| Person: | Characters | Episodes | |
| • Robin Ellis | played | 29 Episodes | |
| • Jemma Redgrave | played | 24 Episodes | |
| • Francesca Annis | played | 23 Episodes | |
| • Ian Carmichael | played | 21 Episodes | |
| • Hugh Bonneville | played | 20 Episodes | |
| • Jim Carter (1) | played | 19 Episodes | |
| • Penelope Wilton | played | 19 Episodes | |
| • Elizabeth McGovern | played | 19 Episodes | |
| • Dan Stevens | played | 19 Episodes | |
| • Phyllis Logan | played | 18 Episodes | |
| • Brendan Coyle | played | 18 Episodes | |
| • Maggie Smith | played | 18 Episodes | |
| • Michelle Dockery | played | 18 Episodes | |
| • Laura Carmichael | played | 18 Episodes | |
| • Jessica Brown Findlay | played | 18 Episodes | |
| • Ian Richardson | played | 16 Episodes | |
| • Derek Jacobi | played | 15 Episodes | |
| • Susannah Harker | played | 15 Episodes | |
| • Lesley Nicol | played | 14 Episodes | |
| • John Standing | played | 14 Episodes | |
| • Joanne Frogatt | played | 14 Episodes | |
| • Siobhan Finneran | played | 14 Episodes | |
| • Diane Fletcher | played | 14 Episodes | |
| • Amy Nuttall | played | 14 Episodes | |
| • Rob James Collier | played | 14 Episodes | |
| • Sophie McShera | played | 14 Episodes | |
| • John Neville | played | 12 Episodes | |
| • Susan Hampshire | played | 12 Episodes | |
| • Ron Cook | played | 12 Episodes | |
| • Robert Robinson (3) | played | 12 Episodes | |
| • Joanna David | played | 11 Episodes | |
| • Robert Hardy | played | 10 Episodes | |
| • Philip Madoc | played | 10 Episodes | |
| • Nicola Pagett | played | 10 Episodes | |
| • Siân Phillips | played | 10 Episodes | |
| • Keeley Hawes | played | 9 Episodes | |
| • Diana Rigg | played | 9 Episodes | |
| • James Villiers | played | 9 Episodes | |
| • Amanda Abbington | played | 9 Episodes | |
| • Margaret Tyzack | played | 9 Episodes | |
| • Laurence Fox | played | 9 Episodes | |
| • Tom Goodman-Hill | played | 9 Episodes | |
| • Richard Warwick | played | 8 Episodes | |
| • Rebecca Front | played | 8 Episodes | |
| • Jeremy Piven | played | 8 Episodes | |
| • Zoe Tapper | played | 8 Episodes | |
| • John Abineri | played | 8 Episodes | |
| • Sarah Lancashire | played | 8 Episodes | |
| • Colin Jeavons | played | 8 Episodes | |
| • Andrew Crawford | played | 8 Episodes | |
| • Peter Vaughan (1) | played | 8 Episodes | |
| • Edward Fox | played | 8 Episodes | |
| • Patricia Maynard | played | 8 Episodes | |
| • Frances O'Connor | played | 8 Episodes | |
| • Clare Holman | played | 8 Episodes | |
| • Denholm Elliott | played | 8 Episodes | |
| • Samuel West | played | 8 Episodes | |
| • Anna Massey | played | 8 Episodes | |
| • Kenneth Ives | played | 8 Episodes | |
| • Roger Mutton | played | 8 Episodes | |
| • Eric Porter | played | 8 Episodes | |
| • Tim Goodman | played | 8 Episodes | |
| • Katherine Kelly | played | 8 Episodes | |
| • Lauren Crace | played | 8 Episodes | |
| • Grégory Fitoussi | played | 8 Episodes | |
| • Aisling Loftus | played | 8 Episodes | |
| • Trystan Gravelle | played | 8 Episodes | |
| • Jean Marsh | played | 7 Episodes | |
| • Michael Kitchen | played | 7 Episodes | |
| • Kristin Scott Thomas | played | 7 Episodes | |
| • Blake Ritson | played | 7 Episodes | |
| • Rosemary Harris | played | 7 Episodes | |
| • Michael Culver | played | 7 Episodes | |
| • Alan Rowe | played | 7 Episodes | |
| • Iain Cuthbertson | played | 7 Episodes | |
| • Lisa Daniely | played | 7 Episodes | |
| • John Hurt | played | 7 Episodes | |
| • Cynthia Harris (1) | played | 7 Episodes | |
| • Allen Leech | played | 7 Episodes | |
| • John Ringham | played | 7 Episodes | |
| • Alex Kingston | played | 7 Episodes | |
| • Janet Maw | played | 7 Episodes | |
| • Kevin Doyle (1) | played | 7 Episodes | |
| • Lucy Cohu | played | 7 Episodes | |
| • Kevin Whately | played | 7 Episodes | |
| • Jack Galloway | played | 7 Episodes | |
| • Bridget Turner | played | 7 Episodes | |
| • Robert Bathurst | played | 7 Episodes | |
| • Timothy West | played | 7 Episodes | |
| • Alan Bates | played | 7 Episodes | |
| • Adrian Scarborough | played | 7 Episodes | |
| • Laura Haddock | played | 7 Episodes | |
| • Ed Speleers | played | 7 Episodes | |
| • Claire Foy | played | 7 Episodes | |
| • Thomas Howes | played | 7 Episodes | |
| • Matt Milne | played | 7 Episodes | |
| • Michael Landes | played | 6 Episodes | |
| • Peter Stark | played | 6 Episodes | |
| • James Kerry (1) | played | 6 Episodes | |
| • Jemma Churchill | played | 6 Episodes | |
| • Nigel Havers | played | 6 Episodes | |
| • Robert Powell | played | 6 Episodes | |
| • Anne Reid | played | 6 Episodes | |
| • Ken Bones | played | 6 Episodes | |
| • Art Malik | played | 6 Episodes | |
| • Neil Jackson | played | 6 Episodes | |
| • Glenda Jackson | played | 6 Episodes | |
| • John Tordoff | played | 6 Episodes | |
| • Keith Michell (1) | played | 6 Episodes | |
| • Julia McKenzie (1) | played | 6 Episodes | |
| • John Westbrook | played | 6 Episodes | |
| • Job Stewart | played | 6 Episodes | |
| • Ed Stoppard | played | 6 Episodes | |
| • Nico Mirallegro | played | 6 Episodes | |
| • Sarah Gordy | played | 6 Episodes | |
| • Ami Metcalf | played | 6 Episodes | |
| • Ian Ogilvy | played | 5 Episodes | |
| • Paul Darrow | played | 5 Episodes | |
| • Patrick Troughton | played | 5 Episodes | |
| • Polly Adams | played | 5 Episodes | |
| • Michael Elphick | played | 5 Episodes | |
| • Bernard Hepton | played | 5 Episodes | |
| • Richard Morant | played | 5 Episodes | |
| • Sheila Gish | played | 5 Episodes | |
| • Jill Balcon | played | 5 Episodes | |
| • Simon Fisher-Turner | played | 5 Episodes | |
| • Anthony Murphy | played | 5 Episodes | |
| • Rowena King | played | 4 Episodes | |
| • Julian Wadham | played | 4 Episodes | |
| • Julia Sawalha | played | 4 Episodes | |
