Daniel Day-Lewis (Newland Archer), Michelle Pfeiffer (Ellen Olenska), Winona Ryder (May Welland), Alexis Smith (Louisa van der Luyden), Geraldine Chaplin (Mrs. Welland), Jonathan Pryce (Rivière), Richard E. Grant (Lawrence "Larry" Lefferts) more..., Alec McCowen (Sillerton Jackson), Mary Beth Hurt (Regina Beaufort), Stuart Wilson (Julius Beaufort), Howard Erskine (Beaufort Guest), John McLoughlin (Party Guest), Christopher Nilsson (Party Guest), Miriam Margolyes (Mrs. Catherine Mingott), Siân Phillips (Mrs. Archer), Carolyn Farina (Janey Archer), Michael Gough (Henry van der Luyden), Joanne Woodward (Narrator (voice)), Robert Sean Leonard (Theodore "Ted" Archer), June Squibb (Mingott Maid), Thomas Gibson (Stage Actor), Tracey Ellis (Gertrude Lefferts), Norman Lloyd (Letterblair), W.B. Brydon (Mr. Urban Dagonet), Cristina Pronzati (Countess Olenska's Maid), Clement Fowler (Florist), Cindy Katz (Stage Actress), Zoë (Self), Kevin Sanders (The Duke), Domenica Cameron-Scorsese (Katie Blenker), Mac Orange (Archer Maid), Brian Davies (Philip), Thomas Barbour (Archer Guest), Henry Fehren (Bishop), Patricia Dunnock (Mary Archer), Kevin Ash (Ballroom Dancer (uncredited)), Susan Lynn Bragg (Debutante (uncredited)), Pasquale Cajano (Man in Crowd (uncredited)), Tanya Carrasco (Debutante (uncredited)), Tamasin Day-Lewis (Lady Admiring Engagement Ring at Beaufort Ball (uncredited)) and others.

Martin Scorsese (Screenplay), Gabriella Pescucci (Costume Design), Ellen Lewis (Casting), Dante Ferretti (Production Design), Thelma Schoonmaker (Editor), Michael Ballhaus (Director of Photography), Jay Cocks (Screenplay) more..., Florian Ballhaus (First Assistant Camera), Barbara De Fina (Producer), Elmer Bernstein (Original Music Composer), Joseph P. Reidy (Associate Producer), Joseph P. Reidy (First Assistant Director), Skip Lievsay (Supervising Sound Editor), Robert J. Franco (Set Decoration), David M. Dunlap (Camera Operator), Bruce S. Pustin (Unit Production Manager), Bruce S. Pustin (Co-Producer), Ray Quinlan (Chief Lighting Technician), Susan E. Fiore (Second Second Assistant Director), Tod A. Maitland (Production Sound Mixer), T.J. O'Mara (Boom Operator), Phillip V. Caruso (Still Photographer), Saul Bass (Title Designer), Anastas N. Michos (Steadicam Operator), Dan Davis (Assistant Art Director), Alan D'Angerio (Hair Designer), Edith Wharton (Novel), Deirdre N. Williams (Wardrobe Supervisor), Speed Hopkins (Art Direction), Larry McConkey (Steadicam Operator), Carl Sprague (Assistant Art Director), Elaine Bass (Title Designer), James Mazzola (Property Master), Manlio Rocchetti (Special Effects Makeup Artist), Hartsell Taylor (Wardrobe Supervisor), Dave Weinman (Lead Set Dresser), Peter Owen (Wigmaker), Allen Weisinger (Makeup Artist), Kay Chapin (Script Supervisor), Amy Marshall (Set Decoration) and others.