Leonardo DiCaprio as Amsterdam Vallon

Daniel Day-Lewis as Bill "The Butcher" Cutting

Cameron Diaz as Jenny Everdeane

Jim Broadbent as Boss Tweed

John C. Reilly as Happy Jack

Henry Thomas as Johnny Sirocco

Liam Neeson as "Priest" Vallon

Brendan Gleeson as Walter "Monk" McGinn

Gary Lewis as McGloin

Stephen Graham as Shang

Eddie Marsan as Killoran

Alec McCowen as Reverend Raleigh

David Hemmings as Mr. Schermerhorn

Lawrence Gilliard Jr. as Jimmy Spoils

Cara Seymour as Hell-Cat Maggie

Roger Ashton-Griffiths as P.T. Barnum

Peter-Hugo Daly as One-Armed Priest

Cian McCormack as Young Amsterdam

Andrew Gallagher as Young Johnny

Philip Kirk as O'Connell Guard Leader

Rab Affleck as Plug Uglies Leader

Bill Barclay as Shirt Tails Leader

Nick Bartlett as Chichesters Leader

Robert Goodman as Forty Thieves Leader

Tim Pigott-Smith as Calvinist Minister

Liam Carney as Bill The Butcher's Gang #1

Gary McCormack as Bill The Butcher's Gang #2

David McBlain as Bill The Butcher's Gang #3

Dick Holland as True Blue American Speaker

Katherine Wallach as Jenny's Girl

Carmen Hanlon as Jenny's Girl

Ilaria D'Elia as Jenny's Girl

Laurie Ventry as Resident Woman

Ford Kiernan as Black Joke Chief

Alec McMahon as Resident Man

Nevan Finegan as Dead Rabbit Gang Member

Dominique Vandenberg as Dead Rabbit Gang Member

Stuart Yung Sai-Kit as Chinese at Sparrow's Pagoda

Basil Chung as Elderly Chinese at Pagoda

Finbar Furey as Satan's Circus Singer

Sean Gilder as Rat Pit Game Master

Richard Graham as Card Player (Harvey)

Richard Strange as Undertaker

Douglas Plasse as Medical Student

R. Bruce Steinheimer as Army Recruiter

David Bamber as Passenger on Omnibus

Barbara Bouchet as Mrs. Schermerhorn

Michael Byrne as Horace Greeley

Lucy Davenport as Miss Schermerhorn

Maura O'Connell as Street Singer

Alex Howden as Assistant Hangman

James Ramsay as Condemned Man (Arthur)

Iain McColl as Condemned Man (Seamus)

Louie Brownsell as Legless Soldier

Gennaro Condemi as She-He

Kieran Hurley as Recruiter

John Sessions as Harry Watkins / Lincoln

Michael Billingsley as Uncle Tom

Steven Blake as Mr. Shelby

Giovanni Lombardo Radice as Mr. Legree

Alexia Murray as Topsy

Flaminia Fegarotti as Miss Eliza

Bronco McLoughlin as Assassin

Channing C. Holmes as Tap Dancer

Eliane Chappuis as Chinese Whore

Roberta Quaresima as Whore #1

Marta Pilato as Whore #2

Jian Su as Chinese Acrobat

Man Cao as Chinese General

Kathy Shao-Lin Lee as Chinese Dancer

Alexander Deng as Chinese Boy Singer

Peter Berling as Knife Act Caller

Patrick Gordon as Surgeon

Brendan White as Archbishop

Brendan Dempsey as Provost Marshal Registrar

Taddeo Harbutt as Unruly Man

Nazzareno Natale as Don Whiskerandos

Colin Hill as Nativist Candidate

Robert Linge as One-Armed Veteran

Richard Syms as Drunken Repeater

Christian Burgess as The Mayor

Gerry Robert Byrne as Draft Official

David J. Nicholls as O'Connell Guard Leader

Tim Faraday as Plug Uglies Leader

Sean McGinley as Forty Thieves Leader

John Anthony Murphy as Kerryonians Leader

Terry O'Neill as Chichesters Leader

Vincent Pickering as American Guard Leader

Nick Miles as Atlantic Guard Leader

Ian Pirie as Slaughter Housers Leader

John McGlynn as Bowery Boys Leader

Larry Kaplan as Bloodied Bureaucrat

Leo Burmester as Telegraph Operator #1 (voice)

Justin Brennan as Telegraph Operator #2 (voice)

Brian Mallon as Telegraph Operator #3 (voice)

Joseph P. Reidy as Police Chief

Joel Strachan as Telegraph Operator

Bill Murdoch as Robber on Dock

Angela Pleasence as Woman Accomplice

Iain Agnew as General Wool

Michael Hausman as Gunboat Captain

Bob Colletti as Soldier in Mist

Martin Scorsese as Wealthy Homeowner (uncredited)

Trevor Cooper as Man in Tweed's Office (uncredited)

Massimo Vanni as Bar Bouncer (uncredited)

Salvatore Billa as Native (uncredited)

Marcello Fonte as Citizen (uncredited)

Vincenzo Tanassi as Fireman (uncredited)

Paolo Lorimer as Tammany Man (uncredited)

Michele Bevilacqua as Middle Class Man (uncredited)

Franco Venditti as Coach (uncredited)

Katy Monique Cuomo as Tweed's Whore (uncredited)

Pietro Torrisi as Priest's Gang Member (uncredited)

Corrado Scalia as Rapist (uncredited)

Loretta Rossi Stuart as Dead Rabbit Gang Member (uncredited)

Mauro Cremonini as Internee (uncredited)

Ottaviano Dell'Acqua as Bill the Butcher's Gang Member (uncredited)

Arnaldo Dell'Acqua as Bill the Butcher's Gang Member (uncredited)

Alberto Dell'Acqua as Bill the Butcher's Gang Member (uncredited)

Franco Daddi as Bill the Butcher's Gang Member (uncredited)

Virgilio Ponti as Bill the Butcher's Gang Member (uncredited)

Clemente Ukmar as Priest's Gang Member (uncredited)

Patrizio Pelizzi as Italian Emigrant (uncredited)

Raffaella Ponzo as Johnny's Girlfriend