| 1 | Richard |
Ainsworth | Protagonist. |
| | Valerie |
d'Orcay | Richard's business partner. A professional bounty hunter. |
| | Lionel |
Margaux | An actress, playing Napoleon's second wife. |
| | Dominic |
Burdett | A Hollywood star who plays Prince Talleyrand. |
| | Charles-Maurice |
De Taleyrand-Perigord | Owner of the Chateau de Valencay. |
| | Madame |
Tablier | Richard's long-time cleaning woman. |
| 2 | Passepartout |
| Valerie's dog. |
| | Alain |
Petit | The film set's handyman. Aka: Le Loup. |
| | Ben-Hur |
Friedman | Hollywood producer. |
| | Amorette |
Arthur | Former TV historian. |
| | Sacha |
Vizard-Guy | A European film director. |
| | Gilbertine |
| A young actor. |
| | Marie-Antonin |
Careme | Chateau de Valencay's personal chef. |
| | Jennifer |
Davies | The actress playing Napoleon's mother. |
| | Laetizia |
Bonaparte | Napoleon's mother. |
| | Reed |
Turnbull | Jennifer's former love team. |
| 3 | Samuel |
Friedman | One of the film lighting and sound techs. Ben's nephew. |
| | Brian |
Grace | One of the film lighting and sound techs. |
| | Stella |
Gonzales | One of the film lighting and sound techs. |
| | Regis |
Corbeau | A war hero. Murdered. |
| 4 | Martin |
Thompson | The ambulance driver. |
| | Gennie |
Thompson | Martin's wife. |
| | Clare |
Ainsworth | Richard's wife. |
| 5 | Rene |
DuPont | A café owner in Saint-Sauver. |
| 6 | Ava |
Gardner | Richard's former hen. |
| | Olivia |
De Havilland | Richard's new hen. |
| | Lana |
Turner | One of Richard's hens. |
| | Joan |
Crawford | One of Richard's hens. |
| | Clovis |
| Richard's peacock. |
| 7 | Henri |
LaPierre | The Police Commissaire. |
| | Norman |
Barry | BBC Correspondent. |
| 10 |
Patrice | Marnier |
Richard's friend who rescued Lionel. |
| 15 |
Armand | Duvert |
Lionel's step-father. |
| 17 |
Ronald | Reagan |
Current U.S President. |
| 26 |
Alicia | Ainsworth |
Richard and Clare's daughter. |
| | Alex |
Masker | The man Friedman took over from directing. |
