Chariots of Fire - Cast

Cast

  • Ben Cross as Harold Abrahams, a Jewish student at Cambridge University
  • Ian Charleson as Eric Liddell, the son of Scottish missionaries to China
  • Nicholas Farrell as Aubrey Montague, a runner and friend of Harold Abrahams
  • Nigel Havers as Lord Andrew Lindsay, a Cambridge student runner partially based on David Burghley and Douglas Lowe
  • Ian Holm as Sam Mussabini, Britain's greatest running coach
  • John Gielgud as Master of Trinity College at Cambridge University
  • Lindsay Anderson as Master of Caius College at Cambridge University
  • Cheryl Campbell as Jennie Liddell, Eric's devout sister (Janet Lillian "Jenny" Liddell)
  • Alice Krige as Sybil Gordon, Abrahams' fiancée (his actual fiancée was Sybil Evers)
  • Struan Rodger as Sandy McGrath, Liddell's friend and running coach
  • Nigel Davenport as Lord Birkenhead, member of the British Olympic Committee, who counsels the athletes
  • Patrick Magee as Lord Cadogan, chairman of the British Olympics Committee, who is unsympathetic to Liddell's religious plight
  • David Yelland as the Prince of Wales, who tries to get Liddell to change his mind about running on Sunday
  • Peter Egan as the Duke of Sutherland, president of the British Olympic Committee, who is sympathetic to Liddell
  • Daniel Gerroll as Henry Stallard, a Cambridge student and runner
  • Dennis Christopher as Charley Paddock, American Olympic runner
  • Brad Davis as Jackson Scholz, American Olympic runner

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