Joaquin Phoenix Napoleon Bonaparte Vanessa Kirby Josephine Bonaparte Tahar Rahim Paul Barras Rupert Everett Duke of Wellington Mark Bonnar Junot Paul Rhys Talleyrand Ben Miles Caulaincourt Riana Duce Lucille Ludivine Sagnier Theresa Cabarrus Edouard Philipponnat Tsar Alexander Miles Jupp Emperor Francis I John Hollingworth Marshal Ney Youssef Kerkour General Davout Davide Tucci Lazar Hoche Matthew Needham Lucien Bonaparte Jannis Niewöhner Hippolyte Charles Erin Ainsworth Hortense de Beauharnais Thom Ashley Charles de la Bédoyère Anna Mawn The Duchess Marie-Louise Gavin Spokes Moulins Jonathan Barnwell Bourrienne Hannah Flynn Dancer Phil Cornwell Sanson 'The Borreau' Cormac Hyde-Corrin Mid Shipman Cesare Taurasi Citizen Lacombe Arthur McBain General Marchand David Verrey Louis-Jérôme Gohier Sinéad Cusack Letizia Bonaparte Sam Troughton Robespierre Julian Wadham Jean de Cambaceres Richard McCabe Lord Whitworth Edward Hogg Citizen Gilbert Kevin Eldon Dr Corvisart Abubakar Salim General Dumas