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
Owen Chase
Benjamin Walker
George Pollard
Cillian Murphy
Matthew Joy
Brendan Gleeson
Old Thomas Nickerson
Ben Whishaw
Herman Melville
Michelle Fairley
Mrs. Nickerson
Tom Holland
Young Thomas Nickerson
Paul Anderson
Thomas Chappel
Frank Dillane
Owen Coffin
Joseph Mawle
Benjamin Lawrence
Edward Ashley
Barzallai Ray
Sam Keeley
Ramsdell
Osy Ikhile
Richard Peterson
Gary Beadle
William Bond
Jamie Sives
Isaac Cole
Morgan Chetcuti
Sheppard
Charlotte Riley
Peggy
Nicholas Jones
Pollard Senior
Donald Sumpter
Paul Macy
Richard Bremmer
Benjamin Fuller
Jordi Mollà
Spanish Captain
Hayley Joanne Bacon
Nantucket Townswoman
Andrew Crayford
Customs Officer
Claudia Newman
Andy Wareham
John Sanborn
Stephanie Jacob
Tally Woman
Robert J. Fraser
Sailor (uncredited)
Saffron Mcintyre
Nantucket Child (uncredited)
Darragh Mortell
Stunts
Ian Kay
Dee Harrop
Elliot Hawkes
David Fisher
Stephen C Walsh
Marcus Shakesheff
Lewis Young
Jonny Stockwell
Levan Doran
Martin Pemberton
Laurent Plancel
Pablo Verdejo
Mark Slaughter
Charles Ramsay
Tolga Kenan
Karanja Yorke
Marc Mailley
Eunice Huthart
Stunt Coordinator
Ian McIntyre
Matt Da Silva
Rob Pavey
Daniel F. Malone
Bobby Holland Hanton
Stunt Double
Ryan Stuart
Ian Pead
Sarah Lochlan
Aldonio Danny Frietas
Kelly Dent
Nicholas Daines
James Cox
Soren Bendt Aaboe Pedersen
Storyboard Artist
Ron Howard
Director
Will Ward
Producer
Sophie Higel
Assistant Director
Vaughn Stein
Third Assistant Director
Toby Spanton
Jack Scarisbrick
Holly Gardner
Tom Rye
Second Assistant Director
William M. Connor
First Assistant Director
Michael Crusz
Online Editor
Ash Daniyan
Digital Imaging Technician
James Seymour Brett
Conductor
Anneka Coleman
Production Secretary
Adam Langston
Orchestrator
Dave Brennan
Best Boy Electric
Solomon Artistes
Extras Casting
Ginés Carrión
William Conacher
Dialect Coach
John Marzano
Aerial Director of Photography
Kathryn Donovan
Unit Publicist
Amanda Fernie
Assistant Accountant
Edward Squires
Vinay Gautam
Production Coordinator
Laura Mateos
Production Accountant
Clair Hanson
Arundhati Jaiswal
Anthony Dod Mantle
Director of Photography
Nathaniel Philbrick
Novel
Charles Leavitt
Story
Screenplay
Amanda Silver
Rick Jaffa
Roque Baños
Original Music Composer
Jo Beckett
Script Supervisor
Nina Gold
Casting
Mark Tildesley
Production Design
Daniel P. Hanley
Editor
Jonathan Prime
Still Photographer
Julian Day
Costume Design
Mike Hill
Ben Wilkinson
Property Master
Brian Grazer
Paula Weinstein
Joe Roth
Andrew Hunt
Costume Supervisor
Robyn Luckham
Animation Supervisor
Ben Rothwell
Armorer
Kathy Hughes
Eunice Khoo
Visual Effects Coordinator
Dane Allan Smith
Visual Effects Producer
Stefan Busch
Sound Editor
Kieron Helsdon
CG Supervisor
Diego Betancor
Paul John Chandler
Music Editor
Katie Swain
Camera Operator
Bryan Hirota
VFX Supervisor
David Walter
Kate Laver
Set Costumer
Jon Baker
Lukas Lepicovsky
Angel Airan Bonilla
Thomas Neivelt
Gaffer
Pimentel A. Raphael
Dave Kim
Nancy Lamontagne
Iain Eyre
ADR & Dubbing
Helicopter Camera
Peter Zuccarini
Underwater Camera
David Sinfield
Tom O'Sullivan
Rigging Gaffer
Nick Gottschalk
Art Direction
Karen Holt
Special Effects Coordinator
Mark Holt
Special Effects Supervisor
Mike Kelt
Markus Stemler
Sound Designer
Helene Seidl
Valdone Koronczi
Charlotte Loughnane
Chris Burdon
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Isabel Gómez-Blanco
Assistant Art Director
Luca Vannella
Hairstylist
Laura Lilley
Alastair Rae
Steadicam Operator
Leslie Lerman
Steve Little
Dialogue Editor
Neal Callow
Laura Schiavo
Brandon Evans
Mikaël Damant-Sirois
Chan Ee Jien
Crisanta Melendez
Oliver Money
Carsten Richter
Foley
Frank Kruse
Supervising Sound Editor
James Collins
Will Buchanan
Greensman
Karen Sherriff-Brown
Lee Garside
Karen Elliott
Music Supervisor
Aaron Keating
Elisa Fernández Martín
Donna Smith
Sam Girdler
Haridian Nóbrega
Begoña Lopez
Digital Intermediate
Jody Johnson
Visual Effects Supervisor
Vincent Cirelli
Meike Maher
Construction Coordinator
Suzanna Smith
Set Designer
Eric Petey
Marie-Cecile Dahan
Gilbert Lake
Dean Clegg
Sophie Nguyen-Thomas
Christian Huband
Supervising Art Director
Marilyn MacDonald
Makeup Artist
Robert Sterne
Casting Associate
Richard Sutherland
Steve Griffith
Gabriela Dolenská
Art Department Coordinator
Niall Moroney
Fae Hammond
Makeup Designer
Anna Guseva
François Dumoulin
Kirstin Chalmers
Simon Davis
First Assistant Editor
Xinyi Puah
Visual Effects Editor
Sean Stranks
Dominic Capon
Set Decoration
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
David Bergstein
Erica Huggins
Sarah Bradshaw
Palak Patel
Chris Lyons
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Nathaniel De'Lineadeus