 | Ralph Fiennes als Justin Quayle |
 | Rachel Weisz als Tessa Quayle |
 | Danny Huston als Sandy Woodrow |
 | Bill Nighy als Sir Bernard Pellegrin |
 | Pete Postlethwaite als Lorbeer |
 | Richard McCabe als Arthur Hammond |
 | Donald Sumpter als Tim Donohue |
 | Juliet Aubrey als Gloria Woodrow |
 | Hubert Koundé als Dr. Arnold Bluhm |
 | Archie Panjabi als Ghita Pearson |
 | Gerard McSorley als Sir Kenneth Curtiss |
 | Sidede Onyulo als Jonah Andika |
 | Anneke Kim Sarnau als Birgit |
 | Daniele Harford als Miriam |
| Packson Ngugi als Officer in Morgue |
| Damaris Itenyo Agweyu als Jomo's Wife |
| Bernard Otieno Oduor als Jomo |
| Keith Pearson als Porter Coleridge |
| John Sibi-Okumu als Dr. Joshua Ngaba |
| Nick Reding als Crick |
| Jacqueline Maribe als Wanza Kiluhu |
| Donald Apiyo als Kioko |
| Samuel Otage als Mustafa |
| Mumbi Kaigwa als Grace Makanga |
| John Moller als Athletic Unshaven Man |
| Andre Leenheer als Shaven Headed Man |
| Lydia M. Manyasi als Kenyan Newsreader |
| Steenie Njoroge als 1st Journalist |
| Stuart Wheeler als 2nd Journalist |
| Chris Payne als Mike Mildren |
| Nyajima Jial als Esmerelda |
| Brigid M. Kakenyi als Hospital Administrator |
| Katherine Damaris als Nurse |
| Christopher Okinda als Doctor |
| Ainea Ojiambo als Police Driver |
 | Peter King Nzioki als Policeman 1 |
| Ng'ang'a Kirumburu als Policeman 2 |
| Ben Parker als Det. Inspector Deasey |
 | John Keogh als Immigration Official |
| Jeffrey Caine als Club Servant |
 | Rupert Simonian als Guido Hammond |
 | Teresa Harder als Birgit's Secretary |
| Thomas Chemnitz als Uniformed Policeman |
| Joe Christopher Rhode als Karl |
| Edgar Nicholas Rhode als Karl |
| Eva Plackner als Crossing Guard |
| Claire Simpson als Maude Donohue |
| Chris Lightburn-Jones als Aid Worker |
| Ann Achan als Aduk |
| Dang Wuor Diew als Sudanese Man |
| Ben Gardiner als Harry Woodrow |
| Mark Tildesley | Production Design |
| Jim Shamoon | Executive Producer |
| César Charlone | Director of Photography |
| Odile Dicks-Mireaux | Costume Design |
| Gail Egan | Executive Producer |
| Mario Zvan | Executive Producer |
| Jeff Abberley | Executive Producer |
| Julia Blackman | Executive Producer |
| Fernando Meirelles | Director |
| Alberto Iglesias | Original Music Composer |
| Claire Simpson | Editor |
| Jeffrey Caine | Screenplay |
| John le Carré | Novel |
| Simon Channing Williams | Producer |
| Robert Jones | Executive Producer |
| Leo Davis | Casting |
| Donald Ranvaud | Executive Producer |
| Susanna Lenton | Script Supervisor |
| Denis Schnegg | Art Direction |
| Orin Beaton | Boom Operator |
| Emily Mabonga | Casting |
| Joakim Sundström | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Adrian Metzelaar | Compositors |
| Michael Davis | Visual Effects Producer |
| Michelle Day | Set Decoration |
| Waseem Barlas | Transportation Coordinator |
| Jens Enderling | Transportation Coordinator |
| Tony Lewis | Music Editor |
| Chris Lowe | Supervising Art Director |
| Diego Quemada-Díez | Camera Operator |
| Alex Gladstone | Location Manager |
| Christopher Doll | Location Manager |
| Sonja B. Zimmer | Production Manager |
| Armin Sauer | Stunt Coordinator |
| Gary Donoghue | Rigging Gaffer |
| Lisa Parker | Production Manager |
| Jonah Coombes | Location Manager |
| Nick Laws | Production Manager |
| Nick Adams | Sound Effects Editor |
| Roz Lowrie | Visual Effects Editor |
| Andy Long | Gaffer |
| Peter Fritscher | Rigging Gaffer |
| Bernard Gathogo | Location Manager |
| Coralie Lew | Assistant Art Director |
| Jaap Buitendijk | Still Photographer |
| Alastair Rae | Camera Operator |
| Christian Ehlert | Leadman |
| John Chavanga | Location Manager |
| Gillianne Obaso | Makeup Artist |
| Mike Prestwood Smith | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Roly Jansen | Stunt Coordinator |
| Ergun Cankaya | Camera Operator |
| William Tracey | Rigging Gaffer |
| Alastair Rae | Steadicam Operator |
| Nicci Perrow | Production Manager |
| Sven Taits | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Keith Mason | First Assistant Editor |
| Chris Laurence | Musician |
| Charles Howell | Visual Effects Producer |
| Nick Thomas | Property Master |
| Christine Blundell | Hair Designer |
| Christine Blundell | Makeup Designer |
| Lesa Warrener | Makeup & Hair |
| Kirstin Chalmers | Makeup & Hair Assistant |
| Nuria Mbomio | Makeup & Hair Assistant |
| Zara Pasha | Makeup Trainee |
| Julius Goosen | Makeup Trainee |
| Matthew Smith | Prosthetics |
| Richard Styles | First Assistant Director |
| Konga Mbandu | First Assistant Director |
| Carlos Fidel | Second Assistant Director |
| Wambui Kairo | Second Assistant Director |
| Thorne Mutert | Second Assistant Director |
