Who’s Who in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey: Cast List

The ancient Greek poem the Odyssey, attributed to Homer, has endured for thousands of years, partly by being translated, reinterpreted, and adapted into novel art forms. Modern audiences might know the story of Odysseus’s peripatetic journey home to Ithaca from any of its many film versions. The latest movie adaptation of the epic tale is The Odyssey (2026), written and directed by Christopher Nolan. The British filmmaker assembled an eclectic cast to play the heroes and goddesses, sorceresses and swineherds. In the table below, learn more about the actors and the characters they play. The descriptions reflect who the characters are in Homer’s version of the story and mention the most consequential changes that the film adaptation makes.