The Pale Blue Eye cast: Who stars in the mystery film?

Christian Bale, Gillian Anderson, Robert Duvall, Timothy Spall, and more talented, award-winning stars are part of The Pale Blue Eye cast. Based on the novel by Louis Bayard, The Pale Blue Eye centers on an investigation into a grisly murder led by Bale’s character, detective Augustus Landor.

The main attraction to this film’s cast is Academy Award-winning star Christian Bale, who plays apathetic detective Augustus Landor. Bale is best known for playing Batman in Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy and for movies like The Prestige and American Psycho. Most recently, Bale starred in Thor: Love and Thunder and Amsterdam.

The Pale Blue Eye cast

Bale is joined by Emmy-winning actress Gillian Anderson, who plays Julia Marquis. Anderson’s most significant claim to fame is from her many years playing Agent Dana Scully in The X-Files, but she also stars in the Netflix series The Crown, Sex Education, The Fall, and many other films and television shows.

Harry Potter alum Harry Melling plays Edgar Allen Poe in The Pale Blue Eye. You might remember him as Dudley Dursley in the movies. The film also features the legendary and award-winning actor Robert Duvall.

Here’s the cast list for the movie:

• Christian Bale as Augustus Landor
• Harry Melling as Edgar Allen Poe
• Gillian Anderson as Julia Marquis
• Lucy Boynton as Lea Marquis
• Charlotte Gainsbourg as Patsy
• Toby Jones as Dr. Daniel Marquis
• Harry Lawtey as Artemus Marquis
• Simon McBurney as Captain Hitchcock
• Timothy Spall as Superintendent Thayer
• Robert Duvall as Jean-Pepe
• Charlie Tahan as Cadet Loughborough
• Hadley Robinson as Mattie
• Gideon Glick as Cadet Horatio Cochrane
• Joey Brooks as Cadet Stoddard
• Brennan Keel Cook as Cadet Huntoon
• Steven Maier as Cadet Llewllyn Lee
• Matt Heim as Cadet Fry

The Pale Blue Eye premieres on Friday, Jan. 6, on Netflix. Add the movie to your Netflix watchlist right now to receive a reminder when it starts streaming.