| Teresia Mwangi | Art Department Assistant |
| Dale Manning | Assistant Art Director |
| Oliver Rose | Assistant Property Master |
| Graham Cole | Construction Manager |
| Rob Brown | Construction Manager |
| John Stephen Forrest Smith | Draughtsman |
| Eddie Baker | Dressing Prop |
| Carol Kupisz | Graphic Designer |
| Evans Gitau | Head Carpenter |
| Daniela von Waberer | Painter |
| James K. Kuria | Painter |
| Sylvester Otieno | Painter |
| John Ogutu Radol | Painter |
| Lawrence Wambu | Painter |
| Joey Weber | Property Master |
| Brian Lofthouse | Property Master |
| Arwel Evans | Property Master |
| Chris Lightburn-Jones | Property Master |
| Lisa Loher | Set Dresser |
| Florian Speidel | Set Dresser |
| Uli Passauer | Set Dresser |
| Samson Maitemi | Standby Carpenter |
| Cathal MacIlwaine | Standby Carpenter |
| Lawrence Wathiga | Standby Painter |
| Tom Roberts | Standby Painter |
| Harmon Cusack | Aerial Camera |
| Sebastian Gross | Camera Trainee |
| John Peter Mungai | Camera Trainee |
| Peter Byrne | Clapper Loader |
| Chris Summers | Clapper Loader |
| Harry Bowers | Clapper Loader |
| Ole Ziesemann | Clapper Loader |
| John Evans | Clapper Loader |
| Robert Wedemeyer | Dolly Grip |
| Benjamin Dreythaller | Electrician |
| Thomas Gosda | Electrician |
| Martin König | Electrician |
| Florian Niedermeier | Electrician |
| Sven Trebus | Electrician |
| André Schwemmin | Electrician |
| Ezekiel Andika | Electrician |
| Peter Njogu Kamau | Electrician |
| Saul Ogada | Electrician |
| Francis Wanyandeh Ouma | Electrician |
| George K. Kahura | Electrician |
| Paul Molloy | Electrician |
| Robert Rabson | Electrician |
| Mark Milsome | Focus Puller |
| Olly Tellett | Focus Puller |
| Nicole Dierken | Focus Puller |
| Franz-Xaver Kringer | Focus Puller |
| Telfer Barnes | Focus Puller |
| Birgit Dierken | Focus Puller |
| Paul Antoni | Grip |
| Peter Kioko | Grip |
| Paul Hatchman | Key Grip |
| Steve Obunde | Key Grip |
| Tony Turner | Second Company Grip |
| Jane Petrie | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Lou Durkin | Costume Assistant |
| Katy Hackney | Costume Assistant |
| Sharon Long | Costume Assistant |
| Colin May | Costume Assistant |
| Laurie Saint-Hillier | Costume Assistant |
| Charlotte Wiseman | Costume Assistant |
| Cristy Watson | Costume Assistant |
| Kate Chilcott | Costume Standby |
| John Denison | Costume Standby |
| Caroline McCall | Costume Standby |
| Liza Brzonskalla | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Sparka Lee Hall | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Elizabeth Glaysher | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Adam Glasman | Colorist |
| Asa Shoul | Colorist |
| Lorraine Lydon | Colorist |
| Kerri Aungle | Negative Cutter |
| Veronica Marcarno | Negative Cutter |
| Paul Wrightson | ADR Editor |
| Richard Kondal | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Nicolas Becker | Foley Artist |
| Sam Southwick | Foley Editor |
| Anthony Faust | Foley Mixer |
| Stuart Wilson | Production Sound Mixer |
| Matthias Richter | Boom Operator |
| Mark Kihara | Boom Operator |
| Cordell McQueen | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Corrina Wilson | Compositor |
| Maria Stroka | Digital Intermediate Producer |
| Adrian De Wet | Digital Supervisor |
| Mwakalafu Muniafu | Casting Assistant |
| Annette Borgmann | Casting Director |
| Iris Müller | Extras Casting |
| Karen Elliott | Music Supervisor |
| Becca Gatrell | Music Supervisor |
| Steffi Hiller | Accountant |
| Wachira Muiragania | Animal Wrangler |
| Ben Pont | Armorer |
| Sandra Butterworth | Dialogue Coach |
| Clifford De Spenser | Dialogue Coach |
| Sandra Frieze | Dialogue Coach |
| Simon Everett | Pilot |
| Andrew Cliff | Pilot |
| Ally Mee | Title Designer |
| Richard Morrison | Title Designer |
| Daniel Barton | Pilot |
| Victor Chege | Pilot |
| Phylis Andika | Production Assistant |
| Consolata Karani | Production Assistant |
| Angela Kombu | Production Assistant |
| Shiv Mandavia | Production Assistant |
| Muthoni Ngacha | Production Assistant |
| Laura Tatton | Production Assistant |
| Kate Penlington | Production Coordinator |
| Anne Helmer | Production Coordinator |
| Alison Ngibuini | Production Coordinator |
| Janine Abery | Production Coordinator |
| Dylan Voogt | Production Coordinator |
| Philip Key | Production Executive |
| Nicole Carmen-Davis | Production Executive |
| Brock Norman Brock | Production Executive |
| Alex Moreno | Researcher |
| Nicola Kelly Hütter | Set Production Assistant |
| Sara Bungartz | Set Production Assistant |
| Henning Molfenter | Co-Producer |
| Thierry Potok | Co-Producer |
| Tracey Seaward | Co-Producer |
