Burt Lancaster as PT Barnum

Hanna Schygulla as Jenny Lind

Michael Higgins as Phineas Taylor

Lorena Gale as Joyce Heth

Sandor Raski as Tom Thumb

Laura Press as Charity

Kirsten Bishop as Nancy

Deborah Hancock as Caroline

Sean Hewitt as Coley Draper

Richard Dumont as Barnum

John Roney as Young Barnum