Jacob Fortune-Lloyd

as Charles Whiteman

Amaka Okafor

as Shahara Hasan

Kyle Soller

as Alfred Hillinghead

Shira Haas

as Iris Maplewood

Greta Scacchi

as The Lady

Tom Mothersdale

as Gabriel Defoe

Stephen Graham

as Mannix

George Parker

as Henry Ashe

Synnøve Karlsen

as Polly Hillinghead

Gabriel Howell

as Elias