Ioan Gruffudd as Horatio Hornblower

Robert Lindsay as Sir Edward Pellew

Antony Sher as Colonel Moncoutant

John Shrapnel as General Charette

Samuel West as Major Edrington

Peter Vaughan as Admiral Lord Hood

Jean Badin as Faure

Jamie Bamber as Archie Kennedy

Paul Copley as Mathews

Jonathan Coy as Lieutenant Bracegirdle

Sean Gilder as Styles

Estelle Skornik as Mariette

Colin MacLachlan as Master Bowles

Simon Sherlock as Oldroyd

Ian Lindsay as Collins

Jason Hall as Stevens