Martin Freeman as Rembrandt van Rijn

Emily Holmes as Hendrickje

Eva Birthistle as Saskia

Jodhi May as Geertje

Toby Jones as Gerard Dou

Jonathan Holmes as Ferdinand Bol

Michael Teigen as Carel Fabritius

Kevin McNulty as Engelen

Agata Buzek as Titia Uylenburgh

Natalie Press as Marieke

Fiona O'Shaughnessy as Marita

Anja Atonowicz as Catharina (as Anna Antonowicz)

Harry Ferrier as Carl Hasselburg

Matthew Walker as Matthias Van Der Meulen

Hugh Thomas as Jacob Jorisz

Krzysztof Pieczyński as Jacob de Roy

Jonathon Young as Visscher

Andrzej Seweryn as Piers Hasselburg

Maciej Zakościelny as Egremont

Chris Britton as Rombout Kemp

Michael Culkin as Herman Wormskerck

Jochum ten Haaf as Jongkind

Gerard Plunkett as Engelan

Adrian Lukis as Frans Banning Cocq

Adam Kotz as Willem van Ruytenburgh

Rafał Mohr as Floris

Maciej Marczewski as Clement

Weronika Migoń as Frau Hasselburg

Richard McCabe as Bloefeldt

Robert J. Page as Actor on Stage

Magdalena Gnatowska as Orphanage Governess Martha

Alicja Borkowska as Orphanage Governess Lotte

Dewi Rhys Williams as Martin Geyle

Magdalena Smalara as Ineke

Aleksandra Lemba as Ispidie

André Schneider as The Model

Lorna Rose Harris as Petra

Mateusz Kościukiewicz as Herman Ooster

Grażyna Barszczewska as Banning Coq's Mother-in-Law