Actor Role Daniel Day-Lewis Newland Archer Michelle Pfeiffer Countess Ellen Olenska Winona Ryder May Welland Joanne Woodward Narrator (voice) Alexis Smith Louisa van der Luyden Geraldine Chaplin Mrs. Welland Mary Beth Hurt Regina Beauford Alec McGowan Sillerton Jackson Richard E. Grant Larry Lefferts Miriam Margolyes Mrs. Mingott Robert Sean Leonard Ted Archer Sian Phillips Mrs. Archer Jonathan Pryce Riviere Michael Gough Henry van der Luyden Stuart Wilson Julius Beauford