Nonso Anozie as Cass

Natalie Press as Elaine

Leo Gregory as Freeman

Gavin Brocker as Prentice

Daniel Kaluuya as Young Cass - age 14

Peter Wight as Cecil

Linda Bassett as Doll

Paul Kaye as C.P.

Bronson Webb as The Assassin

Tamer Hassan as Ray

Carl Fairweather as Martin

Lorraine Stanley as Linda

Verelle Roberts as Young Cass

Rory Jennings as Young Freeman

Jayson Wheatley as Young Prentice - aged 14

Jamie Kenna as Stevie Hogan

Johnny Palmiero as Shaun the Skinhead

Robbie Gee as Marlon

Marios Demetriou as Greek Waiter

Lucy Russell as TV Presenter

Gary Lawrence as Delroy Jackson

Helen Anderson as Detective

Ralph Ineson as Sergeant Mullins

Gemma Dyllen as Tracey

Geoffrey Beevers as Vicar

Dan Renton Skinner as Northern Comic

Winston Ellis as Zulu

Nick Bartlett as Pub Regular

Cass Pennant as Bigs

Brandon Robinson as Billy the Bully

Frank Bruno as Frank

David Lea as Bingo

Sid Young as Teenage Bully 2