 | Jason Clarke als Rob Hall |
 | Josh Brolin als Beck Weathers |
 | John Hawkes als Doug Hansen |
 | Sam Worthington als Guy Cotter |
 | Emily Watson als Helen Wilton |
 | Martin Henderson als Andy 'Harold' Harris |
 | Michael Kelly als Jon Krakauer |
 | Keira Knightley als Jan Arnold |
 | Jake Gyllenhaal als Scott Fischer |
 | Robin Wright als Peach Weathers |
 | Thomas M. Wright als Michael Groom |
 | Clive Standen als Ed Viesturs |
 | Naoko Mori als Yasuko Namba |
 | Mia Goth als Meg Weathers |
 | Elizabeth Debicki als Caroline Mackenzie |
 | Tom Goodman-Hill als Neal Beidleman |
 | Vanessa Kirby als Sandy Hill Pittman |
 | Mark Derwin als Lou Kasischke |
 | Ingvar E. Sigurðsson als Anatoli Boukreev |
 | Ang Phula Sherpa als Ang Dorjee |
 | Charlotte Bøving als Lene Gammelgaard |
| Pemba Sherpa als Lopsang |
| Amy Shindler als Charlotte Fox |
 | Simon Harrison als Tim Madsen |
 | Chris Reilly als Klev Schoening |
 | Tim Dantay als John Taske |
 | Todd Boyce als Frank Fischbeck |
 | Justin Salinger als Ian Woodall |
 | Stormur Jón Kormákur Baltasarsson als Bub Weathers |
 | Demetri Goritsas als Stuart Hutchison |
 | Chike Chan als Makalu Gau |
 | Micah A. Hauptman als David Breashears |
 | Nancy Baldwin als Janie |
 | Lucy Newman-Williams als Linda |
| Vijay Lama als Colonel Madan |
 | Avin Shah als Co-Pilot |
 | Johnny Otto als Airline Captain (uncredited) |
| Baltasar Kormákur | Producer |
| Cécile Bouquet | Researcher |
| Chris Benstead | Music Editor |
| Kubilay Kocaoglu | Animation |
| Olafur Thor Magnusson | Animation |
| Marion Strunck | Animation |
| Annette Field | Makeup Artist |
| Felice Guzzi | Gaffer |
| Paul McGeachan | Gaffer |
| Ross Grainger | Rigging Gaffer |
| Marco Sticchi | Rigging Gaffer |
| Jason Ewart | Camera Operator |
| Jason Ewart | Steadicam Operator |
| Jasin Boland | Still Photographer |
| Shaun Cobley | Additional Camera |
| Paul Wheeldon | First Assistant Camera |
| James Shannon | Dolby Consultant |
| Glenn Freemantle | Sound Designer |
| Simon Beaufoy | Screenplay |
| Baltasar Kormákur | Director |
| Nicky Kentish Barnes | Producer |
| William Nicholson | Screenplay |
| Tim Bevan | Producer |
| Eric Fellner | Producer |
| Evan Hayes | Producer |
| Brian Oliver | Producer |
| Tyler Thompson | Producer |
| Dario Marianelli | Original Music Composer |
| Salvatore Totino | Director of Photography |
| Mick Audsley | Editor |
| Gary Freeman | Production Design |
| Alessandro Santucci | Art Direction |
| Guy Speranza | Costume Design |
| Raffaella Giovannetti | Set Decoration |
| David Breashears | Co-Producer |
| David Nichols | Co-Producer |
| Tori Parry | Line Producer |
| Mark Mallouk | Executive Producer |
| Peter Mallouk | Executive Producer |
| Lauren Selig | Executive Producer |
| Randall Emmett | Executive Producer |
| Brandt Andersen | Executive Producer |
| Liza Chasin | Executive Producer |
| Alice Searby | Casting Associate |
| Francesca Birri | Art Department Coordinator |
| Simona De Angelis | Art Department Assistant |
| Rosalyn Mitchell | Art Department Assistant |
| Gianpaolo Rifino | Assistant Art Director |
| Ed Symon | Assistant Art Director |
| Gabriella Loria | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Annie Crawford | Costume Supervisor |
| Maggie Rodford | Music Supervisor |
| Dario Marianelli | Orchestrator |
| Laura Miles | Script Supervisor |
| Zoe Morgan | Script Supervisor |
| Oliver Cubbage | 3D Supervisor |
| Matthias Bjarnason | CG Supervisor |
| Richard Van Den Bergh | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Melanie Farley | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Francine Fontaine | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Jenny King | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Ines Li | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Finola O'Brien | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Deeps Hargunani | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Caitlin Thomas | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Mikael Schärström | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Toby White | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Jan Sewell | Hair Designer |
| Annette Field | Hairstylist |
| Laura Lilley | Hairstylist |
| Zoey Stones | Hairstylist |
| Carmel Jackson | Key Hair Stylist |
| Jan Sewell | Makeup Designer |
| Federico Laurenti | Makeup Artist |
| Laura Lilley | Makeup Artist |
| Matteo Silvi | Makeup Artist |
| Zoey Stones | Makeup Artist |
| Alex Rouse | Wigmaker |
| Brian Greenway | First Assistant Camera |
| Emiliano Topai | First Assistant Camera |
| Paul Santoni | First Assistant Camera |
| Dillon Bennett | Sound Effects Editor |
| Danny Freemantle | Sound Effects Editor |
| Niv Adiri | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Glenn Freemantle | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Todd Kleparski | Digital Intermediate |
| Kira Fitzpatrick | Digital Intermediate |
| Pani Scott | First Assistant Editor |
| Sigurður Eyþórsson | Visual Effects Editor |
| Keith Mason | Visual Effects Editor |
| Lukasz Bukowiecki | Visual Effects Editor |
| Theo Demiris | Visual Effects Editor |
| Tim Caplan | Visual Effects Producer |
| Roma O'Connor | Visual Effects Producer |
| Priyanka Balasubramania | Visual Effects Producer |
| Melody Woodford | Visual Effects Producer |
| Måns Björklund | Visual Effects Producer |
| Dadi Einarsson | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Arne Kaupang | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Glen Pratt | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Stefan Andersson | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Simon Hughes | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Hjörtur Grétarsson | Visual Effects Producer |
| Fiona Weir | Casting |
| Sebastiano Murer | Property Master |
| Kent Harvey | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| John Marzano | Aerial Director of Photography |
| Tom Still | Supervising Art Director |
| Paula Anhesini | ADR Editor |
| Paula Anhesini | Dialogue Editor |
| Nina Hartstone | ADR Editor |
| Nina Hartstone | Supervising Dialogue Editor |
| Peter Burgis | Foley Artist |
| Jack Stew | Foley Artist |
| Peter Gleaves | ADR Mixer |
| Mark Appleby | ADR Mixer |
| Glen Gathard | Foley Mixer |
| Peter Hanson | Foley Editor |
| Adrian Bell | Sound Mixer |
| Peter N. Brown | Construction Manager |
| Mylan Stepanovich | Production Manager |
| Jim Philpott | Grip |
| Lisa Curtis Saunders | Software Engineer |
| Nellie Burroughes | Stunt Double |
| Fraser Taggart | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Viktor Petrov | Animation Department Coordinator |
| Sarah Lochlan | Stunts |
| Brian N. Bentley | Compositor |
