Christian Bale as Jesus of Nazareth

Pernilla August as Mary of Nazareth

Melinda Kinnaman as Young Mary

David Threlfall as Joseph of Nazareth

Geraldine Chaplin as Elizabeth

Edward Hardwicke as Zachariah

John Shrapnel as Simon

Hywel Bennett as Herod

Simone Bendix as Mary Magdalene

Anna Mathias as Anne

Crispian Belfrage as James the Great

Robert Addie as Pontius Pilate

Judy Cornwell as Inkeeper's Wife

John Light as Archangel Gabriel

David Schofield as Micah

Christopher Routh as John the Baptist

Iván Darvas as Silas

Christopher Lawford as Reuben

János Gyuriska as Joses

Lajos Balázsovits as Chamberlin

Michael Mehlmann as Caspar

Artúr Kálid as Balthazar

Zoltán Gera as Astrologer #1

Ferenc Némethy as Astrologer #2

János Gosztonyi as Shepherd #1

László Görög as Shepherd #2

János Kulka as Melchior

Peter Linka as Chief Steward

Yvette Feuer as Elizabeth's Servant