| • Anne Stallybrass | played | 4 Episodes | |
| • Bill Paterson (1) | played | 4 Episodes | |
| • John Thaw | played | 4 Episodes | |
| • Tom Conti | played | 4 Episodes | |
| • Lucy Robinson | played | 4 Episodes | |
| • Gwen Taylor | played | 4 Episodes | |
| • David Suchet | played | 4 Episodes | |
| • David Bamber | played | 4 Episodes | |
| • Basil Dignam | played | 4 Episodes | |
| • Mark Eden | played | 4 Episodes | |
| • John Stratton | played | 4 Episodes | |
| • Peter Bowles | played | 4 Episodes | |
| • Stanley McGeagh | played | 4 Episodes | |
| • Shirley Cain | played | 4 Episodes | |
| • Roy Holder | played | 4 Episodes | |
| • Christopher Timothy | played | 4 Episodes | |
| • Polly Maberly | played | 4 Episodes | |
| • Ian McShane | played | 4 Episodes | |
| • Rosemary Leach | played | 4 Episodes | |
| • Tara Fitzgerald | played | 4 Episodes | |
| • Neville Phillips | played | 4 Episodes | |
| • Robin Bailey | played | 4 Episodes | |
| • Anna Chancellor | played | 4 Episodes | |
| • Gemma Jones | played | 4 Episodes | |
| • Anna Madeley | played | 4 Episodes | |
| • Shirley MacLaine | played | 4 Episodes | |
| • Rachel Herbert | played | 4 Episodes | |
| • Paul Rhys | played | 4 Episodes | |
| • Fiona Walker | played | 4 Episodes | |
| • Kitty Aldridge | played | 4 Episodes | |
| • Harriet Eastcott | played | 4 Episodes | |
| • Victoria Hamilton (1) | played | 4 Episodes | |
| • Pauline Jameson | played | 4 Episodes | |
| • Bridget Armstrong | played | 4 Episodes | |
| • Alan Dobie | played | 4 Episodes | |
| • Eithne Dunne | played | 4 Episodes | |
| • June Ellis | played | 4 Episodes | |
| • Tim Wylton | played | 3 Episodes | |
| • Jay Simpson | played | 3 Episodes | |
| • Peter Needham | played | 3 Episodes | |
| • Anthony Calf | played | 3 Episodes | |
| • John Wood | played | 3 Episodes | |
| • Tom Hardy | played | 3 Episodes | |
| • Rupert Vansittart | played | 3 Episodes | |
| • Erika Hoffman (1) | played | 3 Episodes | |
| • Roger Barclay | played | 3 Episodes | |
| • Alun Armstrong | played | 3 Episodes | |
| • Emilia Fox | played | 3 Episodes | |
| • Tom Ward | played | 3 Episodes | |
| • Wolfe Morris (1) | played | 3 Episodes | |
| • Sheila Burrell | played | 3 Episodes | |
| • Nadia Chambers | played | 3 Episodes | |
| • Marlene Sidaway | played | 3 Episodes | |
| • Julia St. John | played | 3 Episodes | |
| • Gina McKee | played | 3 Episodes | |
| • Colin Firth | played | 3 Episodes | |
| • Crispin Bonham-Carter | played | 3 Episodes | |
| • Paul Moriarty | played | 3 Episodes | |
| • Benjamin Whitrow | played | 3 Episodes | |
| • Lynn Farleigh | played | 3 Episodes | |
| • Honeysuckle Weeks | played | 3 Episodes | |
| • Christopher Staines | played | 3 Episodes | |
| • Alison Steadman | played | 3 Episodes | |
| • Adrian Lukis | played | 3 Episodes | |
| • Ian Hart | played | 3 Episodes | |
| • Hans Matheson | played | 3 Episodes | |
| • Nicholas Woodeson | played | 3 Episodes | |
| • Lucy Briers (1) | played | 3 Episodes | |
| • David Bark-Jones | played | 3 Episodes | |
| • Jason Watkins | played | 3 Episodes | |
| • Anthony Howell | played | 3 Episodes | |
| • Barbara Leigh-Hunt | played | 3 Episodes | |
| • Jennifer Ehle | played | 3 Episodes | |
| • Mark Williams | played | 3 Episodes | |
| • Kate O'Malley | played | 3 Episodes | |
| • Natasha Isaacs | played | 3 Episodes | |
| • Marie-Louise Flamank | played | 3 Episodes | |
| • Julian Erleigh | played | 3 Episodes | |
| • Jacob Casselden | played | 3 Episodes | |
| • Alexandra Howerd | played | 3 Episodes | |
| • Sarah Legg | played | 3 Episodes | |
| • Sam Beazley | played | 3 Episodes | |
| • Annabel Taylor | played | 3 Episodes | |
| • Eddie Redmayne | played | 3 Episodes | |
| • Caroline Harker | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Sarah Smart | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • James Lance | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Julian Rhind-Tutt | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Richard Dillane | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • John Phillips (1) | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Angela Pleasence | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Pip Torrens | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Matthew Goode | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • George Baker | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Graham Crowden | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Kika Markham | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Georgie Glen | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Ruth Jones | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Annette Crosbie | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • David Haig | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Douglas Hodge | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Billie Piper | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Christopher Benjamin | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Kenneth Cranham | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Wendy Craig | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Barbara Flynn | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • James Harper | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Geraldine James | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Michael Gambon | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Natasha Little | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Patrick Malahide | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Philip Whitchurch | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Ray Winstone | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Maxine Peake | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Mark