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.
Owen Chase
Chris Hemsworth
George Pollard
Benjamin Walker
Matthew Joy
Cillian Murphy
Old Thomas Nickerson
Brendan Gleeson
Herman Melville
Ben Whishaw
Mrs. Nickerson
Michelle Fairley
Young Thomas Nickerson
Tom Holland
Thomas Chappel
Paul Anderson
Owen Coffin
Frank Dillane
Benjamin Lawrence
Joseph Mawle
Barzallai Ray
Edward Ashley
Ramsdell
Sam Keeley
Richard Peterson
Osy Ikhile
William Bond
Gary Beadle
Isaac Cole
Jamie Sives
Sheppard
Morgan Chetcuti
Peggy
Charlotte Riley
Pollard Senior
Nicholas Jones
Paul Macy
Donald Sumpter
Benjamin Fuller
Richard Bremmer
Spanish Captain
Jordi Mollà
Nantucket Townswoman
Hayley Joanne Bacon
Customs Officer
Andrew Crayford
Nantucket Townswoman
Claudia Newman
John Sanborn
Andy Wareham
Tally Woman
Stephanie Jacob
Sailor (uncredited)
Robert J. Fraser
Nantucket Child (uncredited)
Saffron Mcintyre