Emma Thompson as Beatrice

Kenneth Branagh as Benedick

Kate Beckinsale as Hero

Denzel Washington as Don Pedro of Aragon

Michael Keaton as Dogberry

Keanu Reeves as Don John

Robert Sean Leonard as Claudio

Richard Briers as Signor Leonato

Imelda Staunton as Margaret

Jimmy Yuill as Friar Francis

Brian Blessed as Antonio

Phyllida Law as Ursula

Patrick Doyle as Balthazar

Ben Elton as Verges

Andy Hockley as George Seacole

Chris Barnes as Francis Seacole

Conrad Nelson as Hugh Oatcake

Alex Lowe as Messenger

Richard Clifford as Conrade

Gerard Horan as Borachio

Alex Scott as The Boy

Edward Jewesbury as Sexton