Rufus Sewell

as Charles II

Rupert Graves

as George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham

Charlie Creed-Miles

as James, Duke of York

Helen McCrory

as Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine

Martin Freeman

as Lord Shaftesbury

Christian Coulson

as James, Duke of Monmouth

Shirley Henderson

as Catharine of Braganza

David Bradley

as Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey

Ian McDiarmid

as Sir Edward Hyde

Mélanie Thierry

as Louise de Keroualle