Cast
- Anthony Hopkins as Titus Andronicus, victorious Roman General who declines a nomination for Emperor upon his return to Rome. Following a post-war ritual of executing the proudest warrior of his enemy, the vanquished Goths, Titus draws the ire of Tamora, unaware of her inevitable appointment as the Queen of Rome.
- Jessica Lange as Tamora, defeated Queen of the Goths, who swears revenge against Titus and the Andronicus family for the atrocities visited upon her eldest son, an executed prisoner of war, using her newly-claimed powers as Queen of Rome
- Jonathan Rhys-Meyers as Chiron, one of Tamora's sons.
- Matthew Rhys as Demetrius, one of Tamora's sons.
- James Frain as Bassianus, one of the deceased emperors sons and brother to Saturninus.
- Laura Fraser as Lavinia, daughter of Titus and fiancee of Bassianus
- Harry Lennix as Aaron, servant and illicit lover to Tamora, and the chief architect of her vengeful plans against the Andronicus family
- Alan Cumming as Saturninus, brother to Bassianus and newly-crowned Emperor of Rome. Spurned by his attempts at claiming Lavinia as his new bride, he forsakes the Andronicus family and turns instead to Tamora as his new bride.
- Colm Feore as Marcus Andronicus, Roman Senator and staunch ally of his brother, the ailing Titus.
- Osheen Jones as Young Lucius, Titus's grandson and a key-character in the sense that he observes most of the key events.
- Angus Macfadyen as Lucius, Titus's eldest son and loyal soldier. Following his failed attempts at freeing his condemned brothers, Lucius is banished from Rome and defects to the Goths, where he rallies a sizeable army to challenge Saturninus.
- Kenny Doughty as Quintus, one of Titus's sons.
- Blake Ritson as Mutius, one of Titus's sons.
- Colin Wells as Martius, another of Titus's sons.
- Raz Degan as Alarbus, Tamora's eldest son who is sacrificed, setting the events of the play into motion.
- Geraldine McEwan as the Nurse, who brings Aaron his son
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