The Physician

A journey out of darkness into light

England, 1021: Born in a miserable mining town, Robert Cole swears to become a physician and vanquish disease and death. His harsh path of many years, a quest for knowledge besieged by countless challenges and sacrifices, leads him to the remote Isfahan, in Persia, where he meets Ibn Sina, the greatest healer of his time.

Adventure Drama History

Tom Payne

(Robert 'Rob' Cole)

Stellan Skarsgård

(Barber)

Olivier Martinez

(Shah Ala ad Daula)

Emma Rigby

(Rebecca)

Ben Kingsley

(Ibn Sina)

Elyas M'Barek

(Karim)

Fahri Yardım

(Davout Hosein)

Makram J. Khoury

(Imam)

Michael Marcus

(Mirdin)

Stanley Townsend

(Bar Kappara)

Emil Marwa

(Tuveh Ben Meir)

Martin Hancock

(Merlin)

Adam Thomas Wright

(Rob Cole (10 Years))

Jodie McNee

(Agnes Cole)

Dominique Moore

(Despina)

Aidan Kelly

(Priest)

Mohamen Mehdi Ouazanni

(Mirdin's Father)

Fatima Herandi Raouya

(Mirdin's Mother)

Rabii Benjhail Tadlaoui

(Jew in Caravan)

Peter Bankolé

(Mano Dayak)

Renu Setna

(Quasim)

Franz Dinda

(Merlin's Apprentice)

Lais Benjamin Campos

(Anne Cole (4 years))

Aaron Kissiov

(Samuel Cole (6 years))

Louis Fahrenholz

(Benjamin (10 years))

Percy Hutchison

(Jesse (7 years))

Ramin Yazdani

(Rabbi)

Sahin Eryilmaz

(Fat Hakim)

Hamid Najah

(Elder 1)

Mahmoudi M'Barek

(Elder 2)

Benaissa El Jirari

(Gate Guard)

Barbara Philipp

(Wrench)

Vincent Ebrahim

(Tughrul)

Mansour Badri

(City Guard)

Abdelhak Belamjahd

(Bar Kappara Servant)

Irshad Panjatan

(Pharmacist)

Gerti Drassl

(Trembling Woman)

Said Darif

(Rabbi 2)

Chaouqi Abdellatif

(Shah's Messenger #1)

Mourad Zaoui

(Shah's Messenger #2)

Yassine Afroukh

(Shah's Messenger #3)

Isaiah Michalski

(Young Boy)

Ian T. Dickinson

(Young Boy's Father)

Mohamed Nouaimane

(Masked Man)

Michael Jibson

(Stratford Monk)

Aykut Kayacık

(Shah Official)

Hicham Ichaab

(Shah's General)

Fatym Layachi

(Concubine)

Manuela Biedermann

(Older Whore)

Kim Nina Lechler

(Younger Whore)

Wilfried Hochholdinger

(Tavern Guest)

Michael Lott

(Neighbour)

Sybille J. Schedwill

(Neighbour Woman)

Mohammad-Ali Behboudi

(Orderly)

Robert Andrew Foster

(Street Urchin)

Richard Ridings

(Tough Guy)

Claudia Fritzsche

(Young Maiden)

Hatim Abdelghafour

(Messenger with head)

Ercan Durmaz

(Patient Abolquasem)

Çetin İpekkaya

(Librarian)

Juli Staap

(Little Girl)

James Allan Giscombe

(Shah's Bodyguard)

Michael Bornhütter

(Farmer)

Sima Seyed

(Leper (uncredited))

Natalia Witmer

(Mirdin's Sister (uncredited))

Richard von Groeling

(Dayak's Assistant (uncredited))