Principal Cast
- David Jason as Rincewind, a failed wizard and the main protagonist.
- Sean Astin as Twoflower, the discworld's first tourist.
- Tim Curry as Trymon, the power-hungry senior wizard at the Unseen University.
- Christopher Lee as the voice of Death.
- Jeremy Irons as Lord Vetinari, the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork.
- David Bradley as Cohen the Barbarian, the most famous barbarian in the discworld, now 'retired'.
- Laura Haddock as Bethan, a druid sacrifice, who falls in love with Cohen.
- James Cosmo as Galder Weatherwax, the incumbent Archchancellor of the Unseen University.
- Nicolas Tennant as Head Librarian of the Unseen University, who is turned into an orangutan during the events of the film.
- Karen David as Liessa, a dragonlady from the Wyrmberg.
- Liz May Brice as Herrena, a mercenary who is employed to capture Rincewind.
- Nigel Planer as the Arch-Astronomer of Krull.
- Richard Da Costa as The Luggage.
- Roger Ashton-Griffiths as Lumuel Panter.
- Miles Richardson as Zlorf, the leader of the Ankh-Morpork Assassins' Guild.
- James Perry as Kring, the enchanted sword.
- Stephen Marcus as Broadman, the bartender at the Broken Drum.
Terry Pratchett appears in a cameo role, playing Astrozoologist #2 in the opening and closing scenes of the film. Richard Woolfe, the director of programming at Sky One, also appears as the Alchemist.
Read more about this topic: Terry Pratchett's The Colour Of Magic, Casting
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