 Harry AndrewsLeo Tolstoy | Leo Tolstoy |
 Alan DobieIvan Illych | Ivan Illych |
 Rosemary LeachAnna Petrovna | Anna Petrovna |
 Annette CrosbieSofya Andreyevna | Sofya Andreyevna |
 Patrick StewartSergei | Sergei |
 Fiona FullertonLisa Ivanovna | Lisa Ivanovna |
 Ingrid HafnerTatyana | Tatyana |
 Jim NortonIlya | Ilya |
| DDavid ColeActor in the Tolstoy Sequences | Actor in the Tolstoy Sequences |
| TTimothy StarkActor in the Tolstoy Sequences | Actor in the Tolstoy Sequences |
| JJonathan NewthFyodor Ivanych | Fyodor Ivanych |
 Tony MeyerGerasim | Gerasim |
| JJoan OgdenYekaterina Nikolayevna | Yekaterina Nikolayevna |
| RRoy SpencerIvan Yegorovich | Ivan Yegorovich |
| SSusan FieldMarya Sergeyevna | Marya Sergeyevna |
 Vernon DobtcheffMikhail Mikhailovich | Mikhail Mikhailovich |
| RRobin HalsteadFyodor Petrovich | Fyodor Petrovich |
| CClifford AbrahamsVolodya | Volodya |
 John GabrielMikhail Danilovich | Mikhail Danilovich |
 Alfred HoffmanPriest | Priest |
| EEric FrancisClerk | Clerk |
| IIain RattrayActor in the Death of Ivan Ilyich | Actor in the Death of Ivan Ilyich |
| GGeorge RomanovActor in the Death of Ivan Ilyich | Actor in the Death of Ivan Ilyich |
| DDiane DanielsActress in the Death of Ivan Ilyich | Actress in the Death of Ivan Ilyich |
| JJohn MoffattThe Voice | The Voice |
| MMichael SmeeNarration (voice) | Narration (voice) |