Cast
| Role | Actor | Seasons |
|---|---|---|
| The King | ||
| Henry VIII of England | Jonathan Rhys Meyers | 1–4 |
| The Queens | ||
| Catherine of Aragon | Maria Doyle Kennedy | 1–2, 4 (Dream sequence) |
| Anne Boleyn | Natalie Dormer | 1–2, 4 (Dream sequence) |
| Jane Seymour | Anita Briem | 2 |
| Annabelle Wallis | 3, 4 (Dream sequence) | |
| Anne of Cleves | Joss Stone | 3–4 |
| Katherine Howard | Tamzin Merchant | 3–4 |
| Catherine Parr | Joely Richardson | 4 |
| The King's Children | ||
| Princess Mary, daughter by Catherine of Aragon | ||
| Bláthnaid McKeown | 1 | |
| Sarah Bolger | 2–4 | |
| Princess Elizabeth, daughter by Anne Boleyn | Kate Duggan | 2 |
| Claire MacCauley | 3 | |
| Laoise Murray | 4 | |
| Prince Edward, son by Jane Seymour | Eoin Murtagh | 4 |
| Jake Hathaway | 4 | |
| The King's Court | ||
| Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk | Henry Cavill | 1–4 |
| Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex | James Frain | 1–3 |
| Sir Thomas More | Jeremy Northam | 1–2 |
| Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton | Frank McCusker | 3–4 |
| Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk | Henry Czerny | 1 |
| Lady Elizabeth Blount | Ruta Gedmintas | 1 |
| Sir Anthony Knivert | Callum Blue | 1 |
| Sir William Compton | Kristen Holden-Ried | 1 |
| Thomas Wyatt | Jamie Thomas King | 1–2 |
| Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire | Nick Dunning | 1–2 |
| Mary Boleyn | Perdita Weeks | 1–2 |
| George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford | Padraic Delaney | 1–2 |
| Lady Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford | Joanne King | 2–4 |
| Lady Margaret 'Madge' Sheldon | Laura Jane Laughlin | 2 |
| Mark Smeaton | David Alpay | 2 |
| Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford | Max Brown | 2–4 |
| Lady Anne Stanhope, Countess of Hertford | Emma Hamilton | 3–4 |
| Thomas Seymour | Andrew McNair | 3–4 |
| Sir Richard Rich | Rod Hallett | 2–4 |
| Sir Francis Bryan | Alan van Sprang | 3 |
| Earl of Shrewsbury | Gavin O'Connor | 3 |
| Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey | David O'Hara | 4 |
| Joan Bulmer | Catherine Steadman | 4 |
| Sir Thomas Culpeper | Torrance Coombs | 3–4 |
| Hans Holbein the Younger | Peter Gaynor | 1–4 |
| Imperial Ambassador Eustace Chapuys | Anthony Brophy | 1–4 |
| French Ambassador Charles de Marillac | Lothaire Bluteau | 4 |
| Clergy | ||
| Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, Archbishop of York | Sam Neill | 1 |
| Cardinal Campeggio | John Kavanagh | 1–2 |
| John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester | Bosco Hogan | 1–2 |
| Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury | Hans Matheson | 2 |
| Pope Paul III | Peter O'Toole | 2 |
| Cardinal Otto Truchsess von Waldburg | Max von Sydow | 3 |
| Cardinal Reginald Pole | Mark Hildreth | 3 |
| Bishop Stephen Gardiner | Simon Ward | 3–4 |
| Other | ||
| Margaret Tudor, Queen of Portugal, Princess of England, Duchess of Suffolk | Gabrielle Anwar | 1 |
| Francis I of France | Emmanuel Leconte | 1–2 |
| Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor | Sebastian Armesto | 1 |
| Catherine Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk | Rebekah Wainwright | 1–4 |
| Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury | Kate O'Toole | 1, 3 |
| Margaret, Lady Bryan | Jane Brennan | 2–4 |
| Philip, Duke of Bavaria | Colin O'Donoghue | 3 |
| William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, Brother to Anne of Cleves | Paul Ronan | 3 |
| Robert Aske | Gerard McSorley | 3 |
| Thomas Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy de Darcy | Colm Wilkinson | 3–4 |
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