Kevin McKidd

Bothwell

Clémence Poésy

Mary Queen of Scotts

Robert Carlyle

King James I

Catherine McCormack

Elizabeth I of England

Michael Fassbender

Guy Fawkes

Richard Coyle

Catesby

Paul Nicholls

Lord Darnley

Gary Lewis

John Knox

Tim McInnerny

Cecil

Emilia Fox

Lady Margaret

Richard Harrington

Thomas Percy

Julian Firth

Peers the Parliamentarian

Michael Nardone

Lord Ruthven

Sam Troughton

Thomas Winter

Rupert Procter

Lord Monteagle

Steven Duffy

Lord James

Carmen Ungureanu

Mary of Guise

Tadeusz Pasternak

David Riccio

Maria Popistașu

Lady Marie

Daniela Nardini

Lady Huntly

Radu Andrei Micu

Lord John Huntly

Garry Sweeney

Lord Gunn

Catalin Babliuc

Father Michael

Emil Hostina

Bothwell's Lieutenant

Iain Robertson

James Huntly

Mădălina Constantin

Anne Tresham

Gillies MacKinnon

Director

Jimmy McGovern

Writer