John Sessions
as Dr. Prunesquallor
Celia Imrie
as Lady Gertrude
Fiona Shaw
as Irma Prunesquallor
Neve McIntosh
as Lady Fuchsia
Warren Mitchell
as Barquentine
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
as Steerpike
Christopher Lee
as Flay
June Brown
as Nannie Slagg
Lynsey Baxter
as Cora Groan
Zoë Wanamaker
as Clarice Groan
Ian Richardson
as Lord Groan
Richard Griffiths
as Swelter
Stephen Fry
as Professor Bellgrove
Andrew N. Robertson
as Titus