| Name | Character | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| Tom Hiddleston | Magnus Martinsson | 12 |
| Kenneth Branagh | Kurt Wallander | 12 |
| David Warner | Povel Wallander | 12 |
| Barnaby Kay | Lennart Mattson | 12 |
| Sarah Smart | Anne-Britt Hoglund | 12 |
| Jeany Spark | Linda Wallander | 12 |
| Polly Hemingway | Gertrude | 12 |
| Tom Beard | Svedberg | 12 |
| Richard McCabe | Nyberg | 12 |
| Sadie Shimmin | Lisa Holgersson | 12 |
| Mark Hadfield | Stefan Lindeman | 12 |
| Terrence Hardiman | Hakan von Enke | 2 |
| Nicholas Hoult | 1 | |
| Kenneth Branagh | 1 | |
| Vincent Regan | 1 | |
| Henning Mankell | 1 | |
| John Kani | Max Khulu | 1 |
| John McEnery | Lars Magnusson | 1 |
| Rupert Graves | 1 | |
| Orla Brady | 1 | |
| Clive Wood | Gustav Ericsson | 1 |
| Benedict Taylor | 1 | |
| Deon Lotz | Colonel Julian van Heerden | 1 |
| Emma Griffiths Malin | 1 | |
| Guy Henry | 1 | |
| Annabel Mullion | 1 | |
| Sandra Voe | 1 | |
| Dragoș Bucur | Sergei Upitis | 1 |
| Angela Thorne | Berta Duner | 1 |
| Michael Culver | Hugo Sandin | 1 |
| Malcolm Tierney | Wetterstedt | 1 |
| Lemogang Tsipa | Madasha | 1 |
| Bonnie Mbuli | Grace Mthembu | 1 |
| Tessa Jubber | Inga Hedeman | 1 |