Daniel Day-Lewis

Newland Archer

Michelle Pfeiffer

Ellen Olenska

Winona Ryder

May Welland

Alexis Smith

Louisa van der Luyden

Geraldine Chaplin

Mrs. Welland

Jonathan Pryce

Rivière

Richard E. Grant

Lawrence "Larry" Lefferts

Alec McCowen

Sillerton Jackson

Mary Beth Hurt

Regina Beaufort

Stuart Wilson

Julius Beaufort

Howard Erskine

Beaufort Guest

Miriam Margolyes

Mrs. Catherine Mingott

Siân Phillips

Mrs. Archer

Carolyn Farina

Janey Archer

Michael Gough

Henry van der Luyden

Joanne Woodward

Narrator (voice)

Robert Sean Leonard

Theodore "Ted" Archer

June Squibb

Mingott Maid

Thomas Gibson

Stage Actor

Tracey Ellis

Gertrude Lefferts

Norman Lloyd

Letterblair

Clement Fowler

Florist

Cindy Katz

Stage Actress

Domenica Cameron-Scorsese

Katie Blenker

Brian Davies

Philip

Patricia Dunnock

Mary Archer

Pasquale Cajano

Man in Crowd (uncredited)

Catherine Scorsese

Elderly Woman at Jersey City Station (uncredited)

Charles Scorsese

Elderly Man at Jersey City Station (uncredited)

Martin Scorsese

Photographer (uncredited)