- Clive Owen - Paul
- Richard Briers - Old Arthur/George
- Bernard Hill - John
- Ian Holm - F.R. Leavis
- Leo McKern - Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch
- Sara Kestelman - Queenie Leavis
- Alan Cumming - Tulloch
- Rufus Sewell - Mike Costain
- Stella Gonet - Marigold
- Kevin McNally - Stuart Thorn
- Tim Roth - Nick Finchley
- Stephen Fry - Humphrey Taylor
- Ian Bannen - Hubert Stout
- Charlotte Coleman - Helen Bardsley
- Jenifer Landor - Jo McLoughlin
- Huckleberry Fox - Joe
- Steven Hayes - Other Kid
- Garett Bader - Other Kid
- Benjamin Pierce - Other Kid
- Travis Talley - Other Kid
- Graham McGrath - Paul Blake
- Harry Andrews - Matey
- Fabia Drake - Mrs Blake
- David Langton - Mr Edwards
- Constance Chapman - Mrs Edwards
- Mark Billingham - Gary
- Amanda Redman - Kate
- ??????? ???????? - Andrei
- Olga Vilner - Lena
- Natasha Bain - Oriolo
- Андрей Смоляков - Oblov
- Алексей Полуян - Sacha
- Viktor Khozyainov - Misha
- Aleksandr Ustinov - Arkady
- Konstantin Anisimov - Karsov
- Oleg Tishchenko - Sergeant Keshchenko
- Николай Дик - New Cop
- Brian Dennehy - James Boyce
- James Fleet - Peter Wentworth
- James Fleet - Bob
- Georgine Anderson - Old Lady
- Georgine Anderson - Elsie Mont
- John Cater - Old Man
- Edward Fox - Monk Scott
- Charles Dance - Paul Hatcher
- Francis Matthews - Silver-Haired Gent
- Roger Lloyd Pack - David Power
- Phyllis Logan - Anne
- Anna Massey - Nina
- Jerry Stiller - Marty de Reske
- Daniel J. Travanti - Jerry Leavy
- Richard Wilson - Sir Hugo Armstrong
- Doreen Mantle - Landlady
- Roger Hammond - Tudor Hamilton
- Nicholas Jones - Detective Inspector
- Michael Stainton - Police Sergeant
- Stephen Rea - Frankie
- Niall Tóibín - Malachy
- Gary Waldhorn - Deferre
- Gary Waldhorn - Boris
- Barry Foster - Derek
- Lee Remick - Grace Gardner
- Eileen Atkins - Helen Marriner
- Helena Bonham Carter - Jo Marriner
- Paul Maxwell - Bill Freed
- Bruce Boa - Channel President
- Lynda Bellingham - Mary Morris
- Alan Curtis - Lord Mallory
- Michael Lees - John Harvey
- Helen McCrory - Jo
- John Warnaby - OTT Man
- Harriet Walter - Amelia Cleverly
- Imelda Staunton - The Producer
- Derek Fowlds - Cumbridge
- George Baker - Greaves
- Pete Postlethwaite - Kecks McGuinness
- Pete Postlethwaite - Mitch
- Pete Postlethwaite - The Dipper
- Pete Postlethwaite - Panter
- Maggie Ollerenshaw - Courier
- Brian Hall - George
- Harry Landis - Kaufman
- Ronan Vibert - Charles Fieldhouse
- Julian Firth - Bates
- Tim Barlow - Old Man
- Lesley Manville - Sophie
- Leslie French - The Major
- Georgie Glen - Margaret Summer
- Rita Davies - Picket at clinic
- Kenith Trodd
Clive Owen interpreta a Paul en la serie.
Richard Briers interpreta a Old Arthur/George en la serie.
Bernard Hill hace el papel de John.
Ian Holm hace el papel de F.R. Leavis.
Leo McKern hace el papel de Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch.
Sara Kestelman interpreta a Queenie Leavis en la serie.
Alan Cumming interpreta a Tulloch en la serie.
Rufus Sewell interpreta a Mike Costain en la serie.
Stella Gonet hace el papel de Marigold.
Kevin McNally hace el papel de Stuart Thorn.
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