Type movie Release Date May 4, 2000 Country United States of America United Kingdom Malta Morocco Language English Genre Action Drama Adventure Cast Russell Crowe as Maximus Meridius Joaquin Phoenix as Emperor Commodus Connie Nielsen as Lucilla Oliver Reed as Proximo Richard Harris as Marcus Aurelius Derek Jacobi as Gracchus Djimon Hounsou as Juba David Schofield as Falco John Shrapnel as Gaius Tomas Arana as Quintus Ralf Moeller as Hagen Spencer Treat Clark as Lucius David Hemmings as Cassius Tommy Flanagan as Cicero Sven-Ole Thorsen as Tigris Omid Djalili as Slave Trader Nicholas McGaughey as Praetorian Officer Chris Kell as Scribe Tony Curran as Assassin #1 Mark Lewis as Assassin #2 John Quinn as Valerius Alun Raglan as Praetorian Guard #1 David Bailie as Engineer Chick Allan as German Leader David J. Nicholls as Giant Man Al Hunter Ashton as Rome Trainer #1 Billy Dowd as Narrator Ray Calleja as Lucius' Attendant Giannina Facio as Maximus' Wife Giorgio Cantarini as Maximus' Son Allan Corduner as Trainer 1 (extended edition) Michael Mellinger as Trainer 2 (extended edition) Said Amel as Proximo's Man (extended edition) Adam Levy as Officer 1 (extended edition) Gilly Gilchrist as Officer 2 (extended edition) Paul Bateman as Germanic Swordsman (uncredited) Nick Beardshaw as Roman Dignitary (uncredited) Corey Booth as Yeroc Thoob (uncredited) Michael Dickins as Germanic Soldier (uncredited) Malcolm Ellul as Centurion (uncredited) Simon Faulkner as Roman Soldier (uncredited) James Fiddy as Roman Soldier (uncredited) Peter Francis-Wemyss as Barbarian Chieftain (uncredited) Ruth Frendo as Roman Girl with Maximus (uncredited) Cara Higgins as Vestal Virgin (uncredited) Earl Hundt as Rome Citizen (uncredited) Mehdi Kashani as Roman Soldier (uncredited) Tom Kay as Roman Soldier (uncredited) Phil Lowes as Rider (uncredited) Nic Main as Roman Soldier (uncredited) Ray Mangion as Centurion (uncredited) Antonio Meitin as Battlefield Medic (uncredited) João Costa Menezes as Roman Soldier (uncredited) Mike Mitchell as Fighter (uncredited) Arnold Montey as Roman Soldier (uncredited) Antone Pagán as Fighter (uncredited) Norman Campbell Rees as Sedan Chair Carrier (uncredited) Neil Roche as Roman Soldier (uncredited) Paul Sacks as Catapult Commander Shouts "Loose" (uncredited) Steve Saunders as German Barbarian (uncredited) Christopher Say as Roman Soldier (uncredited) Brian Smyj as Coliseum Gladiator (uncredited) Richard Stride as Swordsman (uncredited) Tony Tomlinson as Man (uncredited) Paul Woodadge as Germanian Barbarian (uncredited) Michael Yale as Rome Citizen (uncredited) References imdb