Timothy Spall as JMW Turner

Dorothy Atkinson as Hannah Danby

Marion Bailey as Sophia Booth

Paul Jesson as William Turner Snr

Lesley Manville as Mary Somerville

Martin Savage as Benjamin Robert Haydon

Ruth Sheen as Sarah Danby

David Horovitch as Dr Price

Karl Johnson as Mr. Booth

Peter Wight as Joseph Gillot

Joshua McGuire as John Ruskin

Stuart McQuarrie as Ruskin's Father

Sylvestra Le Touzel as Ruskin's Mother

Leo Bill as JE Mayall

Kate O'Flynn as Prostitute

Sinead Matthews as Queen Victoria

Karina Fernandez as Miss Coggins

Richard Bremmer as George Jones

Mark Stanley as Clarkson Stanfield

Jamie Thomas King as David Roberts

Tom Wlaschiha as Prince Albert

Patrick Godfrey as Lord Egremont

Niall Buggy as John Carew

Fred Pearson as Sir William Beechey

Tom Edden as CR Leslie

Clive Francis as Sir Martin Archer Shee

Robert Portal as Sir Charles Eastlake

James Fleet as John Constable

Roger Ashton-Griffiths as Henry William Pickersgill

Simon Chandler as Sir Augustus Wall Callcott

Edward de Souza as Thomas Stothard

Oliver Maltman as Theatre Actor

Sam Kelly as Theatre Actor

Sandy Foster as Evelina

Amy Dawson as Georgiana

Alice Bailey Johnson as Young Lady Singer

Alice Orr-Ewing as Second Young Lady

Veronica Roberts as Lady Stuckley

Richard Dixon as Mr Manners

Michael Keane as Clergyman

James Norton as Clarinettist

David Ryall as Footman

Nicola Sloane as Brothel Keeper

Eleanor Yates as Ruskin's Wife

Fenella Woolgar as Lady Eastlake

Richard Cordery as Dinner Guest

James Dryden as Cornelius

Marcello Magni as Colourman

Mark Wingett as Mariner

Ruby Bentall as Unhappy Couple

Lee Ingleby as Unhappy Couple

Pearl Chanda as Theatre Actor

Ned Derrington as Theatre Actor

Phil Elstob as Theatre Actor

Peter Hannah as Theatre Actor

Francesca Zoutewelle as Theatre Actor

Billy Holland as Boy Actor

Michael Culkin as Gentleman Critic

Vincent Franklin as Gentleman Critic

Nicholas Woodeson as Gentleman Critic

Elizabeth Berrington as Lady Critics

Eileen Davies as Lady Critics

Bob Goody as Gallery Visitor

Terrence Hardiman as Gallery Visitor

Theresa Watson as Gallery Visitor

Judi Scott as Neighbour

Angela Curran as Neighbour

Amanda Lawrence as Hannah's Friend

Judith Amsenga as Dutch Lady

Helen Cooper as Dutch Lady

Stuart Matthews as Market Trader (uncredited)

Nicholas Jones as Sir John Soane

Robert J. Fraser as Art Student (uncredited)