Tom Berenger as Jonathan Toomey

Joely Richardson as Susan McDowell

Luke Ward-Wilkinson as Thomas McDowell

Saoirse Ronan as Celia Hardwick

Aran Bell as Richard Tyler

Sarah Wildor as Jonathan's Wife

Thomas Briggs as Jonathan's Baby

Clare Burt as Claire Hardwick

Benji Compston as Charles White

Robert Jezek as Jim Hardwick

Ronald Pickup as William McDowell

Lia Williams as Joan Tyler

Jenny O'Hara as Mrs. Hickey

Elliot Cowan as James McDowall

Jack Montgomery as Edward Hardwick

Karen Westwood as Mrs. White

Sam Douglas as Wallis Woodman

Derek Riddell as Parson

Sunna Yates as Mrs. Johnstone

Ben Konigsberg as Bobby Clarke