 | Bill Nighy als John Kildare |
 | Olivia Cooke als Lizzie Cree |
 | Douglas Booth als Dan Leno |
 | Daniel Mays als George Flood |
 | Sam Reid als John Cree |
 | María Valverde als Aveline Ortega |
 | Eddie Marsan als Uncle Tommy Farr |
 | Henry Goodman als Karl Marx |
 | Morgan Watkins als George Gissing |
 | Adam Brown als Mr. Gerrard |
 | Peter Sullivan als Inspector Roberts |
 | Damien Thomas als Salomon Weil |
 | Siobhán Cullen als Sister Mary |
 | Levi Heaton als Sarah Martin |
 | Clive Brunt als Charlie |
 | Edythe Woolley als Nell Gissing |
 | Anita Breheny als Jane Quig |
 | Amelia Crouch als Young Lizzie |
 | Simon Meacock als Prison Guard |
 | Paul Ritter als Augustus Rowley |
 | David Bamber als Mr. Greatorex |
 | Ben Moor als Hansom cab driver |
 | Michael Jenn als News Reporter |
 | Daniel Cerqueira als Evening Post Reporter |
 | Patrick Durham als Elderly Man |
 | Nicholas Woodeson als Toby Dosett |
 | Mark Tandy als Judge |
 | Neal Barry als Fisherman |
 | Keeley Forsyth als Lizzie's Mother |
 | Josef Davies als Ticket Boy |
 | Graham Hughes als Little Victor |
 | Lauren Kinsella als Gaelic Girl |
 | Joseph Palmer als Autograph Fan |
 | Roger Morlidge als Stagehand |
 | Christina Tam als Den Proprietor |
 | Clive Russell als Prison Warden |
 | Paul Antony-Barber als Chief of Police |
 | Charlie May-Clark als Annie Ratcliffe Highway Maid |
 | Louisa-May Parker als Mrs. Gerrard |
 | Nigel Black als News Reporter (uncredited) |
| Craig Carr als Prison Guard (uncredited) |
| Graham Cheadle als Reporter (uncredited) |
| Gary Davies als Middle Class Gent / Theatre Audience (uncredited) |
| Steve Healey als Theatre Goer (uncredited) |
| Craig Thomas Lambert als Upper Class Gent (uncredited) |
| David Macey als Poor Man (uncredited) |
 | Jack Parr als The Handsome Man (uncredited) |
| Tom Raven als Police Constable (uncredited) |
| Nig Richards als Juror (uncredited) |
| Bryan Samson als Juror (uncredited) |
| Jake Sanson als Theatre Goer (uncredited) |
 | Olesja Sidorovich als Lady of the Night (uncredited) |
| Baz Stone als Upper Class Gent (uncredited) |
| Ian White als Juror (uncredited) |
| Peter Ackroyd | Novel |
| Jane Goldman | Screenplay |
| Simon Dennis | Director of Photography |
| Juan Carlos Medina | Director |
| Curtis Rivers | Stunt Coordinator |
| Olivia Scott-Webb | Casting |
| Louise Killin | Unit Production Manager |
| Nicola Chisholm | Casting Associate |
| Ian Pearce | Location Manager |
| Christopher Simon | Executive Producer |
| Joanna Laurie | Producer |
| Elizabeth Karlsen | Producer |
| Jane Goldman | Executive Producer |
| Dave Jewerén Moore | Music Editor |
| Justin Krish | Editor |
| Grant Montgomery | Production Design |
| Norman Merry | Executive Producer |
| Thorsten Schumacher | Executive Producer |
| Dean Short | Unit Manager |
| James Player | Location Manager |
| Frederic Evard | Art Direction |
| Nick Wilkinson | Supervising Art Director |
| David Kellick | Location Manager |
| Zygi Kamasa | Executive Producer |
| Laura Katz | Music Supervisor |
| Peter Hampden | Executive Producer |
| Joanne Dixon | Production Coordinator |
| Claire Anderson | Costume Design |
| Stephen Woolley | Producer |
| Caroline Levy | Co-Producer |
| Pilar Foy | Set Decoration |
| Polly Duval | Post Production Supervisor |
| Johan Söderqvist | Original Music Composer |
| Howard Watkins | Title Designer |
| Nicki Hattingh | Executive Producer |
| Anne Sheehan | Executive Producer |
| Nick Wall | Additional Still Photographer |
| Ian Rowley | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Mark Neale | First Assistant Editor |
| Paul Driver | Visual Effects Producer |
| Kirstin Chalmers | Hair Designer |
| Laura Viana da Silva | Makeup Artist |
| Emma Romans | Makeup Artist |
| Rob Rowley | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Daniel Bishop | Steadicam Operator |
| Simon Sturgeon | Camera Operator |
| Jodie-Marie Spencer | Hairstylist |
| Julie Atkins | Makeup Artist |
| Lee Herrick | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Belinda Cumming | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Sheila Wickens | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Andrew Truckle | Lighting Technician |
| Cassie George | Makeup Artist |
| Ed Lancaster | Key Grip |
| Kirstin Chalmers | Makeup Designer |
| Nick Powell | Lighting Technician |
| Ray Marston | Wigmaker |
| Nicola Dove | Still Photographer |
| Robert Ireland | Sound Designer |
| Hannah Green | Third Assistant Director |
| Joshua Bourke | First Assistant "A" Camera |
| Alan Rickman | In Memory Of |
| Melanie Lenihan | Makeup & Hair |
| Helena Card | Makeup & Hair |
| Joe Morley | Foley Artist |
| Simon Trundle | Foley Mixer |
| Mary Wainwright | Graphic Designer |
| Robert Farr | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Jorge García Bastidas | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Nickie Sault | First Assistant Director |
| Chris Alford | Foley Mixer |
| Arron Monkman | Second Assistant "B" Camera |
| Tamara King | Second Assistant Director |
| Fabrizio Diamanti | Key Grip |