Addy | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • David Glover | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Rosalie Crutchley | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Corin Redgrave | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Georgina Ward | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • John Ronane | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • James Wilby | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Christine Kavanagh (1) | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Michael Simkins | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Caroline Langrishe | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Dorothy Tutin | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • David Harewood | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Paul Copley | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Carolyn Pickles | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Crispin Redman | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Pippa Haywood | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Don Gallagher (1) | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Sheila Reid | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • David Robb | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Richard Lintern | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Russell Tovey | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Bryan Dick (1) | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Shaughan Seymour | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Jonathan Coy | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • David Calder | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Juliet Stevenson | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Gillian Anderson | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Nicholas Pritchard | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Timothy Spall | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Lyndsey Marshal | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Kenneth Branagh | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Phyllida Law | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Andrew Lincoln | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Simon Molloy | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Adrian Rawlins | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Anne-Marie Duff | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Lucy Davis | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Billy Geraghty | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Maurice Roëves | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Catherine Walker | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Emma Thompson | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Joseph Beattie (1) | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Matthew MacFadyen (1) | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Rory Kinnear | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Zoë Wanamaker | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • John Sessions | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Julia Joyce | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • William Beck | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Carey Mulligan | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Sienna Guillory | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Lucy Scott | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Greg Wise | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Timothy Carlton | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Nicholas Palliser | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Alex Jennings | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Nicholas Blane | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Edward Tudor-Pole | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Benedict Cumberbatch | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • James Holmes (1) | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Jordan Long | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Hattie Morahan | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Rafe Spall | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Daniel Williams (2) | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Norma Streader | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • J. J. Feild (2) | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Romola Garai | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Claire Skinner | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Harry Lloyd | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Mary Stockley | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Hayley Atwell | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Geoff Breton | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Jo Woodcock | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Joseph Mawle | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Emily Beecham | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Tom Payne | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Georgia King | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Jeany Spark | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Paul Chahidi | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Boyd Clack | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Brian Knight | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Freddie Fox | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Lily James | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Vanessa Kirby | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Oscar Kennedy | played | 2 Episodes | |
| • Douglas Booth (2) | played | 2 Episodes |