Daniel Day-Lewis as Newland Archer

Michelle Pfeiffer as Ellen Olenska

Winona Ryder as May Welland

Alexis Smith as Louisa van der Luyden

Geraldine Chaplin as Mrs. Welland

Jonathan Pryce as Rivière

Richard E. Grant as Lawrence "Larry" Lefferts

Alec McCowen as Sillerton Jackson

Mary Beth Hurt as Regina Beaufort

Stuart Wilson as Julius Beaufort

Howard Erskine as Beaufort Guest

John McLoughlin as Party Guest

Christopher Nilsson as Party Guest

Miriam Margolyes as Mrs. Catherine Mingott

Siân Phillips as Mrs. Archer

Carolyn Farina as Janey Archer

Michael Gough as Henry van der Luyden

Joanne Woodward as Narrator (voice)

Robert Sean Leonard as Theodore "Ted" Archer

June Squibb as Mingott Maid

Thomas Gibson as Stage Actor

Tracey Ellis as Gertrude Lefferts

Norman Lloyd as Letterblair

W.B. Brydon as Mr. Urban Dagonet

Cristina Pronzati as Countess Olenska's Maid

Clement Fowler as Florist

Cindy Katz as Stage Actress

Kevin Sanders as The Duke

Domenica Cameron-Scorsese as Katie Blenker

Mac Orange as Archer Maid

Brian Davies as Philip

Thomas Barbour as Archer Guest

Henry Fehren as Bishop

Patricia Dunnock as Mary Archer

Kevin Ash as Ballroom Dancer (uncredited)

Susan Lynn Bragg as Debutante (uncredited)

Pasquale Cajano as Man in Crowd (uncredited)

Tanya Carrasco as Debutante (uncredited)

Tamasin Day-Lewis as Lady Admiring Engagement Ring at Beaufort Ball (uncredited)

John Maczko as Society Gentleman (uncredited)

Catherine Scorsese as Elderly Woman at Jersey City Station (uncredited)

Charles Scorsese as Elderly Man at Jersey City Station (uncredited)

Martin Scorsese as Photographer (uncredited)

Michael Trout as Man in Crowd / Gentleman with Lady (uncredited)