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|---|---|
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| Jamie Thomas King | Thomas Wyatt (14) |
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| Rebekah Wainwright | Catherine (13) Catherine Brandon (5) |
| Andrew McNair | Thomas Seymour (13) |
| Frank McCusker | Risley (13) |
| John Kavanagh | Cardinal Campeggio (11) |
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| Myia Elliott | Lady Anne Clifford (10) |
| David Alpay | Mark Smeaton (9) |
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| Joe Van Moyland | Thomas Tallis (9) |
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| Alan Van Sprang | Sir Francis Bryan (8) |
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| Mark Hildreth | Cardinal Reginald Pole (5) |
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| Lothaire Bluteau | Ambassador Charles de Marillac (5) |
| Jonathan Ryan | French Ambassador (5) |
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| Fiona Ryan | Jane (5) |
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| Catherine Steadman | Joan Bulmer (5) |
| Eoin Murtagh | Prince Edward (5) |
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| Emmanuel Leconte | King Francis I (4) |
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| Alan Devine | Wolsey's Secretary (4) |
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| Stephen Hogan | Sir Henry Norris (4) |
| Phil Kingston | Cromwell's Scribe Cromwell's Clerk Cromwell's servant (2) |
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| Gemma-Leah Devereux | Lady Fitzgerald (4) |
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| Matt Ryan | Richard Pace (3) |
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| Sean Pertwee | King Henry's Uncle |
| David Bradley | |
| Aidan Turner | Bedoli |
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| Charlie Bonner | Cromwell's Servant (3) |
| Michael Winder | John Henry Brandon (2) |
| David Michael Scott | 'Imperial Majesty' Officer Mine Tunnel Officer |
| Liam McMahon | Cromwell's Servant (3) |
| Jason Healey | Henry's Groom (3) |
| Colm Wilkinson | Lord Darcey (3) |
| Alexander Downes | Brandon's Soldier (2) Surrey's Captain |
| Gavin O'Connor | Shrewsbury (3) |
| Donna Dent | Wife of Aske (3) |
| David Verne | Thomas le Roux (3) |
| Nigel Pilkington | Various (3) |
| Paul Brennen | Edward Baynton (3) |
| Allen Leech | Francis Dereham (3) |
| Tara Breathnach | Mary's Lady-in-Waiting Lady Mary's Lady-in-Waiting Mary's Lady in Waiting |
| Lorna Doyle | Joan (2) |
| Steven Waddington | Duke of Buckingham (2) |
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| Barry McGovern | Bishop Bonnivet (2) |
| Jonathan White | Hopkins (2) |
| Gerry O'Brien | Herald William Paget |
| Eamon Rohan | Archbishop Priest |
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| Andrea Lowe | Lady Eleanor Luke (2) |
| Gemma Reeves | Margaret Moore Margaret More |
| Andrew Constantini | French Guard (2) |
| David Browne | Brandon's son Arthur Brandon |
| Diarmuid Noyes | Charlie Raw (2) |
| David Ryan | Church Commissioner #1 Church Commisioner |
| Edmund Kente | Judge Tyrell Judge (2) |
| Geoffrey Beevers | Robert Lee Archbishop of York |
| Kate O'Toole | Lady Salisbury (2) |
| Ciara Farrell | Daughter of Aske (2) |
| Claire Macaulay | Princess Elizabeth (2) |
| Lenny Hayden | Surrey Friend #1 Surrey's Friend #1 |
| David Keoghan | Surrey Friend #2 Surrey's Friend #2 |
| Aiden Condron | English Officer (2) English Officer #2 |
| Moe Dunford | Richard Leland (2) |
| Jody Latham | Harry Hurst (2) |
| Daniel Caltagirone | Girolamo de Treviso (2) |
| James Flynn | Ralph Morice (2) |
| Michael Patric | Willoughby |
| Joseph Lyle Taylor | Compton's physician |
