Overview
In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex is assaulted by something no one could believe—a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance.
Cast
- Chris Hemsworth as Owen Chase
- Benjamin Walker as George Pollard
- Cillian Murphy as Matthew Joy
- Brendan Gleeson as Old Thomas Nickerson
- Ben Whishaw as Herman Melville
- Michelle Fairley as Mrs. Nickerson
- Tom Holland as Young Thomas Nickerson
- Paul Anderson as Thomas Chappel
- Frank Dillane as Owen Coffin
- Joseph Mawle as Benjamin Lawrence