Cast
- Jude Law as W. P. Inman, a confederate soldier who deserts the war to be with Ada
- Nicole Kidman as Ada Monroe, a young woman who lives on Cold Mountain and Inman's love interest
- Renée Zellweger as Ruby Thewes, a woman who helps Ada work on her farm after her father's death
- Eileen Atkins as Maddy, an old shepherd woman who nurses Inman back to health
- Kathy Baker as Sally Swanger, an old woman who lives on Cold Mountain and Ada's friend
- James Gammon as Esco Swanger, Sally's husband who is also Ada's friend
- Brendan Gleeson as Stobrod Thewes, Ruby's father, who faked his own death during the war
- Philip Seymour Hoffman as Reverend Veasey, an immoral preacher who befriends Inman
- Charlie Hunnam as Bosie
- Cillian Murphy as Bardolph
- Natalie Portman as Sara, a widowed woman who lives with her infant son
- Giovanni Ribisi as Junior, a woodsman who shelters and betrays Inman and Veasey
- Donald Sutherland as Reverend Monroe, Ada's late preacher father
- Ethan Suplee as Pangle, traveling companion of Georgia
- Jack White as Georgia, a confederate deserter and Ruby's love interest
- Ray Winstone as Teague, the sadistic captain of a confederate home guard unit
- Lucas Black as Oakley, a teenage confederate soldier from Cold Mountain who is killed in battle
- Emily Deschanel as Mrs. Morgan
- Jena Malone as Ferry Girl, a ferry girl who is killed in an ambush while helping Inman and Veasey
- Melora Walters as Lila, Junior's attractive wife, who tries to seduce Inman
- Taryn Manning as Shyla, one of Lila's three sisters who seduces Veasey
- Jay Tavare as Swimmer
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