Ralph Fiennes as Justin Quayle

Rachel Weisz as Tessa Quayle

Danny Huston as Sandy Woodrow

Bill Nighy as Sir Bernard Pellegrin

Pete Postlethwaite as Lorbeer

Richard McCabe as Arthur Hammond

Donald Sumpter as Tim Donohue

Juliet Aubrey as Gloria Woodrow

Hubert Koundé as Dr. Arnold Bluhm

Archie Panjabi as Ghita Pearson

Gerard McSorley as Sir Kenneth Curtiss

Sidede Onyulo as Jonah Andika

Anneke Kim Sarnau as Birgit

Daniele Harford as Miriam

Packson Ngugi as Officer in Morgue

Damaris Itenyo Agweyu as Jomo's Wife

Bernard Otieno Oduor as Jomo

Keith Pearson as Porter Coleridge

John Sibi-Okumu as Dr. Joshua Ngaba

Nick Reding as Crick

Jacqueline Maribe as Wanza Kiluhu

Donald Apiyo as Kioko

Samuel Otage as Mustafa

Mumbi Kaigwa as Grace Makanga

John Moller as Athletic Unshaven Man

Andre Leenheer as Shaven Headed Man

Lydia M. Manyasi as Kenyan Newsreader

Steenie Njoroge as 1st Journalist

Stuart Wheeler as 2nd Journalist

Chris Payne as Mike Mildren

Nyajima Jial as Esmerelda

Brigid M. Kakenyi as Hospital Administrator

Katherine Damaris as Nurse

Christopher Okinda as Doctor

Ainea Ojiambo as Police Driver

Peter King Nzioki as Policeman 1

Ng'ang'a Kirumburu as Policeman 2

Ben Parker as Det. Inspector Deasey

John Keogh as Immigration Official

Jeffrey Caine as Club Servant

Rupert Simonian as Guido Hammond

Teresa Harder as Birgit's Secretary

Thomas Chemnitz as Uniformed Policeman

Joe Christopher Rhode as Karl

Edgar Nicholas Rhode as Karl

Eva Plackner as Crossing Guard

Claire Simpson as Maude Donohue

Chris Lightburn-Jones as Aid Worker

Ann Achan as Aduk

Dang Wuor Diew as Sudanese Man

Ben Gardiner as Harry Woodrow