| Ciaran O'Brien | Compton's Servant #1 |
| Mark Lambert | William Cornish |
| Marcello Magni | Sarto |
| Brendan McCormack | Captain |
| Arthur Riordan | Priest in Confessional |
| Jonathan Byrne | Executioner |
| Nika McGuigan | Chambermaid |
| Sebastian Armesto | Charles V |
| Karl O'Neill | Goldsmith |
| Sara James | Princess Margueritte |
| Lochlainn O'Mearain | Messenger |
| Alvaro Lucchesi | Pastor |
| Joseph Kelly | King of Portugal |
| Terry Byrne | Physician to Fitzroy |
| Brian de Salvo | Dr. Knight |
| Ian McElhinney | Pope Clement VII |
| Marcus Lamb | Campeggio's Son |
| John Sterland | Griffith Rhys |
| Des Braiden | Old Man |
| Martin Phillips | Proctor |
| Martin Murphy | Simon Fish |
| Ned Dennehy | Augustin |
| Tommy o'neill | Devil |
| Aaron Monaghan | Ringleader |
| Robert Sheehan | Apprentice |
| Gary Murphy | Roose |
| Michael Grennell | George Throckmorton |
| Michelle Hartman | Anne's Maid |
| Barry John O'Connor | William Pennington |
| Luke Hayden | Headsman |
| James McHale | Michelangelo |
| Bill O'Cleirigh | John More |
| Joe Doyle | King John |
| Philippe De Grossouvre | Admiral Chabot |
| Jack Walsh | Monk #1 |
| Michael Pennington | Abbot |
| Julia Wakeham | Katharina Prue |
| Michael Bates | Breton Workman #1 |
| Ronan Conlon | Rowland Lee |
| Jonathan Delaney Tynan | Cromwell's Messenger |
| Raad Rawi | Italian Ambassador |
| Kate Duggan | Princess Elizabeth |
| George Irving | Sir William Kingston |
| Anatole Taubman | Jean Rombaud |
| Graeme Bird | Kings Servant |
| Hilary Cotter | Tower Lady |
| Simon Coury | Dr. John Frankish |
| Steve Money | Blacksmith |
| Stephen Swift | Herald |
| Lynette Callaghan | Queens Chamberlain |
| Sam Corry | Courtier |
| Noni Stapleton | Wailing Woman |
| Brian McGovern | Common man |
| Karl Shiels | Packington's Killer |
| Julian Bastida | Imperial Officer Caserta |
| Ian Beattie | Sergeant at Arms |
| Ciaran O'Grady | Yeoman |
| Jake Maskall | Sir Henry Pole |
| David Sheehan | Tower Guard |
| Sonya Cassidy | Christine, Duchess of Milan |
| Ben Price | John Lambert |
| Wesley Murphy | Beard |
| Paul Ronan | Duke William of Cleves |
| Patrick Talbot | Mounted Messanger |
| Louis Lovett | Count Olisleger |
| Mark Noble | Sir Anthony Brown |
| Colin O'Donoghue | Duke Philip of Bavaria |
| Malachy McKenna | Captain of the Guard |
| Brian McGuinness | Gurrea |
| Simon Hubbard | Culpepper Man #1 |
| Julian Lewis Jones | Richard Roper |
| Michelle Costello | Prostitute #2 |
| Sheila Flitton | Woman in crowd |
| Alison Lintott | Serving Girl |
| Robert Donnelly | Peasant Boy |
| John Arthur | Bishop of Lincoln |
| Nicholas Blane | Sidwell |
| Laurence Spellman | John Fell |
| Nathan Gordon | Messenger #1 |
| Mark Coney | Lord Harrington |
| Chris McHallem | Constable of the Tower |
| Michael Elwyn | Lord Latimer |
| Sean Duggan | Ambassador Chapuy's servant |
| Lee Williams | Robert Testwood |
| Séamus Hanly | Scottish Soldier |
| Jack Sandle | Hugh Latimer |
| Bronson Webb | Forager |
| Andy Kellegher | English Soldier |
| Ian Saynor | Surgeon General |
| Elliot Moriarty | Queen's secretary |
| Owen Aaronovitch | Monsieur Rousselot |
| Art Kearns | Miner |
| Duncan Duff | Governor of Boulogne |
| Natasha Quirke | Catherine Parr's Lady in Waiting |
| Emma Stansfield | Anne Askew |
| Brendan Quinn | Knyvett |
| Rory Mullen | Surrey's Servant |
| Andrew Greenough | Captain of the Guard |
| Alan Grice | Executioner |
| Martin Johnston | Sergeant at Arms |
| George Anton | Sir Christopher Haydon |
| Richard Clifford | King's Lawyer |
| Jake Hathaway | Prince Edward |
| Kenneth Collard | Claude D'Annebaut |
| Gunnar Atli Cauthery | Walter |
| Eve Macklin | Catherine's Maid |
| Philip Brook | Brandon's Chamberlain |
| Hilary Rose | Queen's Maiden |