Sean Connery as William of Baskerville

F. Murray Abraham as Bernardo Gui

Christian Slater as Adso of Melk

Helmut Qualtinger as Remigio da Varagine

Elya Baskin as Severinus

Michael Lonsdale as The Abbot

Volker Prechtel as Malachia

Feodor Chaliapin Jr. as Jorge de Burgos

William Hickey as Ubertino da Casale

Michael Habeck as Berengar

Urs Althaus as Venantius

Valentina Vargas as The Girl

Ron Perlman as Salvatore

Leopoldo Trieste as Michele da Cesena

Lars Bodin-Jorgensen as Adelmo

Giordano Falzoni as Papal Envoy

Franco Valobra as Jerome of Kaffa

Vernon Dobtcheff as Hugh of Newcastle

Donald O'Brien as Pietro d'Assisi

Andrew Birkin as Cuthbert of Winchester

Lucien Bodard as Cardinal Bertrand

Peter Berling as Jean d'Anneaux

Pete Lancaster as Bishop of Alborea

Franco Adducci as Monk

Niko Brücher as Monk

Aristide Caporale as Monk

Fabio Carfora as Monk

Francesco Scali as Monk

Peter Clös as Monk

Mario Diano as Monk

Franco Pistoni as Monk

Maria Tedeschi as Monk

Valerio Isidori as Monk

Luigi Leoni as Monk

Armando Marra as Monk

Ludger Pistor as Monk

Franco Diogene as Papal Visitor

Dwight Weist as Adso as an Old Man / The Narrator (Voice)

Franco Marino as Soldier

Kim Rossi Stuart as Novitiate