Pål Sverre Hagen as Thor Heyerdahl

Anders Baasmo Christiansen as Herman Watzinger

Tobias Santelmann as Knut Haugland

Gustaf Skarsgård as Bengt Danielsson

Odd-Magnus Williamson as Erik Hesselberg

Jakob Oftebro as Torstein Raaby

Agnes Kittelsen as Liv Heyerdahl

Manuel Cauchi as Jose Bustamente

Richard Trinder as Løytnant Lewis

Søren Pilmark as Freuchen

Peter Wight as Spinden

Jo Adrian Haavind as Journalist

Ian Bonar as Sailor

Eilif Hellum Noraker as Thor Jr.

Elisabeth Matheson as Allison