"In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex is assaulted by something no one could believe—a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance."
Chris Hemsworth
as Owen Chase
Benjamin Walker
as George Pollard
Cillian Murphy
as Matthew Joy
Brendan Gleeson
as Old Thomas Nickerson
Ben Whishaw
as Herman Melville
Michelle Fairley
as Mrs. Nickerson
Tom Holland
as Young Thomas Nickerson
Paul Anderson
as Thomas Chappel
Frank Dillane
as Owen Coffin
Joseph Mawle
as Benjamin Lawrence
Edward Ashley
as Barzallai Ray
Sam Keeley
as Ramsdell
Osy Ikhile
as Richard Peterson
Gary Beadle
as William Bond
Jamie Sives
as Isaac Cole
Morgan Chetcuti
as Sheppard
Charlotte Riley
as Peggy
Nicholas Jones
as Pollard Senior
Donald Sumpter
as Paul Macy
Richard Bremmer
as Benjamin Fuller
Jordi Mollà
as Spanish Captain
Hayley Joanne Bacon
as Nantucket Townswoman
Andrew Crayford
as Customs Officer
Claudia Newman
Andy Wareham
as John Sanborn
Stephanie Jacob
as Tally Woman
Robert J. Fraser
as Sailor (uncredited)
Saffron Mcintyre
as Nantucket Child (uncredited)
Pablo Verdejo
Stunts
Laurent Plancel
Aldonio Danny Frietas
Lewis Young
Sarah Lochlan
Matt Da Silva
James Cox
Ryan Stuart
Ian Pead
Charles Ramsay
Karanja Yorke
Marc Mailley
Eunice Huthart
Stunt Coordinator
Stephen C Walsh
Marcus Shakesheff
Mark Slaughter
Bobby Holland Hanton
Stunt Double
Martin Pemberton
Jonny Stockwell
Ian Kay
Dee Harrop
Darragh Mortell
Daniel F. Malone
David Fisher
Levan Doran
Tolga Kenan
Kelly Dent
Nicholas Daines
Rob Pavey
Ian McIntyre
Elliot Hawkes
Soren Bendt Aaboe Pedersen
Storyboard Artist
Ron Howard
Director
Will Ward
Producer
Holly Gardner
Third Assistant Director
Sophie Higel
Assistant Director
Michael Crusz
Online Editor
Anneka Coleman
Production Secretary
Jack Scarisbrick
William M. Connor
First Assistant Director
Toby Spanton
Ginés Carrión
Orchestrator
Vaughn Stein
Adam Langston
Ash Daniyan
Digital Imaging Technician
John Marzano
Aerial Director of Photography
Amanda Fernie
Assistant Accountant
Tom Rye
Second Assistant Director
William Conacher
Dialect Coach
Kathryn Donovan
Unit Publicist
James Seymour Brett
Conductor
Dave Brennan
Best Boy Electric
Solomon Artistes
Extras Casting
Arundhati Jaiswal
Production Coordinator
Laura Mateos
Production Accountant
Edward Squires
Vinay Gautam
Clair Hanson
Anthony Dod Mantle
Director of Photography
Rick Jaffa
Story
Charles Leavitt
Screenplay
Nathaniel Philbrick
Novel
Amanda Silver
Daniel P. Hanley
Editor
Nina Gold
Casting
Mike Hill
Jo Beckett
Script Supervisor
Mark Tildesley
Production Design
Julian Day
Costume Design
Roque Baños
Original Music Composer
Jonathan Prime
Still Photographer
Ben Wilkinson
Property Master
Joe Roth
Brian Grazer
Paula Weinstein
Mikaël Damant-Sirois
CG Supervisor
Bryan Hirota
VFX Supervisor
Valdone Koronczi
Visual Effects Coordinator
Oliver Money
Visual Effects Producer
Charlotte Loughnane
Robert Sterne
Casting Associate
Angel Airan Bonilla
Armorer
Ben Rothwell
Kathy Hughes
Thomas Neivelt
Gaffer
Diego Betancor
Kate Laver
Set Costumer
Peter Zuccarini
Underwater Camera
David Walter
Music Editor
Paul John Chandler
David Sinfield
Tom O'Sullivan
Rigging Gaffer
Lee Garside
Karen Elliott
Music Supervisor
Helicopter Camera
Andrew Hunt
Costume Supervisor
Kieron Helsdon
Richard Sutherland
Eric Petey
Animation Supervisor
Chan Ee Jien
Vincent Cirelli
Visual Effects Supervisor
Gilbert Lake
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Dean Clegg
Art Direction
Aaron Keating
Jon Baker
Lukas Lepicovsky
Donna Smith
Sam Girdler
Xinyi Puah
Visual Effects Editor
Leslie Lerman
Niall Moroney
Supervising Art Director
Katie Swain
Camera Operator
Pimentel A. Raphael
Mike Kelt
Special Effects Supervisor
Iain Eyre
ADR & Dubbing
Helene Seidl
Sound Editor
Chris Burdon
Karen Holt
Special Effects Coordinator
Frank Kruse
Supervising Sound Editor
Will Buchanan
Greensman
Brandon Evans
Dave Kim
Nancy Lamontagne
Kirstin Chalmers
Makeup Artist
Sean Stranks
Steve Little
Nick Gottschalk
Christian Huband
Elisa Fernández Martín
Hairstylist
Alastair Rae
Steadicam Operator
Robyn Luckham
Steve Griffith
Dialogue Editor
Laura Schiavo
Anna Guseva
Gabriela Dolenská
Art Department Coordinator
Karen Sherriff-Brown
Jody Johnson
Dominic Capon
Set Decoration
Suzanna Smith
Set Designer
Laura Lilley
Neal Callow
Meike Maher
Construction Coordinator
Sophie Nguyen-Thomas
Digital Intermediate
Simon Davis
First Assistant Editor
Marie-Cecile Dahan
Begoña Lopez
Haridian Nóbrega
Fae Hammond
Makeup Designer
Eunice Khoo
Crisanta Melendez
François Dumoulin
Stefan Busch
Isabel Gómez-Blanco
Assistant Art Director
Luca Vannella
Marilyn MacDonald
Dane Allan Smith
Mark Holt
Carsten Richter
Foley
Markus Stemler
Sound Designer
James Collins
Michael Wood
Second Unit Cinematographer
Bruce Berman
Executive Producer
Clare Glass
Peter N. Brown
Carpenter
Michele Tandy
Finance
Steven Mnuchin
Buddie Wilkinson
Standby Property Master
Daniel McGraw
Simon Finney
"C" Camera Operator
Liam Georgensen
Draughtsman
Florent Lebrun
Matte Painter
Hair Designer