Cast
- Matthew Broderick as Despereaux Tilling, a brave but nonconforming mouse who does not run from danger as a mouse should
- Emma Watson as Princess Pea, a human princess who befriends Despereaux
- Robbie Coltrane as Gregory, the jailer and Miggery "Mig" Sow's father
- Frances Conroy as Antoinette, Despereaux's mother
- Patricia Cullen as Queen, a queen who is scared of rats
- Sam Fell as Ned/Smudge
- Tony Hale as Furlough, Despereaux's older brother
- Ciarán Hinds as Botticelli, the leader of the rat world
- Dustin Hoffman as Roscuro, a rat who once lived at sea, and is currently working for Botticelli
- Richard Jenkins as Principal
- Kevin Kline as Andre, the cook
- Frank Langella as Mayor
- Christopher Lloyd as Hovis
- William H. Macy as Lester, Despereaux's father
- Bronson Pinchot as Town Crier
- Charles Shaughnessy as Pietro
- Stanley Tucci as Boldo, the soup genie
- Tracey Ullman as Miggery "Mig" Sow, Princess Pea's servant girl
- Sigourney Weaver as The Narrator
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