 | Daniel Day-Lewis als Newland Archer |
 | Michelle Pfeiffer als Ellen Olenska |
 | Winona Ryder als May Welland |
 | Alexis Smith als Louisa van der Luyden |
 | Geraldine Chaplin als Mrs. Welland |
 | Jonathan Pryce als Rivière |
 | Richard E. Grant als Lawrence "Larry" Lefferts |
 | Alec McCowen als Sillerton Jackson |
 | Mary Beth Hurt als Regina Beaufort |
 | Stuart Wilson als Julius Beaufort |
 | Howard Erskine als Beaufort Guest |
 | John McLoughlin als Party Guest |
| Christopher Nilsson als Party Guest |
 | Miriam Margolyes als Mrs. Catherine Mingott |
 | Siân Phillips als Mrs. Archer |
 | Carolyn Farina als Janey Archer |
 | Michael Gough als Henry van der Luyden |
 | Joanne Woodward als Narrator (voice) |
 | Robert Sean Leonard als Theodore "Ted" Archer |
 | June Squibb als Mingott Maid |
 | Thomas Gibson als Stage Actor |
 | Tracey Ellis als Gertrude Lefferts |
 | Norman Lloyd als Letterblair |
| W.B. Brydon als Mr. Urban Dagonet |
| Cristina Pronzati als Countess Olenska's Maid |
| Clement Fowler als Florist |
 | Cindy Katz als Stage Actress |
| Zoë als Self |
| Kevin Sanders als The Duke |
 | Domenica Cameron-Scorsese als Katie Blenker |
| Mac Orange als Archer Maid |
 | Brian Davies als Philip |
| Thomas Barbour als Archer Guest |
| Henry Fehren als Bishop |
| Patricia Dunnock als Mary Archer |
 | Kevin Ash als Ballroom Dancer (uncredited) |
| Susan Lynn Bragg als Debutante (uncredited) |
 | Pasquale Cajano als Man in Crowd (uncredited) |
| Tanya Carrasco als Debutante (uncredited) |
| Tamasin Day-Lewis als Lady Admiring Engagement Ring at Beaufort Ball (uncredited) |
| John Maczko als Society Gentleman (uncredited) |
 | Catherine Scorsese als Elderly Woman at Jersey City Station (uncredited) |
 | Charles Scorsese als Elderly Man at Jersey City Station (uncredited) |
 | Martin Scorsese als Photographer (uncredited) |
| Michael Trout als Man in Crowd / Gentleman with Lady (uncredited) |
| Martin Scorsese | Director |
| Jay Cocks | Screenplay |
| Thelma Schoonmaker | Editor |
| Elmer Bernstein | Original Music Composer |
| Edith Wharton | Novel |
| Martin Scorsese | Screenplay |
| Barbara De Fina | Producer |
| Michael Ballhaus | Director of Photography |
| Skip Lievsay | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Gabriella Pescucci | Costume Design |
| Dante Ferretti | Production Design |
| Ellen Lewis | Casting |
| Joseph P. Reidy | Associate Producer |
| Bruce S. Pustin | Co-Producer |
| Elaine Bass | Title Designer |
| Saul Bass | Title Designer |
| Bruce S. Pustin | Unit Production Manager |
| Joseph P. Reidy | First Assistant Director |
| Joseph R. Burns | Second Assistant Director |
| Speed Hopkins | Art Direction |
| Dan Davis | Assistant Art Director |
| Robert Preziola | Assistant Art Director |
| Carl Sprague | Assistant Art Director |
| Robert J. Franco | Set Decoration |
| Amy Marshall | Set Decoration |
| Dave Weinman | Lead Set Dresser |
| Kay Chapin | Script Supervisor |
| David M. Dunlap | Camera Operator |
| Florian Ballhaus | First Assistant Camera |
| Bobby Mancuso | Second Assistant Camera |
| Larry McConkey | Steadicam Operator |
| Anastas N. Michos | Steadicam Operator |
| Patricia Anne Doherty | Assistant Production Manager |
| Patricia Anne Doherty | Location Manager |
| George Potts | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Tod A. Maitland | Production Sound Mixer |
| T.J. O'Mara | Boom Operator |
| Deirdre N. Williams | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Hartsell Taylor | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Allen Weisinger | Makeup Artist |
| Manlio Rocchetti | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Alan D'Angerio | Hair Designer |
| Michael Kriston | Hairstylist |
| Peter Owen | Wigmaker |
| Ray Quinlan | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Jim Manzione | Assistant Chief Lighting Technician |
| Dennis Gamiello | Key Grip |
| Susan E. Fiore | Second Second Assistant Director |
| James Mazzola | Property Master |
| Phillip V. Caruso | Still Photographer |
| Ronnie Specter | Makeup Artist |
| Eugene Gearty | Sound Effects Editor |
| Tom Fleischman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
