Directed by Armando Iannucci Written by Simon Blackwell   Charles Dickens   Armando Iannucci   Cast Fisayo Akinade ... Markham Nikki Amuka-Bird ... Mrs Steerforth Albie Atkinson ... Mealy Potatoes Aneurin Barnard ... Steerforth Tuwaine Barrett ... Referee Boy Nigel Betts ... Creditor Ruby Bentall ... Janet Darren Boyd ... Murdstone Peter Capaldi ... Mr Micawber Gwendoline Christie ... Jane Murdstone Morfydd Clark ... Clara Copperfield / Dora Spenlow Daisy May Cooper ... Peggotty Matthew Cottle ... Mr Spenlow Faisal Dacosta ... Mick Walker Glen Davies ... Coalman James Eeles ... Street Sweeper Rosalind Eleazar ... Agnes Daniel Fearn ... Pawnbroker Frankie Fitzgerald ... Coach Driver Bronagh Gallagher ... Mrs Micawber Lynn Hunter ... Mrs Heep Ranveer Jaiswal ... 4-7-Year-Old David Aimée Kelly ... Emily Divian Ladwa ... Dr Chillip Hugh Laurie ... Mr Dick Rosaleen Linehan ... Mrs. Gummidge Oengus MacNamara ... Bootmaker Anna Maxwell Martin ... Mrs Strong Aston McAuley ... Butcher's Boy Victor McGuire ... Creakle Sophie McShera ... Mrs Crupp Andy McSorley ... Boatman Freddie Meredith ... Grainger Dev Patel ... David Copperfield Emeka Sesay ... Head Clerk Scampi ... Jip the Dog Phaldut Sharma ... Butcher Peter Singh ... Tungay Tilda Swinton ... Betsey Trotwood Jairaj Varsani ... Young David Anthony Welsh ... Ham Paul Whitehouse ... Daniel Peggotty Ben Whishaw ... Uriah Heep Benedict Wong ... Mr Wickfield Uncredited Cast Omar Alboukharey ... Pub Goer Neilesh Ambu ... Middle Class Man Antony Barlow ... Micawber's Creditor Freddie Browne ... Ben Micawber Leo Burdon ... Arthur Micawber Rob Craine ... Littimer Joanne Garnet ... Martha Micawber Antoniya Gerimpapazi ... Canterbury Passerby Tess Gustard ... Shushing Woman Mia Hemerling ... Factory Child Kelvin Hewlett ... Upper Class / Passerby Zak Holland ... Theatre Audience Joanne James ... Milliner / Middle Class Widow Woman Robert Jarvis ... Bailiff Arun Kapur ... Fisherman Lamissah La-Shontae ... Homeless Child Kirk Lake ... Teacher Wayne Llewellyn ... Bailiff Michael Nettleship ... Passerby Kwok Ng ... Middle Class Man / Passerby Kevin Nolan ... Theatre Audience Member Mark Oldridge ... Army Officer Paul Redfern ... Micawbers Creditor Graham j Reeves ... Canterbury Stall Holder Nig Richards ... Drunk Mylo Roberts ... Ben Micawber Steve Saunders ... Garden Party Guest Sebastian Senior ... Passerby Ailís Smith ... Miss Larkins Todd Vanhees ... Tailor Laura Vivio ... Garden Party Guest Morgan Walters ... Coachman Robin Webber-McAulay ... Middle-Class Passerby / Beggar John West ... Fisherman James Daniel Wilson ... Factory Worker (voice) Produced by Glen Basner   Daniel Battsek   Simon Blackwell   Ben Browning   Celia Duval   Peter Fellows   Armando Iannucci   Christos V. Konstantakopoulos   Kevin Loader   Ollie Madden   Original Music by Christopher Willis

Additional Info Premiere: September 05, 2019 Theatrical Release: August 28, 2020 Countries: Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Websites: Production Companies Film 4 FilmNation Entertainment Searchlight Pictures Distributors Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures   (2020) (USA) (theatrical) Searchlight Pictures   (2020) (USA) (theatrical) (through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.4 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #3,481 / 20,875 Site Ranking #3,477 Game Of Death (1978) #3,478 Day Of The Dead (2008) #3,479 The Signal (2007) #3,480 Empire Of Light (2022) #3,481 The Personal History Of David Copperfield (2019) #3,482 Immortal (2004) #3,483 Futurama: Bender's Game (2008) #3,484 Dinosaurs: Season 2 (1991) #3,485 Dinosaurs: Season 4 (1994)