Charlie Hunnam as Nicholas Nickleby

Nathan Lane as Vincent Crummles

Jim Broadbent as Mr. Wackford Squeers

Christopher Plummer as Ralph Nickleby

Jamie Bell as Smike

Anne Hathaway as Madeline Bray

Alan Cumming as Mr. Folair

Timothy Spall as Charles Cheeryble

Romola Garai as Kate Nickleby

Andrew Havill as Mr. Nickleby

Stella Gonet as Mrs Nickleby

Hugh Mitchell as Boy Nicholas Nickleby

Tom Courtenay as Newman Noggs

Juliet Stevenson as Mrs. Squeers

Lucy Davis as Maid

Kevin McKidd as John Browdie

Edward Fox as Sir Mulberry Hawk

Nicholas Rowe as Lord Verisopht

Angus Wright as Mr. Pluck

Barry Humphries as Mrs. Crummies/Mr. Leadville

Eileen Walsh as The Infant Phenomenon

Mark Wells as Romeo in Play

Daisy Haggard as Juliet in Play

Phil Davis as Brooker

Gerard Horan as Ned Cheeryble

William Ash as Frank Cheeryble

Sophie Thompson as Miss Lacreevy

David Bradley as Nigel Bray

Edward Hogg as Young Mr. Bray

Roger Ashton-Griffiths as Doctor

Angela Curran as Parent

Bruce Cook as Little Wackford Squeers