Le film, comme le titre l'indique, est une biographie du peintre hollandais du XVIIe siècle, qualifié de « plus grand peintre de tous les temps » dans le texte qui défile à l'écran en guise de préambule.
Charles Laughton
Rembrandt van Rijn
Gertrude Lawrence
Geertje Dirx
Elsa Lanchester
Hendrickje Stoffels
Edward Chapman
Fabrizius
Walter Hudd
Capt. Banning Cocq
Roger Livesey
Beggar Saul
John Bryning
Titus van Rijn
Sam Livesey
Auctioneer
Herbert Lomas
Harmenzs van Rijn
Allan Jeayes
Dr. Tulp
John Clements
Govaert Flinck
Raymond Huntley
Ludwick
Abraham Sofaer
Dr. Menasseh
Laurence Hanray
Heertsbeeke
Austin Trevor
Marquis de Grand Coeur
Henry Hewitt
Jan Six
Gertrude Musgrove
Agelintje
Richard Gofe
Titus (child)
Basil Gill
Adrien van Rijn
Barry Livesey
Peasant Lad
James Carney
Jack Livesey
Journeyman
John Turnbull
Minister
Edmund Willard
Van Zeeland
Hector Abbas
Burgher at Auction (uncredited)
Evelyn Ankers
Party Girl (uncredited)
Baroness Barany
Criada (uncredited)
Lewis Broughton
Saskia’s Brother (uncredited)
Arthur Burne
Undetermined Secondary Rôle (uncredited)
Robin Burns
Tavern Patron (uncredited)
Frederick Burtwell
Robert Cochran
Rex Evans
Civil Guardsman (uncredited)
William Fagan
Burgomaster (uncredited)
Philip Godfrey
Marius Goring
Baron Leivens (uncredited)
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Skelton Knaggs
Alexander Knox
Ludwick’s Assistant (uncredited)
Peta Mannering
Joan Matheson
Meinhart Maur
Ornia (uncredited)
Quinton McPherson
Official (uncredited)
George Merritt
Church Warden (uncredited)
Charles Paton
Hay Petrie
Jeweller (uncredited)
Bellenden Powell
Court Member (uncredited)
George Pughe
Museum Director (uncredited)
Jerrold Robertshaw
Leonard Sharp
Bill Shine
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Laura Smithson
Byron Webber
Roger Wellesley
Burgomaster’s Secretary (uncredited)
Pamela Wood
J.T. LeRoy
Vampire Wars
Pirates des Caraïbes : La Vengeance de Salazar
Mister Happiness
Au cœur de l'océan
Money Monster
Le second souffle
Re-Kill
iBOY
Desperados
Le 13e
Les Tuche 3
Non c'è campo
Forrest Gump
DUFF : Le faire-valoir
Le Monde fantastique d’Oz
The November Man
Le Hobbit : La Désolation de Smaug
Scream Girl
La Ligue des Justiciers : Le Trône de l'Atlantide