Heath Ledger as William Thatcher

Rufus Sewell as Count Adhemar

Shannyn Sossamon as Jocelyn

Paul Bettany as Geoffrey Chaucer

Laura Fraser as Kate

Mark Addy as Roland

Alan Tudyk as Wat

Bérénice Bejo as Christiana

Scott Handy as Germaine

James Purefoy as Colville

Leagh Conwell as Young William Thatcher

Christopher Cazenove as John Thatcher

Steven O'Donnell as Simon the Summoner

Jonathan Slinger as Peter the Pardoner

Nick Brimble as Sir Ector

Karel Dobrý as Flanders King of Arms

Philip Lenkowsky as Rouen King of Arms

Roger Ashton-Griffiths as Old Bishop

Petr Meissel as Sword Official

Matthew Mills as Colville's Herald

Daniel Rous as Local Earl Lagny

Vladimír Kulhavý as Fence

Miroslav Mokos as French Squire

Noel Le Bon as French Squire

Scott Bellefeville as French Squire

David Schneider as Relic Seller

Rudolf Kubík as Paris Master of Arms

David Fisher as London King of Arms

David Sterne as Retired Knight

Alice Connor as Lone Girl

Alice Bendová as Spy

Berwick Kaler as Man in Stocks

Howie Lotker as Lagny Master at Arms

Jan Kuželka as Smithee

Václav Krejčí as Smithee

Jan Nemejovský as Smithee

Jakob Schwarz as Blackbird Knight (uncredited)