Nicholas Hoult

J.R.R. Tolkien

Pam Ferris

Mrs. Faulkner

Guillermo Bedward

Young Hilary Tolkien

Laura Donnelly

Mabel Tolkien

Genevieve O'Reilly

Mrs. Smith

Owen Teale

Headmaster Gilson

Al Bollands

First Soldier

Nia Gwynne

Bronwen

Adrian Schiller

English Master

Joel Phillimore

Lieutenant

Craig Roberts

Private Sam Hodges

Ty Tennant

Young Christopher Wiseman

Tom Glynn-Carney

Christopher Wiseman

Lily Collins

Edith Bratt

Colm Meaney

Father Francis Morgan

Derek Jacobi

Professor Joseph Wright

Harry Gilby

Young J.R.R. Tolkien

Mimi Keene

Young Edith Bratt

Anthony Boyle

Geoffrey Bache Smith

Adam Bregman

Young Geoffrey Bache Smith