Nicholas Hoult character J.R.R. Tolkien
Lily Collins character Edith Bratt
Colm Meaney character Father Francis Morgan
Derek Jacobi character Professor Joseph Wright
Harry Gilby character Young J.R.R. Tolkien
Mimi Keene character Young Edith Bratt
Anthony Boyle character Geoffrey Bache Smith
Adam Bregman character Young Geoffrey Bache Smith
Patrick Gibson character Robert Q. Gilson
Albie Marber character Young Robert Q. Gilson
Tom Glynn-Carney character Christopher Wiseman
Ty Tennant character Young Christopher Wiseman
Craig Roberts character Private Sam Hodges
Pam Ferris character Mrs. Faulkner
James MacCallum character Hilary Tolkien
Guillermo Bedward character Young Hilary Tolkien
Laura Donnelly character Mabel Tolkien
Genevieve O'Reilly character Mrs. Smith
Owen Teale character Headmaster Gilson
Al Bollands character First Soldier
Kallum Tolkien character Second Soldier
Nia Gwynne character Bronwen
Adrian Schiller character English Master
Toby Nash character Mackintosh
Michael Bryceson character Goodson-Thomas
Andrew Bissell character Rugby Coach
Sian Crisp character Waitress
Antony Raymond Barlow character Maître d'
David Puckridge character Box Office Man
David Bromley character Schoolmaster
Lara Maguire character Rose
Holly Dempster character Beryl
Jane Dixon-Rowland character Mary
David Birkbeck character Porter
Colin Macdonald Burnie character Professor #1
Andy Orchard character Professor #2
Frank Kerr character Drunken Student
Rob Rhys Bond character Photographer
Joel Phillimore character Lieutenant
John Bradfield character Student
Mia Woods character Priscilla Tolkien (Child)
Sienna Woods character Priscilla Tolkien (Child)
Paul Gurcel Escudero character Michael Tolkien (Child)
Harry Webster character John Tolkien Jnr. (Child)
Jack Riley character Christopher Tolkien (Child)
