Rupert Graves as Paul Prentice

Steven Mackintosh as Karl / Kim Foyle

Miriam Margolyes as Pamela

Charlotte Coleman as Alison

Saskia Reeves as Jean

Nisha Nayar as Angela

Neil Dudgeon as Neil Payne

Adrian Rawlins as Mike

Robert Pugh as CID Detective

Kevin Allen as Policeman

Gerard Horan as Police Sergeant

Phil Davis as Cabbie

Ian Dury as Bailiff

Robert Pugh as DS Cole

Kevin Allen as PC Alan

Rick Warden as PC Ken

Edward Tudor-Pole as Prosecuting Solicitor

Lia Williams as Defending Solicitor

Blake Ritson as Young Prentice

Stephen Walker as Young Karl

Graham Fellows as Dispatch Manager

Peter-Hugo Daly as Barry

Shend as Jim

Ruth Sheen as Nosy neighbour

Charles De'Ath as Young Man at Gig

Llewella Gideon as Receptionist

Robert Demeger as Magistrate

Malcolm Shields as Soldier

James D. White as Finer

Colin Ridgewell as Shrimp

Jamie Leyser as Matthew Payne

Christine Jennings as Waitress

Pete Shelley as Himself (Buzzcocks)

Steve Diggle as Himself (Buzzcocks)

Tony Barber as Himself (Buzzcocks)

Phil Barker as Himself (Buzzcocks)

Adele Anderson as Club Goer (uncredited)