Javier Bardem as Lorenzo Casamares

Natalie Portman as Inés Bilbatúa / Alicia

Stellan Skarsgård as Francisco Goya

Randy Quaid as King Carlos IV

José Luis Gómez as Tomás Bilbatúa

Michael Lonsdale as Inquisitor General

Blanca Portillo as Queen María Luisa

Mabel Rivera as María Isabel Bilbatúa

Unax Ugalde as Ángel Bilbatúa

Fernando Tielve as Álvaro Bilbatúa

David Calder as Monk 1

Ramón Langa as Hooded Monk

Manuel de Blas as Pyre Monk

Andrés Lima as Confiscating Monk

Concha Hidalgo as Alicia's Duena

Trinidad Rugero as Mother Superior

Silvia Kal as Queen

Emilio Linder as Churchman 1

José María Sacristán as Churchman 2

Simón Andreu as Asylum Director

Jack Taylor as Chamberlain

Julian Wadham as Joseph Bonaparte

Ben Temple as Royal Messenger

Craig Stevenson as Napoleon

Scott Cleverdon as French General

Carlos Bardem as French Colonel

Aurélia Thiérrée as Henrietta Casamares

Eusebio Lázaro as Frame Maker

Lola Peno as Bespectacled Nun

May Heatherly as Harlot's Duena

Víctor Israel as Money Monk

Enrique Martínez as Message Monk

Balbino Lacosta as Familiar 1

Manolo Caro as Familiar 2

Mercedes Castro as Dona Julia

Jose Vasquez as Inquisition Notary

Tamar Novas as Apprentice 1

David Luque as Apprentice 2

Carolina Petterson as Novice