathan Forbes - Midshipman Orrock
- Ron Cook - Doughty
- Jonathan Coy - Captain Bracegirdle
- Barbara Flynn - Mrs Mason
- David Birkin - Jérôme
- Camilla Power - Betsy
- Jim Carter - Etheridge
- Chris Barnes - Finch
- C. S. Forester
- Delia Fine
- Emilio Nunez
- Andrew Benson
- Vernon Lawrence
- Michele Buck
David Warner interpreta a Captain Sawyer en la serie.
Peter Vaughan interpreta a Admiral Hood en la serie.
Ian McNeice interpreta a Mr Tapling en la serie.
Michael Byrne interpreta a Captain Keene en la serie.
Ioan Gruffudd hace el papel de Horatio Hornblower.
Paul McGann interpreta a William Bush en la serie.
Robert Lindsay interpreta a Sir Edward Pellew en la serie.
Paul Copley interpreta a Matthews en la serie.
Sean Gilder hace el papel de Styles.
Julia Sawalha interpreta a Maria Mason en la serie.
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