Justine Waddell as Tess Durbeyfield

Jason Flemyng as Alec D'Urberville

Oliver Milburn as Angel Clare

John McEnery as Jack Durbeyfield

Lesley Dunlop as Joan Durbeyfield

Rosalind Knight as Mrs. D'Urberville

Anthony O'Donnell as Crick

Christine Moore as Mrs. Crick

Bryan Pringle as Kail

Debbie Chazen as Marian

Candida Rundle as Izzy

Amanda Brewster as Retty

Linda Armstrong as Car Darch

Hannah Waterman as Nancy

Charlotte Bellamy as Cissie

Amanda Loy-Ellis as Sue

Luke Graham as Abraham

Cheryl Heuston as Liza-Lu

Trevor Martin as Parson Tringham

Penny Morrell as Rolliver's Landlady

Gerald James as Narrator

Richard Brightiff as Cuthbert (uncredited)

Dominic Knutton as Felix (uncredited)

Janice Somers as Woman in Red (uncredited)