| Nick Nolte | Thomas Jefferson [HR] | |
| Greta Scacchi | Maria Cosway [HR] | |
| Jean-Pierre Aumont | D'Hancarville [NR] | |
| Simon Callow | Richard Cosway [NR] | |
| Seth Gilliam | James Hemings [NR] | |
| James Earl Jones | Madison Hemings [NR] | |
| Michael Lonsdale | Louis XVI [NR] | |
| Nancy Marchand | Madame Abbesse [NR] | |
| Thandie Newton | Sally Hemings [NR] | |
| Gwyneth Paltrow | Patsy Jefferson [NR] | |
| Charlotte de Turckheim | Marie Antoinette [NR] | |
| Lambert Wilson | Marquis de Lafayette [NR] | |
| Elsa Zylberstein | Adrienne de Lafayette [NR] | |
| Bruno Putzulu | Figaro [TR] | |
| Vincent Cassel | Camille Desmoulins [TR] | |
| Jack Gomez | Marquis at the King's court | |
