A chronicle of the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era—with great events in history having an effect on their lives and on the British social hierarchy.
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Cast of Downton Abbey
Maggie SmithViolet Crawley
Michelle DockeryMary Crawley
Laura CarmichaelEdith Crawley
Joanne FroggattAnna Smith
Hugh BonnevilleRobert Crawley
Phyllis LoganMrs. Hughes
Elizabeth McGovernCora Crawley
Jim CarterCharles Carson
Brendan CoyleJohn Bates
Penelope WiltonIsobel Crawley
Lesley NicolBeryl Patmore
Sophie McSheraDaisy Mason
Robert James-CollierThomas Barrow
Kevin DoyleJoseph Molesley
Allen LeechTom Branson
David RobbDr. Clarkson
Jessica Brown FindlaySybil Crawley
Siobhan FinneranSarah O'Brien
Dan StevensMatthew Crawley
Raquel CassidyPhyllis Baxter
Lily JamesLady Rose MacClare
Samantha BondLady Rosamund Painswick
Amy NuttallEthel Parks
Matt MilneAlfred Nugent
Cara TheoboldIvy Stuart
Jeremy SwiftSpratt
Fifi HartSybbie Branson (uncredited)
Paul CopleyMr. Mason
Tom CullenAnthony Gillingham
Douglas ReithLord Merton
Michael FoxAndy
Ed SpeleersJimmy Kent
Thomas HowesWilliam Mason
Julian OvendenCharles Blake
Andrew ScarboroughTim Drewe
Rose LeslieGwen Dawson
Sue JohnstonMiss Denker
Charles EdwardsMichael Gregson
Daisy LewisSarah Bunting
Brendan PatricksEvelyn Napier
Matthew GoodeHenry Talbot
Harry Hadden-PatonBertie Pelham
Robert BathurstSir Anthony Strallan
Michael CochraneReverend Travis
Matt BarberAtticus Aldridge
Neil BellDurrant
MyAnna BuringEdna Braithwaite
Catherine SteadmanMabel Lane Fox
Jonathan CoyGeorge Murray
Emma LowndesMrs. Drewe
Phoebe SparrowAmelia (Cruikshank) Grey
Helen ShealsPostmistress
Zoe BoyleLavinia Swire
Gary CarrJack Ross
Richard E. GrantSimon Bricker
Penny DownieLady Sinderby
James FaulknerLord Sinderby
Harriet WalterLady Shackleton
Sebastian DunnCharlie Rogers
Antonia BernathLaura Edmunds
Peter EganHugh 'Shrimpie' MacClare
Shirley MacLaineMartha Levinson
Lionel GuyettTaylor
Daniel PirrieMajor Charles Bryant
Kevin McNallyHorace Bryant
Nicky HensonCharles Grigg
Nigel HarmanGreen
Patrick KennedyTerence Sampson
Rade ŠerbedžijaPrince Kuragin
Richard TeversonDr. Ryder
Victoria EmslieAudrey
Andrew WestfieldLynch
Cathy SaraMrs. Drake
Fergus O'DonnellJohn Drake
Stephen VenturaDavis
Cal MacaninchHenry Lang
Christine LohrMrs. Bird
Maria Doyle KennedyVera Bates
Iain GlenSir Richard Carlisle
Bernard GallagherBill Molesley
Lucille SharpReed
Michael CulkinArchbishop of York
Clare HigginsMrs. Bartlett
Joanna DavidDuchess of Yeovil
Joncie ElmoreJohn Pegg
Poppy DraytonMadeleine Allsopp
Phoebe NichollsSusan MacClare
Noah JupeChild
Theo JamesKemal Pamuk
Jonathan HowardSam Thawley
Charlie CoxDuke of Crowborough
Jonathan JaynesPostmaster
Perry MillwardPaperboy
Roger MorlidgeArtificial Limbs Man
Bill FellowsJoe Burns
Elizabeth HillNurse
Martin ReeveClerk
Dean WilliamsonFarmer
Colin R. CampbellMan at Smithy
Jamie de CourceyLiberal Candidate
Gerard McdermottHigh Sheriff
Marcus KellyThug
Kate Bowes RennaHeckler
Greg HobbsHeckler
Jane WenhamMrs. Bates
Sean McKenzieMr. Bromidge
Ian KellyDoctor at Moorfields Hospital
Jeremy ClydeGeneral Robertson
Peter McNeil O'ConnorSergeant Stevens
Richard HansellMedical Officer
Danny BurnsStretcher Bearer
Gwendolen ChatfieldWhite Feather Girl
Rosie JonesWhite Feather Girl
Lachlan NieboerLieutenant Edward Courtenay
Thomas CampbellCaptain Smiley
Graham PaddenArmy Doctor
Julian WadhamGeneral Sir Herbert Strutt
Howard GossingtonVeteran
Clare CalbraithJane Moorsum
David SibleyHospital Doctor
David MaybrickStretcher Bearer
Di BotcherNanny West
Christine MackieDaphne Bryant
Ruairi ConaghanKiernan Branson
Terence HarveyJarvis
Edward Baker-DulyTerence Margadale
Kiri Te KanawaDame Nellie Melba
Simon LoweMaître d'
Stephen CritchlowJohn Ward, MP
Anna ChancellorLady Anstruther
Naomi RadcliffeMrs. Elcot
Jon GloverKing George V (voice)
Augusta WoodsHotel Maid
Jamie BradleyHairdresser
Sophie CossonProstitute
Sarah CrowdenLady Manville
Mark MorrellMr. Fairclough
Trevor CooperMr. Moore
Ronald PickupSir Michael Reresby
Philip BattleyJohn Harding
Rupert FrazerNeville Chamberlain
Charlotte HamblinLady Anne Acland
Christos LawtonBilly
Ben BradshawChemist
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