Anthony Hopkins (Stevens)
Emma Thompson (Miss Kenton)
James Fox (Lord Darlington)
Christopher Reeve (Lewis)
Peter Vaughan (Mr. Stevens, Sr.)
Hugh Grant (Cardinal)
Tony Aitken (Postmaster)
Christopher Brown (Wren's Friend)
Emma Lewis (Elsa)
Frank Shelley (Prime Minister)
Celestia Fox
Abigail Harrison (Housemaid)
Ben Chaplin (Charlie - Head Footman)
Joanna Joseph (Irma)
Roger McKern (Police Constable)
Jeffry Wickham (Viscount Bigge)
Terence Bayler (Trimmer)
Peter Halliday (Canon Tufnell)
Caroline Hunt (Landlady)
Paula Jacobs (Mrs. Mortimer the Cook)
Wolf Kahler (German Ambassador)
Jo Kendall (Publican's Wife)
John Savident (Doctor Meredith)
Peter Cellier (Sir Leonard Bax)
Paul Copley (Harry Smith)
Peter Eyre (Lord Halifax)
Lena Headey (Lizzie)
Brigitte Kahn (Baroness)
Ian Redford (Publican)
Pip Torrens (Doctor Carlisle)
Rupert Vansittart (Sir Geoffrey Wren)
Michel Lonsdale (Dupont D'Ivry)
Tim Pigott-Smith (Benn)
Patrick Godfrey (Spencer)