Thomas Jefferson

Nick Nolte

Maria Cosway

Greta Scacchi

Patsy Jefferson

Gwyneth Paltrow

D'Hancarville

Jean-Pierre Aumont

Sally Hemings

Thandiwe Newton

Richard Cosway

Simon Callow

James Hemings

Seth Gilliam

Madison Hemings

James Earl Jones

Louis XVI

Michael Lonsdale

Madame Abbesse

Nancy Marchand

Polly Jefferson

Estelle Eonnet

Marie Antoinette

Charlotte de Turckheim

William Short

Todd Boyce

Marquis de Lafayette

Lambert Wilson

John Trumbull

Nigel Whitmey

Monsieur Petit

Nicholas Silberg

Camille Desmoulins

Vincent Cassel

Cook

Catherine Samie

Dr. Guillotin

Steve Kalfa

Julia

Jessica Lloyd

Cook's Helper

Lionel Robert

Surgeon

Stanislas Carre de Malberg

Surgeon

Jean Rupert

Monsieur Petit

Nicolas Silberg

Dressmaker

Yvette Petit

Hairdresser

Paolo Mantini

Adrienne de Lafayette

Elsa Zylberstein

Mutilated Officer

F. Van Den Driessche

George Washington de Lafayette

William Moseley

Mutilated Officer

Humbert Balson

King's Translator

Vernon Dobtcheff

Mutilated Officer

Michel Rois

Mesmer

Daniel Mesguich

Assistant

Thibault de Montalembert

James Byrd

Bob Sessions

Mulatto Boy

Jeffrey Justin Ribier

Mary Hemings

Beatrice Winde

Reporter

Tim Choate

Construction Foreman

Marc Tissot

Tipoo Sultan's Ambassador

Ismail Merchant

Head and Heart Game

Scott Thrun

Interpreter

Christopher Thompson

Liberal Aristocrat

Jean-Francois Perrier

Liberal Aristocrat

Eric Genovese

Liberal Aristocrat

Bruno Putzulu

Liberal Aristocrat

Philippe Mareuil

Liberal Aristocrat

Philippe Bouclet

Chevalier de Saint-Colombe

Olivier Galfione

British Ambassador

Anthony Valentine

Savant

Andre Julien

Savant

Jacques Herlin

Card Player

Elizabeth Kaza

Card Player

Agathe de La Boulaye

Lafayette's Indian

Abdel Bouthegmes

The Dauphin

Damien Groelle

Madame Elizabeth

Valerie Toledano

Captain of the Guard

Felix Malinbaum

King's Messenger

Herve Hiolle

Post Office Spy

Philippe Girard

Post Office Spy

Eric Berg

Assistant

Yan Duffas

Assistant

Magali Leiris

Assistant

Valentine Varella

Singer with Megaphone

Gabrielle Islwyn

Conductor

William Christie

Dardanus

Jean-Paul Fouchecourt

Mademoiselle Contat

Martine Chevallier

Demented Woman

Valerie Lang

Marisa Berenson

Cicely Tyson

Mutilated Officer

Humbert Balsan

Lady in Court

Catherine Chevalier

Lady in Court

Laure Killing

Head and Heart Game

Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu

Head and Heart Game

Martine Sarcey